Over 1,640 artisans have been selected across Europe and introduced on the www.madineurope.eu portal. By bringing all these representatives of European excellence together, Mad’in Europe offers them more growth opportunities and provides consumers with easy access to top-quality, custom-made services. Application is free of charge, but it is open only to micro enterprises (employing 10 […]

Showing from June 24 to September 25, at Palazzo Morando Costume Moda Immagine of Milan, is the exhibition Dialoghi di filo. Curated by Livia Crispolti  and held within EXPO IN CITTÀ, the exhibition showcases the textile works created by the students of the Textile Culture course at Brera’s Academy of Art, replicas of period costumes designed […]

The 19th  Nove Ceramics Festival, which celebrates the arts and crafts of a town rich in history and traditions, will be held from September 5 to 19, 2016. The festival’s program features a number of events, including exhibitions, workshops and conferences. Worth mentioning is the Portoni Aperti initiative, on September 10 and 11, which  brings over […]

The Promovetro Consortium, with the support of the Veneto Region and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of Venezia Rovigo Delta Lagunare, has introduced the new traceability trademark Vetro Artistico® Murano, to protect consumers and guarantee the genuineness of Murano’s glassware. The trademark, created according to the most advanced technologies, allows end-consumers to […]

From July 9 to September 4, 2016, Merano Arte celebrates Markus Vallazza with an extensive retrospective exhibition on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The exhibition, curated by Günther Oberhollenzer, pays a tribute to the great artist by focusing on the crucial role played by Vallazza on Alto Adige’s art scene in the past 50 […]

Enno de Kroon is a talented Dutch artist known for transforming ordinary materials such as cardboard into works of art. By using egg crates to paint human faces and figures or everyday life scenes, he produces a spectacular relief effect which breaks down the subject into its geometrical components like in cubist painting. Therefore, the […]

The exhibition, organized by Istituzione Bologna Musei/Museo internazionale and biblioteca della musica and Museo Civico Archeologico with the collaboration of Milan’s Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, is held within the exhibition Egypt: Millenary Splendour, organized by Bologna Musei and Arthemisia Group. It showcases the drawings, masks, ornaments and stage models that Arnaldo Pomodoro designed for the staging […]

Feel the Yarn is the competition for aspiring designers from the world’s most prestigious fashion schools and aimed at supporting talented people in the knitwear field. This year’s competition, whose theme is Knitting Time, will be attended by 26 students coming from 13 major international fashion and design schools, and by 22 Italian yarn mills, […]

Promoted and planned by Caript Foundation, the exhibition showcases a selection of about eighty big-size photographs by Rita Lintz, an artist and performer from New York who makes use of several expressive languages, from photography to installations and performances. The photographs on show take the viewer on a journey through time and space- from cinema, […]

On the occasion of Pitti Uomo 90, in the splendid setting of the Villa Bardini garden, an event dedicated to Italia-sumusira.it portal, during which artisans from all over Italy meet press and buyers who came to Florence for one of the most important international events in the world of fashion. Partner of the evening, the […]

The event, which was established in 1986 for the purpose of promoting top-quality artistic crafts, is going to be held once again in Feltre’s historic center. During the event, the buildings’ entrance halls, the streets and houses serve as the backdrop for many artisans, coming from all over Italy, who show how they skillfully create […]

With over 100 artisans from all over Italy, workshops showing visitors how they work and a rich program of collateral events, Cibarti has been one of the most popular shows of the Salento area since 2012. It showcases the best of Italy’s artistic crafts and agricultural and food industry, offering visitors the chance to buy […]

Across Art and Fashion is the new exhibition organized by the Ferragamo Foundation and the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, running from May 19, 2016 to April 7, 2017. Conceived and curated by  Stefania Ricci, Maria Luisa Frisa, Enrica Morini and  Alberto Salvadori, the exhibition involves, in addition to the Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, the collaboration of a […]

Artisan know-how is crucial to the success of the “Made-in-Italy”. The growth of Italian GDP should be based on the best our economy has to offer: the creation of values originating from beauty, attention to details and the highest standard of excellence in all fields. The new book of the Ricerche series, commissioned to Bocconi […]

In 2016, the Loewe Foundation launched the Loewe Craft Prize, an international yearly prize that rewards excellence in the field of artistic crafts. Through the recognition and support of artisan manufacturing, which reinterprets tradition by using the craftsman’s personal language and skill, Loewe Foundation highlights the ongoing contribution that artistic crafts make to contemporary culture. […]

Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte is the main partner of “GLASS- Arte del Vetro oggi in Italia” , a spectacular exhibition organized by FAI and curated by artist and art gallery owner Jean Blanchaert, with the collaboration of Irina Eschenazi Focsaneanu. Glass, which illustrates the artistic ferment that is sweeping through today’s glassmaking scene, will be open […]

Emilio Pucci –the famous Florentine fashion house which is now part of the LVMH Group – opens to the public for the third Les Journées Particulières event, at Villa di Granaiolo where, in 2011, a private museum devoted to the brand’s history and the Archives Center for young people and students were established. The Emilio […]

A project promoted by the City of Pisa and Town of Santa Croce sull’Arno and curated by Ilaria Mariotti, which draws a parallelism between the current production of thought and culture and the local manufacturing industry. Cecchini created a series of large leather tables seen as a sort of mapping (and landscape) of the tanning […]

Florence’s International Arts and Crafts Fair turns 80 this year. On show at Fortezza da Basso are the secrets and trades of Florence’s historic workshops and nearly-forgotten arts and crafts. A constructive and harmonious journey through the regions of Italy and countries of the world. For more information, click here

The exhibition of the Cominelli Foundation’s Permanent Collection opened in Padua at the Oratorio di San Rocco on March 3, 2016. The exhibition’s curators are Mirella Cisotto Nalon, Rita Marcangelo and Rosanna Padrini with the collaboration of Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo AG. The Collection  was curated by jewellery historian Bianca Cappello in 2011 and augmented in […]