Tag Naples

22-09-2022

Patricia Urquiola’s hybrids in Capodimonte

Ropes, moss, flowers and sponges, bark and cotton are the alternative materials Patricia Urquiola and the students of Istituto Caselli in Capodimonte incorporate in the porcelain that was the pride of the Bourbons, creating objects and centrepieces of unprecedented modernity. A creative spark ignited with Edit Napoli to reawaken the spirit of an illustrious tradition which has always had a lot to do with nature.

08-09-2022

Celebration and catastrophe in the ceramics of Diego Cibelli

Naples throughout history - as well as in its modern-day form - is the rich, fertile ground fuelling the work of Diego Cibelli, a ceramic artist who draws inspiration from objects, homes, celebrations and domestic habits to create new stories, intermingling the bittersweetness of the everyday with the nobility of tradition.

13-04-2022

Farewell to artist, architect and designer Riccardo Dalisi

Riccardo Dalisi, an artist, architect, designer, sculptor and painter who had been working on welfare initiatives in various underprivileged zones of Naples for many years, left us on April 9th. He won two Compasso d'Oro awards, one in 1981 for his research into the flip coffee pot, turning it into an icon of the "opera buffa of design", and one for lifetime achievement in 2014. He promoted the “Compasso di latta” award for research in design in the areas of human support, eco-compatibility and degrowth, issues that were always of primary importance in his work.

10-06-2021

Città Sospese - Siti Italiani UNESCO nei giorni del lockdown Exhibition

In the long months of spring 2020, while millions of people were confined to their homes complying with the restrictions imposed by authorities to ensure the containment of the Covid-19 pandemic, photographers from the Italian Ministry of Culture travelled to 11 Italian cities recognised as UNESCO heritage sites, to capture a valuable visual testimony of this unprecedented historical moment experienced by Italy's cities of art, with the typical bustling streets devoid of tourists and locals.