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Conversations on the exhibition “Oro bianco. Tre secoli di porcellane Ginori”

From January 30 to February 13, in Milan, the Museo Ginori and the Museo Poldi Pezzoli are promoting three meetings dedicated to students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of art, museography, and design, conceived as open dialogues on porcelain and the many stories that each artifact has to tell.

Date
24 January 2024
Category
Events

The conversations will take place in the Orangerie of the Museo Poldi Pezzoli (Via Manzoni 12, Milan), preceded at 2:30 pm by an exclusive visit to the exhibition. 

Participation is free. Reservation is recommended. To attend the meetings online, pre-registration is required. 

Info and reservations: ufficioconservatori@museopoldipezzoli.it

Tuesday, January 30, 2024, 3:30 PM

EXHIBITING, ILLUMINATING, TELLING: how to enhance an artwork within a display

Moderated by Federica Manoli, Museo Poldi Pezzoli

Speakers
Cinzia Ferrara, lighting designer and architect
Light: to show or to interpret?
Piero Guicciardini, Guicciardini e Magni Architetti Studio Associato
The birth of an exhibition design
Arianna Piazza, museum educator, Ambarabart Aps 
The visitor’s gaze

Tuesday, February 6, 3:30 pm

CARLO GINORI AND THE MANIFATTURA DI DOCCIA: Florentine tradition and international taste

Moderated by Rita Balleri, Museo Ginori

Speakers 
Fabrizio Paolucci, Gallerie degli Uffizi 
"A small temple inhabited by goddesses". The myth of the Tribuna at the time of the Grand Tour
Laura Galoppini, University of Pisa 
Carlo Ginori and the settlement at Cecina. The history of a territory 
Rita Balleri, Museo Ginori 
The fortune of the late Baroque Florentine bronze and the antique taste in the models of the Manifattura Ginori
Giulia Basilissi, Regional Directorate of Museums of Tuscany 
The sculptural models and porcelains of the Manifattura di Doccia: technical characteristics and conservation interventions 
Andreina d'Agliano, art and European porcelain historian 
At the table with Carlo Ginori

Tuesday, February 13, 3:30 PM

PONTI, OJETTI, ANDREOTTI

Moderated by Oliva Rucellai, Museo Ginori

Participants
Monika Poettinger, Bocconi University
The economic conjuncture in 1920s Italy and the promotion of artistic manufactories
Marta Nezzo, University of Padua
Iconic Italy: Ugo Ojetti and the arts
Francesco Mores, University of Milan
Modernism and modernity: Giovanni Semeria and Ugo Ojetti
Tonino Coi, art historian
Friendships and collaborations of Libero Andreotti. The portraits of Fernanda and Paola Ojetti, Gio Ponti and the funerary monument to Stefano Bardini
Oliva Rucellai, Museo Ginori
The porcelain cistae for Ugo and Fernanda Ojetti 
Mauro Pratesi, Academy of Fine Arts, Florence
The speeches will be recorded and published so that they can be accessed free of charge by anyone for study and valorization purposes.

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