Natura Morta, Oggetti Vivi translates from Italian to ‘Still Life, Living Objects.Though ‘Natura Morta’ is the Italian term for ‘Still Life’, it literally translates to ‘dead nature,’ referring to the tranquil and silent sense of the word ‘morte'. The title was chosen for this exhibition which features historic still life works on paper by Giorgio […]
In 2020, in conjunction with the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and China, the Italy-China Year of Culture and Tourism was announced and finally takes place in 2022, postponed by the pandemic. 2022 also marks the 200th anniversary of Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova’s (1757 – 1822) death. For this […]
Novalis Art Design is delighted to present the first solo exhibition of Japanese designer Umeda Masanori in Hong Kong. The exhibition presents a chance to view internationally renowned designer Umeda Masanori’s work across his career, including the rarely exhibited TAWARAYA, an icon of the Memphis Group in 1981. As a pioneering and dexterous designer, Umeda’s […]
Novalis Art Design is delighted to present a group show curated by Charmaine Tam. The waste we discard and shut out from our minds lingers and haunts us. Walter Benjamin urges us to look seriously at what we have disposed of and the art of disposal itself. A ragpicker is a materialist historian who examines […]
An exhibition of works by the Memphis Group. The Memphis Group was an Italian design movement founded by Ettore Sottsass in 1981 alongside Michele de Lucchi, Aldo Cibic, Matteo Thun, Marco Zanini, Martine Bedin, Nathalie Du Pasquier, and George Sowden. Active between 1981 and 1988, the Memphis Group defined ‘80s aesthetics and greatly revolutionised the […]
Novalis Art Design is delighted to present Sylvan Reliquary, a solo photography exhibition by Italian artist Costanza Gastaldi (b. 1993). This will be her second solo exhibition in Asia. According to visual artist Costanza Gastaldi, optics is not restricted to just photography as its only proof of knowledge. In her new series “Sylvan Reliquary” she […]
Novalis Art Design is delighted to present the exhibition ‘The Other Side of La Dolce Vita: Pier Paolo Pasolini with Tazio Secchiaroli in the locations of Accattone. This exhibition is organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong under a series of programmes celebrating the 100th anniversary of Pier Paolo Pasolini and is part […]
Novalis Art Design is pleased to present “DIS-PLAY,” the first solo exhibition of Italian artist Riccardo TEN Colombo in Asia, supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong. The exhibition will showcase TEN’s new project “Cromoblock”. Playing allows us to create a spontaneous relationship with objects, to transform their use, meaning and form, to […]
Novalis Art Design is pleased to present “Sex Be With You,” a group show curated by Charmaine Tam featuring artists Batten and Kamp, IV Chan, Florence Lam, and Lau Hong Lam. Sex is everywhere. We are surrounded by sex, especially in this modern consumerist age, where sex or the promise of it has been used […]
Novalis Art Design is delighted to present Radical Legacies, an exhibition showcasing the legacies of Italian Radical Design with Gufram. The exhibition will showcase icons such as Bocca, the giant red lips sofa, Cactus, the cactus-shaped hall tree, and Pratone, the seat that resembles a giant patch of grass. The exhibition will also coincide with […]
Novalis Art Design is pleased to present “For What It’s Worth: Ceramic Experimentations by Julie & Jesse”. Rust, used cardboard wrapper, ceramic shards, roadside saplings — these are all things that we come in contact with on a regular basis, yet are so ordinary that we don’t usually register having seen them by the end […]
Novalis Art Design is pleased to present “da dove sto chiamando”, Italian artist Andrew Iacobucci’s first solo show in Asia supported by the Italian Cultural Institute in Hong Kong. In these works, the exploration delves around the limits and struggles of language. When thoughts need to be translated into something to be communicated and understood, […]