FLORENCE WORLD CAPITAL OF ART AND HANDICRAFTS

(October 2013)   The new film ‘Florence World Capital of Art and Handicrafts’ by Cinzia TH Torrini is now on-line. This work shows the passion, art, genius, history and creativity of a city and a country that celebrates Florence and the industriousness of its people, the history that made Florence into the great city it…

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INAUGURATION OF THE EXHIBITION ‘BRONZE AND FIRE’ IN LOS ANGELES

(October 2013) The opening of the exhibition “Bronze and Fire” at the exhibition space of the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles is only hours away. The Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli, Firenze has enthusiastically accepted the invitation of the Italian Foreign Ministry via the good offices of Giuseppe Perrone, the Italian Consul General of Los…

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LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES TWO HUNDERED YEARS OF VERDI

(September 2013) The Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli exhibits a bust at the Los Angeles Opera. In a few days, the bust executed by the Marinelli Foundry will be exhibited at the Los Angeles Opera on the occasion of the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi. 2013 is not only ‘The Year of Italian Culture in the U.S.A.”…

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“LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION” IN THE FOUNDRY

(June 2013) The director Cinzia TH Torrini has filmed a documentary at the Fonderia Marinelli and, for the first time, the Fonderia became a movie set. The magic of cinema and the fascination of bronze casting met on the set. The sculptors and artisans from the Fonderia were the actors of Torrini’s film. The director…

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‘ESPOIR’ A CROSS SYMBOL OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

(June 2013) The inauguration this autumn of the monument by the artist Arto Tchakmakchian. The Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli created the casting for this monument which will be erected at Laval in the Province of Quebec, Canada. In the next few days the bronze sculpture ‘Espoir’ (Hope) by the artist Arto Tchakmakchian, commissioned by the…

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FONDERIA MARINELLI ACKNOWLEDGED IN CATEGORY ‘TOP MADE IN ITALY’

(May 2013) ‘Italian Quality’ convention in Moscow, sponsored by the IRA (Italian Russian Association). ‘Premium Quality Guarantee’ and registration in the category ‘Top Made in Italy’ was granted to Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli for the first time at the IRA convention. The Fonderia was greeted very favorably during its first participation at the IRA, Moscow…

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THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE COMES TO MOSCOW

(April 2013)   Fonderia Artistica Ferdinando Marinelli exhibits four works at DOMEXPO 2013 in Moscow. The ‘Porcellino’ by Tacca and ‘The Rape of the Sabines’ by Giambologna are on view from April 11 to 14. Much of Florentine genius is packed into a small stand in Moscow at the DOMEXPO 2013 exhibtion dedicated to the…

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EXHIBITION IN CAPRAIA

(May 2004) In May 2004, the Marinelli Foundry organized in the town of Capraia (Fi), the exhibition of the works of four major sculptors, three Italian, Sergio Benvenuti, Piero Bertelli, Onofrio Pepe, and an American, Michael Parkes, who have created and cast at the foundry.

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ONOFRIO PEPE TRA GLI ETRUSCHI

(May 2005)   The archaeological site of the amphitheater of Fiesole houses since May 2, 2005, a solo exhibition of Onofrio Pepe, an artist who for his sculptures is inspired by the Greek myths revisited in modern key figuratively. The bronzes were cast by the Marinelli Foundry.

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