Jardino is thrilled to host this Sustainable Art workshop led by Italian-American artist Michelle Gagliano. Following her solo exhibition "Rhapsody in Gold" last automn, the artist will be be teaching us how to create our own paint from natural materials.

For several years, Michelle Gagliano has centered her entire practice on an eco-sustainable approach. This intentionality has led to the elimination of all toxic materials from her practice, instead introducing ground pigments, nut and lavender-based oils and solvents, and handmade gessos.

“Rhapsody in Gold” is an exhibition that celebrates the role of improvisation within Michelle Gagliano’s practice. As a jazz performer, Gagliano deliberately invites on her canvas elements that she can’t really control. Fascinated by nature and it’s ever-changing shape the artist will often paint outdoors and invites natural events to interfere with her work. If a rain starts to fall, she will allow it to blend with the layer of paint she has just applied. If the wind starts to blow, she will let it modify the stream of her composition.

Moved by a profound respect to nature and a quest for coherence, the artist centers her whole artistic direction around an eco-friendly approach. This intentionality fueled her elimination of all toxic materials from her practice, while introducing ground pigments, oils and solvents based in nuts and lavender, and handmade gessoes instead. Through such ecological approach, she wishes to inspire a new generation of artists to create without polluting the environment that surrounds them.

"Rhapsody in Gold" is supported by the Galleria La Nica, Virginia Museum of Fine art, Vero, SSG Archilighting, X-Lite, and Bollino Etico e Sociale.

 At the occasion of the Milano Design Week, Jardino is glad to invite you to the experience "MU, 無 Sensorial Temple", an immersive experience designed by Ambre Cardinal

MU, 無 is an invitation to spiritual connection by the experience of a sensual journey, through the stimulation of all our sensorial doorways. 

The artist and designer Ambre Cardinal invites each guest to connect at its own pace to this immersive installation that plays on the porosity between the environment and our interiority. Mu, 無 emphasizes the coexistence of being inside a space and being inside oneself. It offers a place where one could indulge ourself to simply be. 

Ambre Cardinal is a French artist and jewelry designer that reflects the movement and shape of the human body. Inspired by the purity of Nature, Cardinal's creations are a journey embracing the timeless alliance of soul and flesh. She builds her poetic universe around sensual purity and aesthetic force between Marseilles and Tokyo. 

Mu is an immersive experience curated by Julia Rajacic, in collaboration with Institut français Milano. 

We are glad to announce our collaboration with Beltrade theater for the projection of a selection of art video Intĭm ~ us group show.

During the event, 8 art video will be presented to the public, and followed by a Q&A session with the artists.