The world of craftsmanship

The Museum of Jewellery in Vicenza officially becomes a permanent museum dedicated to jewelry Made in Italy

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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Raffaello and the paper of Fabriano

A research conducted on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of Raffaello Sanzio (celebrated in 2020) has made it possible to find a correspondence between the watermarks used by the Urbino master and the historical ones from Fabriano. This is the confirmation that, besides Michelangelo, ascertained user of the Fabriano paper with […]

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MIDeC in collaboration with Triennale Milano

From May 13 to July 9, 2023, MIDeC International Museum of Ceramic Design, in collaboration with Triennale Milano, presents “The SCI, Italian Ceramic Society at the 1st Biennial Exhibition of International Decorative Arts in Monza, May 1923.” A celebration of an anniversary: at the prestigious venue in Laveno Mombello, in the province of Varese, the […]

13/05/2023 - 09/07/2023
Milano

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Online profiles of interns “Una Scuola, un Lavoro”

On the website dedicated to the project “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di eccellenza” the profiles of the trainees of the 2022/2023 edition are available online. Discover the faces of the 25 young protagonists: among these master craftsmen of tomorrow, some come from countries such as France, Estonia, Romania, Venezuela and Peru and have found […]


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Da vino e ceramica a ceramica e vino (From wine and ceramics to ceramics and wine)

A film, 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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“Artigiano del Cuore” contest 2023: applications open until June 5

Kicking off the 6th Edition of ” Artigiano del Cuore,” a competition promoted annually by the Cologni Foundation and the Wellmade platform. This 2023 edition is dedicated to artisans and artisan businesses that carry on an art craft, and are based in Lombardy. The winner or winner of the Competition, who will be chosen by […]

05/05/2023 - 05/06/2023

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The Mosaic School of Friuli and the Mattiussi-Pertini High School united in a business project

The Mosaic School of Spilimbergo and the High School of Pordenone have launched a project of collaboration between the educational sphere and the world of work. The class becomes “a company” with roles that reflect the real ones. The aim of the project is to know the artistic and economic potential of the Friuli Venezia […]

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A Tuscan potter of the Renaissance, new investigations

The artist, who has no biographical identity and is commonly referred to as the “Painter of the Papal Procession,” was an excellent ceramist who depicted religious and mythological scenes and episodes from the lives of the Medici pontiffs, Leo X and Clement VII. In full coherence with the figurative principles of the sixteenth century, the […]

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KIMONO, reflections of art between Japan at Museo del Tessuto in Prato

The exhibition, which has just opened at the Prato Museo del Tessuto with the collaboration of the Fashion and Applied Arts Museum of Gorizia, presents 50 Kimonos, for men and women, dating within the first half of the 20th century, from the Lydia Manavello collection. The precious garments, made of textured, embroidered or printed silk […]

29/04/2023 - 19/11/2023
Museo del Tessuto - Prato

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The art of fashion from 1789 to 1968 between dreams and revolution

The prestigious venue of the San Domenico Museums in Forli hosts the exhibition The Art of Fashion. The Age of Dreams and Revolutions. 1789-1968, which traces the changes in the taste and art of clothing, both women’s and men’s, over a period of time between two emblematic dates: 1789 and 1968. It traces a path […]

18/03/2023 - 02/07/2023
Musei San Domenico - Forlì

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Bianco Home Tuscany

Bianco Home Tuscany is a collection of art objects created by Giovanni Bianco, architect and interior designer graduated at the Art Institute of Pisa. Tuscany is one of the Italian territories historically richer than any other in examples of craftsmanship excellence: from glass to ceramics, from silver to porcelain, from jewelry to textiles, Tuscan art […]

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Vigevano: the Archaeological Museum of Lomellina welcomes the Antonio Strada collection

More than 250 artifacts from the Strada family’s Scaldasole castle have been restored and assigned to the Vigevano Museum by the Ministry of Culture. The nucleus, which brings together artifacts from prehistory to the Renaissance, documents both the territorial history of Lomellina and the collecting passion of the Strada family, which began at the end […]

09/02/2023 - 04/12/2023
Museo Archeologico Nazionale della Lomellina - Vigevano (PV)

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The spectacle of Beauty. From Benvenuto Cellini to the contemporary artists

On the occasion of the recurrence of 25 years of activity of the Fondazione Cologni, a special volume of the by now historical series “Mestieri d’Arte” is published for Christmas by Marsilio, starting from the image of the logo of the Foundation itself, which has taken as its symbol the famous Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini. […]

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New light in the Baptistery of Pisa: ancient and modern stained glass windows

The 19th-century stained-glass windows have been carefully restored by the Centro Conservazione e Restauro de La Venaria Reale of Turin to repair the damage caused by time and by the bombing of 1944. Four new stained glass windows were, instead, the object of an international competition, promoted by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana. They are […]

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DOPPIA FIRMA by Michelangelo Foundation, Fondazione Cologni and Living

The seventh edition of Doppia Firma. Dialogue between design thinking and high craftsmanship, in a path that winds through the magnificent halls of the main floor of Palazzo Litta, enhances the union between design innovation and the tradition of the great masters of art. In this 2023 edition, the creative pairs come not only from […]

18/04/2023 - 23/04/2023
Palazzo Litta - Milano

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Sineo Gemignani: realist painter of civil commitment 1917-1973

A recent book traces the life, works and civil commitment of Sineo Gemignani (1917-1973) whose training began at the Regio Istituto d’Arte di Porta Romana in Florence, a school for artistic and artisan training. Later he became a teacher at the Art Institute of Florence, Siena and Pisa. From a young age, he was a […]

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Salone del Mobile 2023: a special appointment at Palazzo Litta

For Fuorisalone 2023, high craftsmanship and creativity return to enhance the monumental spaces of Palazzo Litta, a baroque jewel box in the heart of Milan, in the historic Cinque Vie district, and the prestigious headquarters of the Regional Secretariat for Lombardy of the Ministry of Culture. On the occasion of Design Week 2023, Fondazione Cologni […]

18/04/2023 - 23/04/2023
Palazzo Litta - Milano

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The great ceramist Sandro Soravia

He was an artist endowed with great sensitivity who moulded ceramics, but also wood and bronze, into works intriguing for their figurative beauty, for the tactile sensation of the material. His works invite to reflect on the human condition, in the search of balance and harmony, giving life to an emotional involvement. Soravia had learned […]

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TIME by Gianluca Pacchioni

In the magnificent Richini courtyard of Palazzo Litta, artfully illuminated by Viabizzuno, the public is welcomed by the monumental site-specific work TIME, created by the Milanese master of stone and metal art Gianluca Pacchioni, who has collaborated with the Veronese artisan company Girasole Pietre Naturali, which specializes in the research and working of stone, gathering […]

18/04/2023 - 23/04/2023
Palazzo Litta - Milano

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Homo Faber Guide to discover the best of art crafts in Italy

Homo Faber Guide is a digital guide to discover artisans, manufactures, museums, galleries and experiences related to the world of European high craftsmanship. The project has been developed in collaboration with the international network of partners of the Michelangelo Foundation, who contribute with their knowledge of the territory and recommend, evaluate and promote the subjects […]