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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The flood that hit Emilia Romagna in recent weeks has severely damaged the city of Faenza and its many workshops, workshops, ateliers and studios of ceramic artists throughout the city. Great masters and small artisan businesses that carry on an ancient craft, of inestimable historical-artistic, territorial and identity importance, have suffered irreparable damage. For this […]
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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At Palazzo Colonna, in the heart of the capital, the investiture ceremony of Fondazione Altagamma’s 2023 Honorary Members was held on Monday, May 15. This recognition, inaugurated in 2002 by Leonardo Ferragamo, welcomes into the prestigious Altagamma ecosystem women and men, companies and national and international institutions that have contributed to promoting Italian excellence and […]
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 […]
The world of craftsmanship
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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On May 27, 1923, the Salsomaggiore spa complex, designed by Ugo Giusti and decorated by Galileo Chini, whose 150th birth anniversary falls on this day, was inaugurated. It is a grandiose work that reconciles memories of art nouveau, with suggestions of the Viennese secession, with motifs already in Deco taste and oriental enchantments. The exhibition […]
27/05/2023 - 17/09/2023
Salsomaggiore
In the evocative space of the former Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte, now the Cathedral of the Image, theater of Arte Immersiva, the volume Gioielli a Firenze-Jewels in Florence was presented. Fratelli Peruzzi Archive 1880-1970, edited by Bianca Cappello, published by Livorno-based Sillabe Publishing House. Patient cataloging has returned drawings, plans, notes, photos, and […]
Firenze
The Venetian Glass Archive, established in 2012, which is based on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, was recently moved to the recently restored 16th-century Sala Messina, located in the Cypress Cloister next to the exhibition aera “Le Stanze del vetro,” which has been the scene of important exhibitions for years. The Glass Study Center […]
Venezia
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 […]
The world of craftsmanship
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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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
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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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 […]
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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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
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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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
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 […]
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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