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The catalog Vetro, artisti e designer milanesi 1976-2023 is out

More than a book a “still image” of 50 years of Milanese culture. It is the catalog Vetro, artisti e designer milanesi 1976-2023 (My Monkey editions), which followed the exhibition (Sept. 27-Oct. 25, 2023) held in Milan’s L’Originale space. It presents works by artists of different backgrounds, some of which have become icons of 20th-century […]


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Una Scuola, un Lavoro 2021/2022

Pathways to Excellence. At the start the “mini-master” for future trainees The successful “Mini Master” of Fondazione Cologni, with the collaboration of prestigious universities and art schools in Milan, has been renewed for the fifth consecutive year. In November the online lessons will start for the students who won the call for proposals of “Una […]

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Ara Starck and Neapolitan artisans in the cloister of Santa Caterina a Formiello

The exhibition creates a magical conjunction between the works of Ara Strack, a well-known French artist, and Neapolitan glass and wood artisans, in the evocative 16th-century cloister and evidence of industrial archaeology of Santa Caterina a Formiello, in the center of Naples. The installation of the large stained-glass window, at the center of the cloister, […]

21/10/2023 - 20/01/2024
Made in Cloister Piazza E. De Nicola, 48 - Napoli

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The first 50th anniversary of the “Pozzo dei Lavatoi”: a protagonist in the history of Montelupo Fiorentino ceramics

In 1973 the Archaeological Group of Montelupo accidentally spotted near an area where there were public wash houses, an ancient well, more than 30 meters deep. Between the late 14th century and the end of the 16th century it was used as a dumping ground by the medieval and Renaissance furnaces active in the town’s […]


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The Nasci-Franzoia collection of 20th century glass donated to the Carlo Rizzarda Gallery of Feltre

Murano art, history and contemporary names The Carlo Rizzarda Gallery in Feltre received as a gift, in 2018, the collection of glass of the Venetian twentieth century, and not only, collected with passion and attention by Carla Nasci and Ferruccio Franzoia, presented last July and now accompanied by a detailed catalog. In the three rooms […]

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The restoration of Michelangelo’s Pietà of the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo of Florence

The magnificent work returned to its maximum splendor The restoration of Michelangelo’s Pietà (Bandini), which began in 2019 and ended in September 2021, has restored the intensity of the work, the third after the Vatican and the Rondanini, which depicts the mourning of Christ. The lifeless body is supported by Mary and Magdalene who express […]

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Pensiero video. Disegno e arti elettroniche (Video thinking. Drawing and electronic arts)

The Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti in Lucca presents an exhibition that traces a path through the expressive potential of electronic arts, featuring drawings, videos and video installations by national and international artists. The exhibition begins with Ludovico Ragghianti’s anticipations and reflections on the importance of drawing as a medium of […]

21/10/2023 - 07/01/2024
Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti - Lucca

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Monarchs at the table. Banquets at the great Italian Courts, at Reggia di Venaria

Monarchs at the table. Banquets at the great Italian Courts is the title of the current exhibition in the evocative rooms of the Rooms of the Arts on the second floor of the Turin Palace. There are more than 200 works including paintings and table furnishings that illustrate the customs and refinement in the ritual […]

28/09/2023 - 28/01/2024
Reggia Venaria - Torino

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Rosalba Carriera, miniatures on ivory, the new exhibition at Ca’ Rezzonico

The exhibition Rosalba Carriera, miniatures on ivory presents the works of an artist, contended by European courts, famous for portraits of personalities, of varying notoriety. Those works are visual testimonies of a century, brilliant and at the same time full of tensions, but fascinating in its contradictions. The exhibition, set up in the enveloping atmosphere […]

13/10/2023 - 09/01/2024
Ca' Rezzonico - Venezia

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Terre. Artigianato artistico italiano nella ceramica contemporanea

The new book by Ugo La Pietra Terre. Artigianato artistico italiano nella ceramica contemporanea is the latest research by Ugo La Pietra, an authoritative figure of artist, scholar and promoter of applied arts in Italy. The book proposes a fascinating journey through Italian artistic ceramics: a know-how spread throughout the country with types, techniques, materials, […]

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The ivories of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello

An incredible collection of works from antiquity to the nineteenth century The Museum has a large collection of ivory works from antiquity to the nineteenth century, made by Italian, European and Oriental craftsmen. The ivories belonged to the Florentine grand-ducal collections or come from nineteenth-century purchases, but most of them were donated by the antique […]

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Montelupo: Opening of the Bitossi Museum Archives

100 years of Florentine ceramic excellence The Vittoriano Bitossi Foundation inaugurated the new archives exhibition space at its headquarters in Montelupo. The Archivio Museo Bitossi is the result of the musealization of the industrial archives of Bitossi – Florentine ceramic excellence that this year celebrates the centenary of its history made of artisan research, innovation […]

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The new protagonists of “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Borse di studio”

Also for the current year, the initiative “One School, One Job. Scholarships” financially supports the studies of some talented aspiring artisans. For the 2023 edition, three deserving young people have gained access to this important patronage action: Letizia Logrieco, born in Grumo Appula (Bari), attended the Istituto Alberghiero “IISS Tommaso Fiore” in her hometown and […]


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“Fatti ad Arte”: 7th edition kicks off

From Oct. 6 to 8, 2023 back, in the halls of the historic mansions of Palazzo Ferrero and Palazzo La Marmora in Biella Piazzo, the seventh edition of “Fatti ad Arte,” the event dedicated to high craftsmanship and art professions, was held. Included in the programming of Woolscape, a project born from the collaboration of […]


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Artijanus/Artijanas: Genius Loci/Lo spirito dei luoghi

The 2023 edition of ArtiJanus/ArtiJanas, a project combining the cultures of international design and Sardinian craftsmanship, concluded in Alghero with a major festival entitled ArtiJanus/ArtiJanas: Genius Loci/The Spirit of Places. Promoted and supported by the Fondazione di Sardegna with the scientific and artistic direction of Triennale Milano and Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte, the ArtiJanus/ArtiJanas […]


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Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza 2021/2022

New announcement online. More than 250 internships in the workshop The project “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza” (One School, One Job. Pathways to Excellence), conceived and supported by the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte of Milan, has been promoting the employment of young talents in the world of high-level know-how since 2012. Once […]

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Support Victor’s artisan store: winner of Artisan of Artigiano del Cuore 2021!

Do you want to help Victor Fotso Nyie to continue to produce beautiful ceramics and create value for our territory? Support his activity and help to preserve the artistic crafts and the tradition of ceramics in the Faenza area. At a time of serious crisis for the artisan sector, the Fondazione Cologni is acting as […]

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100 years of glass: Nason Moretti of Murano

An exhibition celebrating the prestigious milestone reached by the Murano glassworks Nason Moretti, which was started in 1923, is underway at the Murano Glass Museum. Since its inception, the furnace turned special attention to glass for the table, characterized by intense colors. Glassware, which became icons of 20th-century glass art, is presented, such as the […]

18/05/2023 - 06/01/2024
Murano - Museo del Vetro

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Victor Fotso Nyie is the winner of Artigiano del Cuore 2021

The young ceramist from Cameroon wins the Fondazione Cologni competition Thanks to the votes obtained by Wellmade’s community, Victor, a young ceramist from Cameroon, Faenza by adoption, will be able to participate in the fundraising on the platform www.retedeldono.it, to raise € 5,000 and realize his project: to buy a high-temperature kiln and raw materials, […]

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Museo Ginori in Doccia is online

The Ginori Museum, which as of 2019 is part of the “Fondazione Museo Archivio Richard Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia,” is still closed to the public, but can be seen online, (museoginori.org), because it “already has so many stories to tell,” not only as a place that preserves a vast artistic and archival heritage, but […]