Buccellati in Venaria

At Venaria Palace, near Turin, comes the great exhibition dedicated to Gianmaria Buccellati. The exhibition follows that of Florence and is a tribute to the art of the jeweler Florentine goldsmith. The exhibition (“The art of beauty. The jewels of Gianmaria Buccellati,” March 21 to August 30), organized by Gianmaria Buccellati Foundation and the Foundation for the Study of Art Goldsmith, with the coordination of the Swiss Luxury Culture Management, offers a selection of the works of jewelry. Gianmaria Buccellati, born in 1924, continued the experience of the father Mario, who in 1919 opened his first boutique of fine jewelry in Milan, where he met Gabriele d’Annunzio, who described him as the “prince of the goldsmiths”. The exhibition is organized into three sections. According Chiara Tinonin, curator of the exhibition, “The jewelry, the jewelry creations and silver that Gianmaria Buccellati started drawing very young and has produced throughout life are represented in the exhibition by 108 valuable pieces, each one unique, and willing in a chronological journey that explores the origin creative drawing his autobiographical stories. But there are not just objects. The attention to the cultural and artistic expressions of the past, the deep knowledge of the goldsmith and its secrets, and his aesthetic sense, enhanced by the shots of the photographer Giò Martorana. ” For the curator, to Buccellati is a tradition that follows the great schools of the Renaissance, classical and eighteenth centuries. But now, with a jewelry that often follows the trend of the moment and the rhythms of industrial production, is also a cultural heritage that is likely to get lost. Federico Graglia