Mosaic Masterpieces Tours

A glorious sunset at the end of our stay in Rome before leaving for Ravenna.

Curated by AIMC, this exhibition in 2011 included the work of fourteen international artists. there was also a smaller exhibition of young artists.

This basilca has an amazing ancient mosaic floor with sumptous stone patterns, a real gem on the island of Murano.

Here are ten examples of street nameplates in Ravenna. Why doesn’t every town have them? Made by laboratory AnnaFietta to mark the first RavennaMosaico festival.

Rosetta Beradi came forward with the idea of an exhibition reflecting on the form of the book through mosaic technique. This is a selection of works on display in 2011.

Church of San Domenico. Curator: AIMC. Images of exhibits. Two of which are by members of our tour, Jo Braun and Julie Richey.

The museum has a  collection of contemporary mosaic art on permanent loan and also additional work on show throughout the corridors and galleries. Here are a selection of works

Ten selected works shown in the first GAEM International Prize. Theme of the competition show is the concept of fragmentation and reconstruction.

This show featured the work of young contemporary artists: Andrea Sala, Raffaella Ceccarossi and Samantha Holmes. Although this exhibition was not part of the main Ravenna publicised events the work was exciting, challenging and better co-ordinated than some of the other venues.

Major installation designed by Mimmo Paladino.

The fountain reflects Nancie’s personality: always lively, enchanting and glistening .

This costume stems from the attire of doctors during the time of plague. The doctors wore black robes coated with wax and aromatic oils, a hood and cowl  over their heads, large glasses to protect their eyes, and a long beak-like nose with a filter at its end. Here are a few images of the intriguing […]

Nancie tried to get Allan to buy this mini-mosaic of the Paladino panel. We thought it cost 350 euro but it actually cost 3500 euro!

One of the three angels visiting Abraham.