With the project “Una Scuola, un Lavoro. Percorsi di Eccellenza” (A School, a Job. Paths of Excellence), the Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte has been promoting for the past 10 years the inclusion of young talents in the world of high craftsmanship, funding 6-month extracurricular training courses aimed at young people who have studied in […]
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The Golinelli Arts and Sciences Center, in agreement with the University of Bologna, presents the exhibition Beyond Space, Beyond Time. The Dream of Ulisse Aldrovandi: it is not just an exhibition to celebrate the innovative work of the scientist, but an articulated research project that compares five hundred years of the history of science with […]
04/02/2023 - 28/05/2023
Bologna
Homo Faber Guide is an online, searchable guide, which showcases artisans, ateliers, museums, galleries and experiences linked to the world of fine craftsmanship around Europe. Homo Faber Guide places the world of fine craftsmanship in Europe at your fingertips. Experience excellence with access to a selection of the best master artisans, rising talents, galleries, ateliers, […]
The world of craftsmanship
The first edition of the prestigious biennial La Grande Bellezza award has been presented this year, an initiative created by the Starhotels group in collaboration with the two leading institutions in the Italian arts and crafts sector, the Cologni Foundation for the Métiers d’Art and the OMA – Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte – and with […]
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year 1000 is considered the year zero of the Saint Bear Fair. On January 30 and 31, for more than a thousand years, the center of the city of Aosta has been packed with artisans, who, today as in the past, display and sell their products. The Foire de Saint-Ours is a great festival dedicated […]
04/03/2023 - 04/06/2023
Fénis (AO)
An urgent appeal for the Italian Artistic Craftsmanship (edited by Oma – Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte, Fatti ad Arte and Fondazione Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte) has been delivered to the Government: a cry of pain and alertness of the sector, which has entered deeply into crisis due to the consequences of the health emergency and […]
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Ending June 4th, 2023, and located in the newly restored and reopened to the public Accademia Carrara in Bergamo we find the Cecco del Caravaggio. L’allievo modello exhibition, dedicated to the painter (born Francesco Boneri, 1585-1620) who was a student of one Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The artworks honor the Lombard artist, who followed his […]
28/01/2023 - 04/06/2023
Bergamo
The three days during which Dolce&Gabbana presents its new collections in Florence is first of all a tribute to craftsmanship and handmade. The great event, entitled The Renaissance and the Rebirth, began yesterday, Wednesday, September 2, with the exhibition of jewelry at Officina-Profumo Farmaceutica Santa di Maria Novella and the evening fashion show of men’s […]
Moda
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The Villa Caruso of Bellosguardo, in Lastra a Signa, near the outskirts of Florence, is hosting an exhibition until March 5th, 2023, developed as a partnership between the Montelupo Museum Foundation and the Villa Caruso Association. Sixteen artists have reinterpreted in a contemporary light the 15th-century technique of Zaffera. Decoration depicting stylized oak leaves enriched […]
01/02/2023 - 05/03/2023
Lastra a Signa (Fi)
Fort Bard, a mighty 19th-century castle in the Aosta Valley, will be hosting the exhibit Il Déco in Italia, l’eleganza della modernità, until April 10th, 2023. More than 200 works, paintings, sculptures, ornaments, decorative arts and graphics, both illustrative and for advertising, showcasing the refined gracefulness of art deco. The exhibit recreates the Italian section […]
02/12/2022 - 10/04/2023
Bard (AO)
Wednesday 2 September and Thursday 3 September: make a note of these dates.Florence and Pitti Immagine bring the Dolce&Gabbana Haute Sartoria and Haute Couture events to the city for the first time: a tribute to history and art, to the timeless elegance of the city and the mastery of its artisan workshops. The creations of […]
Moda
The world of craftsmanship
Wellmade, the community of well-made lovers, in September will present its mobile application, which will be available for Android and iOS operating systems. Wellmade is a site that allows you to discover the best craftsmen in Italy, get to know their work and review their tailor-made products and services. The very active community, which today […]
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“Discovering Italian savoir-faire and artistic craftsmanship”, Wellmade’s itinerary among the artisan workshops in the centre of Bergamo, scheduled for Saturday 28 January from 10 a.m. to about 5 p.m., is part of the programme “La città in festa”, the inaugural days of Bergamo Brescia Capitale Italiana della Cultura, coordinated by the Department of Culture with […]
Famous works of art preserved in Florence alongside some of the historic Florentine workshops. An original combination from which comes to life ‘AMA Florence’ project promoted by the Associazione OMA – Osservatorio dei Mestieri d’Arte. Five videos, available on OMA’s YouTube channel, explore the work of art and craftsmanship inspired by the most famous historical […]
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A free course for the creation of the Palazzo Litta brand: enrolment is open until Saturday 4 February for the “Bauhaus Barocco” workshop, devised for the MiC Lombardy Regional Secretariat and entrusted to the CorsiArte training body with the collaboration of Chiara Gatti, art historian, journalist and CorsiArte lecturer, and the scientific care of the […]
On the occasion of the presentation of the programme for Elefsina European Capital of Culture 2023, the Greek Deputy Minister of Culture, Nicholas Yatromanolakis, mentions: ‘We want to do something similar to the Italian projects of DoppiaFirma and Homo Faber, opening a hub. Among the many opportunities for the cultural, but also economic and social […]
I Lava You too is the third and last event, after the exhibition I Lava You opened in May 2019 and the urban installation Potlatch vietrese inaugurated in October 2019, of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the International Prize “Journey through Ceramics” of Vietri sul Mare, established in 1999. This is a commemorative […]
The world of craftsmanship
On Monday, July 6, 2020, in the garden of the Prefecture of Milan, was held the ceremony for the awarding of the honors of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. On that occasion the Diploma of Knight of the Grand Cross, signed by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, was awarded to […]
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Fifteen bags, part of the collection of the Domenico Michelucci Civic Museum of Straw and weaving in Signa, others donated or offered on temporary loan by private individuals, are the protagonists of the exhibition Sustainability at your fingertips. These are objects, together with hats, that distinguish the production of Signa and its territory, made of […]
17/12/2022 - 28/02/2023
Signa (FI)
The ancient Roman ships, discovered in 1998 during a railway excavation work in San Rossore, returned the wrecks of thirty open sea and inland water vessels, now located in the large spaces of the Medici Arsenals. The ancient maritime history of Pisa joins the intent supported by Duke Cosimo I de ‘Medici to develop the […]
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