The restorers of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure of Florence have restored the portrait of the supreme poet by Andrea del Castagno (1421-1475) to its original color, removing sediments and pictorial retouches that had darkened the colors. An unprecedented image emerged with that brilliance that is proper to mural painting. Moreover, Dante’s face has more […]
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Lino Tagliapietra’s works surprise for their beauty, for their shape, delicate and solid at the same time, for the chromatic choices that give life, in a constant renewal, to the mysterious, intriguing charm of glass. And it is this sensory involvement that is summarized in the title: Lino Tagliapietra, glass as a journey and a […]
14/07/2023 - 25/09/2023
Ca' Rezzonico - Venezia
A corollary of the 100% exhibition. A centenary and a hundred pieces: Richard Ginori and Gio Ponti in a Lavenese collection, the MIDeC of Laveno presents an exhibition project, A fairy tale in ceramics and glass: the dialogues of Margherita (Grasselli) and Pinocchio (Massimo Lunardon), which gives rise to an atmosphere of magical and poetic […]
15/07/2023 - 08/10/2023
MIDeC, Museo Internazionale Design Ceramico - Cerro di Laveno Mombello (VA)
Online workshop for Sardinian artisans and craft enterprises ArtiJanus/ArtiJanas is the experimental project of design and craft culture promoted and supported by the Fondazione di Sardegna together with Triennale Milano and with the collaboration of Fondazione Cologni. The seminars and workshops for innovation and markets, developed by Fondazione Cologni, will involve Sardinian artisans and artisan […]
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The International Museum of Ceramic Design (MIDeC) in Laveno Mombello celebrates Gio Ponti’s collaboration with the Richard-Ginori Manufacture in Doccia at the first Monza Biennial in 1923 with an exhibition with a captivating title. The event aroused the interest of critics and the public for the choice of unusual shapes and decorations typical of Gio […]
15/07/2023 - 08/10/2023
MIDeC, Museo Internazionale Design Ceramico - Cerro di Laveno Mombello (VA)
A cultural program to bring young people closer to museums The ratification of the Faro Convention opens a new phase for culture and turns the spotlight on young people called to actively participate in the protection of artistic heritage. Culture Action is a cultural program conceived and designed by the young people of the Poldi […]
The world of craftsmanship
The history of Superstudio Più in via Tortona, the first multicultural hub of Milan The long-awaited book that traces the birth of Milan’s first multicultural hub, Superstudio Più in via Tortona, and of the city’s most important event, the Design Week, which started right here, is now out. The book 2000/2020 Design Super Show by […]
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It has happily concluded after four years of activity “AD HOC. Strategies to counter dispersion,” a project selected by the social enterprise Con i Bambini, coordinated by Cometa Formazione and co-financed by the De Agostini Foundation. The Project has been able to count on a varied network of partners in the area: schools, parishes, foundations, […]
The new digital showcase for artisans Emporio Mida, a permanent digital showcase dedicated to exhibitors, is active on the Mida platform. A tool to promote and sell craftsmanship 365 days a year, designed to meet the needs of artisans in the context of the international market. With Emporio Mida, users will be able to view […]
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Costanza Macrì and Monica Candido, goldsmiths and owners of the artisan business and workshop CosMonique Gioielli, are the winners of Artigiano Del Cuore (Artisan of the Heart) 2023 – 6th Edition. After being selected as finalists along with 9 other artisan enterprises, it was the community, through online voting, that chose them as “Artigiano Del […]
Visitabile negli spazi dell’ADI Design Museum di fino al 10 settembre, la mostra fa riferimento alle ricerche di Ugo La Pietra sul rapporto individuo/ambiente e in particolare lo spazio collettivo urbano. Fin dalla fine degli anni Sessanta, La Pietra ha indagato il territorio urbano, espressione formalizzata delle contraddizioni della vita sociale. Dalle periferie (Gradi di […]
15/06/2023 - 10/09/2023
ADI Design Museum - Milano
A video, detailed but also agile, illustrates the history of the ceramic collection of the Lungarotti Foundation, primary nucleus of the Museum of Wine (MUVIT), inaugurated in 1974. The project was started in the sixties in order to contextualize the Umbrian wine history through ceramic containers, in a reciprocal dialogue between the product of the […]
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Theater, music and costumes at the Medici court The essay published in 1859 by Aby Warburg, I costumi teatrali per gli intermezzi del 1589 (Theatrical costumes for the intermezzos of 1589), for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the reform of opera in music in Florence, has been re-published by Electa, which acquired (2020) […]
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132 works by the Turin-based manufacturer Lenci were donated to the Royal Museums by collectors Gabriella and Giuseppe Ferrero. They are works made by various artists between 1928 and 1936. Beyond the variety of subjects and the aesthetic pleasantness of the figurines, the exhibition expresses the modernity of the European avant-garde and the solid references […]
23/06/2023 - 31/12/2023
Musei Reali, Galleria Sabauda - Torino
In the Villa Torrigiani in Florence, where fashion was born thanks to the fashion show organized by Giovanni Battista Giorgini, an international press conference and the preview of the first biography dedicated to the father of Made in Italy At 2 p.m. on February 12, 2021, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the […]
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The Museum of Eighteenth-Century Venice at Ca’ Rezzonico, a seventeenth-century palace acquired in 1935 by the Municipal Administration of Venice, reopens after restoration work in the reception spaces on the ground floor that anticipate the visit with a striking room overlooking the Grand Canal. The collection, which includes paintings but also objects and furnishings from […]
Ca’ Rezzonico Dorsoduro 3136 - Venezia
Cremona is music is the new project of the City of Cremona born within the actions of tourism promotion that aims to develop and expand the effects of the campaign #inLombardiaComeMe, created by the Lombardy Region. The City of Cremona has chosen to decline the regional action I’d like you to hear it like me. […]
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On December 15, 2020, the Museum of Jewelry in Vicenza officially became a permanent museum dedicated to Made in Italy jewelry, launching online the preview of the new edition. The goal is to continue the diffusion of the culture and values of Italian jewelry, enhancing the territories and companies and keeping alive the bond with […]
Gioielleria & Orologeria & Bijoux
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The tapestry, made of silk and silver and gold threads preserved in the Vatican Museums, reproduces Leonardo’s famous fresco in Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. It was given in 1533 by Francis I of France to Pope Clement VII, Julius de’ Medici, for the wedding of his son Henry of Valois to Catherine de’ […]
21/03/2023 - 03/09/2023
La Venaria Reale - Torino
Artisans are protagonists of added value in the Italian economic system: support their talent with a simple donation, indicating the Tax Code of Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte in your tax return: 97155080159. With this small gesture you can help concretely promote the activities of our Foundation in favor of the “intelligent hands” that create […]