BVLGARI KALEIDOS: COLORS, CULTURES AND CRAFTS Related Event
Bvlgari Forvm II "A STORY OF COLORS, CULTURES & CRAFTS"
November 14 (Fri), 2025
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This second conference explores the cultural and artistic dialogue between Rome and Tokyo, celebrating the meeting of Italian heritage and Japanese sensibility. Rooted in the timeless legacy of Roman craftsmanship, the talk will examine how Bvlgari – deeply anchored in classical traditions – continues to evolve through openness to global aesthetics and techniques. From architectural balance to minimal precision, the session will uncover how East meets West in a creative exchange that shapes contemporary design. Through this cross-cultural lens, the conference invites us to reflect on how tradition and innovation, local roots and global vision, come together to forge a unique artistic identity.
"Temple" paperweight, ca. 1977
"Mount Fuji" brooch, ca. 1972
Bvlgari Heritage Collection
Event Information
- Date
- November 14 (Fri), 2025
- Time
17:30～19:00 (Doors open at 17:00)
- Venue
The National Art Center, Tokyo, 3rd Floor Auditorium
- For who
- All
- How to Participate
Numbered tickets will be distributed from 10:00 a.m. at the Information Counter on the ground floor.
- Capacity
Limited to 220 people
- Admission
Free admission for BVLGARI KALEIDOS exhibition ticket holders.
Please present the ticket (or ticket stub) at the check-in counter.- Organized by
Organized by The National Art Center, Tokyo; Bvlgari; Japan Arts Council; Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
- Remarks
*Time and content may change without prior notice.
*English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation available.
*Recording or photography of this event is not permitted.
*There will be no live streaming available online.
*Please note that photo and film documentation of this event may be published for the purpose of the NACT’s activity reports and publicity.
Speakers
Gislain Aucremanne (Bvlgari Heritage Curator Director, Exhibition Curator) *Online Participation from Rome
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Gislain Aucremanne has gained over fifteen years of experience in the realm of jewelry across major cultural institutions in France and abroad. Educated at the École du Louvre, he has collaborated with numerous museums and jewelry maisons worldwide on their cultural programs, exhibitions, and the transmission of art knowledge to various audiences. He joined Bvlgari in 2023 as Heritage Curator Director, and in his role, Gislain acts as an ambassador, curator, and spokesperson, enhancing Bvlgari’s DNA and historical legacy, inspiring global heritage exhibitions, and cooperating with a community of international museum curators and art connoisseurs. |
Costantino D’Orazio (Art Historian, Director of National Museums of Perugia, Regional Director of Umbria Museums)
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Costantino D’Orazio (Rome, 1974) is an art historian and currently serves as Director of National Museums of Perugia and the Regional Directorate of Umbria Museums. |
Rossella Menegazzo (Professor, History of Eastern Art, Milan University)
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Ph.D., Associate Professor East Asian Art History, Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, University of Milan / The University of Tokyo, RCAST (AAD) Long Term Visiting Professor / Head of Culture, Science and Education for Italy at Expo 2025 Osaka
Rossella Menegazzo is Associate Professor of East Asian Art History at the University of Milan since 2012, after completing her studies and Ph.D. in Oriental Studies (History of Japanese art) at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. She is Long Term Visiting Professor of the (AAD) Advanced Art Design Course, (RCAST) Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology, The University of Tokyo since 2021. She has organised numerous international symposiums, the last ones at the University of Milan on Japanese arts and design (2108, 2022) and at the National Art Centre, Tokyo in 2023. She has curated many exhibitions and catalogues on Japanese arts, photography, and design in collaboration with major Italian and international museums and publishers. Among the main publications: IRO. The Essence of colour in Japanese Design (Phaidon 2022); WA. The Essence of Japanese Design (Phaidon 2014, Bjutsushuppan 2017). She is Academic of the Accademia Ambrosiana, Class of Far Eastern Studies since 2018. She received the Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendations FY2017 (individuals). In 2016 was appointed "Cool Japan Ambassador” by the Japan Cabinet Office. Intellectual Property Strategy. In 2014-17 DNP Foundation for Cultural Program Research Grant on Japanese Graphic design. |
Ayako Miyajima (Senior Curator, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Exhibition Co-curator)
Ayako Miyajima is senior curator at the National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT), specializing in European art, with a particular emphasis on seventeenth-century French and Italian art. At NACT, she has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions, including Peindre l’amour dans les collections du Louvre (2023), Treasures from Budapest: European and Hungarian Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts Budapest and the Hungarian National Gallery (2019), L’art du portrait dans les collections du Louvre (2018), and Venetian Renaissance Paintings from the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice (2016).
