Press releases

The Michelangelo Foundation, along with its partners Japan Foundation, Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, Fondazione Cologni dei Mestiere d’Arte and Fondazione Giorgio Cini are delighted to announce the new confirmed dates for Homo Faber: Living Treasures of Europe and Japan. The cultural event dedicated to fine craftsmanship will take place at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, 9 to 26 September 2021

Homo Faber Guide is an online, searchable platform, which showcases artisans, ateliers, museums, galleries and experiences linked to the world of fine craftsmanship around Europe. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

Cyprus, famous for its artistic needlecraft, lace embroidery, woodwork and for its ceramicists and silversmiths; Malta known for its lace making, weaving, glass blowing and silverware, are both islands which bring rich Mediterranean traditions to the Homo Faber Guide

Hungary, famous for the quality of its porcelain and for the innovative spirit of its craftspeople, and Slovakia, known for its experimental approach to glass, crystal and many other materials, are countries of particular importance for the Homo Faber Guide, located as they are at the heart of Europe.

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence.

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

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. The portal connects art enthusiasts, collectors, clients, galleries, curious travellers and designers with the continent’s crafting excellence

In the hilltop medieval town of Todi in Umbria, Italy, there is a maker who could be taken for a magician, such are his skills and creativity for transforming natural raw materials into pieces of mesmerising beauty

A fascination with fashion and its history sparked a curiosity in Asya Kozina to capture the details seen in costumes and accessories of bygone eras and cultures

Laurine Malengreau captivates with her creativity. Her large-scale textile wall hangings are making statements in many interior spaces in Paris, and across the globe; striking, mesmerising and elegant in equal measure

It is pertinent that the central figure of Cristian Marianciuc’s beautifully intricate paper art is the crane. A bird that is symbolic in Chinese mythology and folklore, often representing the Taoist immortals who had magical abilities to transform into cranes and take flight

Dimitri Shabalin’s studio in Moscow is like a candy shop: in every corner, there is something bright and colourful that catches the eye.

Belgian woodcarver, Julien Feller has a wise head on his young shoulders. His musings take him back to the Italian Renaissance and the great masters of fine craftsmanship of this era: Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael and Ghiberti.

Vanessa Barragão is sending ripples through the world of design, art and fashion. Her large-scale textile wall hangings and rugs, bursting with colour and texture are having a moment

An initiative to extend the Red List project launched in 2017 in the United Kingdom to Europe, by pooling resources and research methods in order to identify, raise the profile and protect endangered crafts, by using the engagement of network members at a local level.

In the wake of the damage caused by Venice’s recent high tides, Michelangelo Foundation has pledged its support to Venetian Heritage. The organisation has launched a support Venice campaign to raise funds that will go towards the restoration of Venice’s artistic heritage.

The Pont de la Machine is now home to the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie and the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship. Renamed "Arcades des Arts", this historical building in downtown Geneva thus becomes a veritable hub of watchmaking and craft culture.