Born in Valeggio Lomellina (PV) in 1947, Giorgio Forni graduated in Medicine at the University of Pavia in 1972 and took in Geriatrics in Florence under the guidance of professor Antonini, with whom he had the chance to experiment the use of art with therapeutic functions. He connected the passion for Art and Beauty […]
Tea-Time-Textile-Talks chiacchierate sui tessili all’ora del the! E’ tradizione, sin dalla prima edizione del 2005, che il Sartirana Textile Show comprenda un programma di brevi conferenze tenute da specialisti e riferite alle mostre collaterali organizzate. Le conferenze hanno una durata di 15/20 minuti per dare tempo anche al pubblico di interagire con domande e commenti. […]
La Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo è un’istituzione non profit attiva a Torino dal 1995 dedicata alla ricerca, produzione e formazione nel campo dell’arte contemporanea. La Fondazione ha le sue radici nella Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, una costellazione esemplare di opere che dal 1992 riflette la pluralità di ricerche degli ultimi decenni. La centralità dell’artista è […]
Stefano Ionescu has decided to launch a new edition of Trip to Italy from 13-25 September 2016. This year tour will touch Lombardia, Palermo, Naples and Rome. The tour will begin in Lombardia and will include a visit to Sartirana Textile Show. More information about Trip to Italy 2016: http://www.transylvanianrugs.com/?p=3456 .
The Lao gift. Symbols and patterns of textile exchange in Lao society of 20th century. From the 14th to the 17th of September, David Sorgato gallery presents a preview of Lao textiles exhibition, during the 11th Sartirana Textile Show, to la Pila in Sartirana (booth 7-8). The exhibition explores the meaning of the gift as […]
The banners named Phaa Koei are long bands of cloth decorated with complicated religious and magic symbols. They were employed in the funerary ceremonies of the various ethnic group of Laos. Usually the daughters-in-law of the family weaved a phaa koei in honour of their parents-in-law with the aim of exhibiting them when their parents-in-law […]
