Mosaic - Finestre sull'Arte

An end and not a means. The 100 years of the Ravenna Mosaic School.

Exactly 100 years ago, in 1924, the Mosaic School of theRavenna Academy of Fine Arts was born. To commemorate the centennial (1924-2024), the Academy has initiated a program of initiatives that include reviews, conferences and publications designed t...
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Contemporary Mosaic Biennial in Ravenna: a look at the present of a technique with centuries of history

The8th Edition of the Contemporary Mosaic Biennial, curated by Daniele Torcellini, opened in Ravenna on October 14, and will run until January 14, 2024, involving the entire city. An event that aims to invite the public to immerse themselves in a tec...
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The Labyrinth Mosaic has returned after more than 30 years to the island of Giannutri. And now a special visit

Last June the Labyrinth Mosaic returned after more than 30 years to the island of Giannutri: it is one of the most valuable finds belonging to the archaeological complex of the Roman Villa of the Domizi Enobarbi. It was detached from its original loc...
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Fantini Mosaics and Brera Academy together for an exhibition and competition on the art of mosaics

For the first time in its 120-year history, Fantini Mosaici has promoted a creative competition for young talents,"A Tale of Beauty, Decor, Matter and Surfaces. Investigation into the expressive forms of mosaic art." Conceived and promoted in collabo...
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The great mosaic of Minori's Roman Villa returns to public view

On the occasion of National Landscape Day, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 4 p.m., the large floor mosaic of the triclinium-ninphyphaeum room of the Roman Villa of Minori, which until now has been obscured by a layer of debris, micro vegetation and mos...
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Two exhibitions with contemporary mosaics in Bologna, as part of the Ravenna Biennale

As part of the seventh edition of the Biennale of Contemporary Mosaic, two exhibitions will open in the exhibition spaces of theLegislative Assembly in Bologna on November 3, 2022. For the first time, Ravenna's Biennale of Contemporary Mosaic involv...
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MANN, mosaic featuring Medusa that inspired Lennon memorial in Central Park goes back on display

On Oct. 5, 2022, sixty years after the release of The Beatles' Love me do, the Medusa-head mosaic that decorated the House of the Citarista in Pompeii will return to public display after many years at the MANN-National Archaeological Museum in Naples...
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The Monster of Ravenna, a deformed creature from the 1500s, inspires an exhibition at MAR - City Art Museum

As part of the seventh edition of the Contemporary Mosaic Biennial, the MAR - Art Museum of the City of Ravenna is proposing Prodigy Kid, an extensive exhibition by Francesco Cavaliere and Leonardo Pivi, on view from October 8, 2022 to January 8, 202...
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