PALAZZO RODIO ART-BOUTIQUE

Arianna Greco is the artist who, in 2012, created Arte Enoica, a painting technique that involves using wine instead of traditional colours on canvas. Over time, the wine oxidises on the canvas as it would in a barrique or bottle, changing colour from the bright reds typical of young wines to the mature colours typical of aged wines and specific to each grape variety. Once the change has taken place, the colour is “fixed” through a process whose secret is jealously guarded by the artist. Right from the start, the Italian and foreign press compared her works to Dorian Gray’s painting.  Arianna Greco is one of the most eclectic artists on the international art scene, winner, among other things, of the 34th European Award for Tourism in Croatia at the 19th FilmTourFestival, an award received in the past by personalities such as Franco Zeffirelli, Gualtiero Marchesi and Paul Bocuse. 

Always attentive to the promotion of her homeland, this technique makes Arianna one of the most appreciated artists on the international scene. 

An intense artistic activity, full of awards and recognitions, to which is added the Vice-Presidency of DiversArte, a Cultural Association with a Festival promoting Art as a means of communication in the field of diversity. But above all, it is an activity which, through enthusiasm and curiosity about a particular artistic form, brings out the good and the beautiful in everyone, bringing together Brazil, Russia, China, Uruguay and the USA around a paintbrush and a glass of wine.

Renato Begnoni, born in Villafranca di Verona in 1956, is an artist from Verona and one of the most significant and well-known Italian photographers, who has been involved in research photography for several years. He has exhibited in Italy and abroad: France, Poland, Argentina, Canada, USA, Principality of Monaco, Germany, New Zealand, USSR, Sweden and Republic of San Marino.

Invited to take part in the International Art Biennale in Venice in 1995 and in 2011, Italian Pavilion, at the Giardini di Castello and Arsenale. In 1997 he represented young Italian photography in Vancouver, Canada.

In 2000 he exhibited at the Triennale di Milano in the exhibition “Il chiaroscuro delle violenze”. He won the Friuli Venezia Giulia prize for photography in 2002 and 2017. Nikon Italia has included 22 of his works and an interview on its home page.

His work can be found in five publications in the history of photography. His works are held in museums in San Francisco, the National Library in Paris, the Ca’ Pesaro Museum and the Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice, and the Alinari Museum in Florence.  Since 2021 his bibliography has been included on Wikipedia.

Intuition… the moment, knowing how to capture the vibrant emotions that enhance the images and the technical ability to make them matter, transform the photographer into a true Poet.

Salvatore Valente began his career in the 1980s and has taken part in several international photography competitions and won more than 70 International Awards.

During his professional growth as a photojournalist, he has held several personal exhibitions with great success.

“My hobby is my job! In fact, my photo lab is called Hobby Foto! That’s why, as soon as I can, I travel around the world with the curiosity of someone who wants to discover new scenarios and the passion of someone who loves photography. A passion that since 2009 has allowed me to participate and be among the winners or finalists in numerous competitions.

When I can’t travel the world, I enjoy capturing images of the beautiful town in Puglia where I live: Ostuni!”

“I see fashion as a chance to make every woman unique, how? By interpreting it”.

I am Francesca Fossati, I was born and raised in Monza, but since I was a child I have loved the “White City”, that magical Ostuni which is now my second home. My Atelier could only be present in both cities. My passion for fashion began as a child when I watched my grandmother work as a seamstress. After my art studies, I worked in microelectronics, running the family business, while maintaining close ties with the art world and in 1996 I founded the Fatto ad Arte Gallery. In 2008 I decided to live my dream and, studying with great masters, I dedicated heart and soul to the world of High Fashion.

I firmly and rigorously believe in the uniqueness and quality of the handmade article.

My motto? “True luxury is the uniqueness that tells us”.

Creating and making clothes is my way of interpreting and communicating:

Fashion is Art, the Art of Making

. . . Call them scarves, stoles, foulards . . . in reality they are true and authentic jewels of Italian manufacturing culture.

True Nous scarves are the result of fashion designer Sara Cavadini’s long-standing passion for Italian fashion and textiles.

The production and raw materials are entirely Italian and of the highest quality, inspired by Italian haute couture in history with unique pieces, yarn-dyed and printed and with the exclusive use of high quality natural yarns.

These are unique products, those that Sara Cavadini designs. They are scarves and accessories that resemble jewellery, with the flavour of craftsmanship and the innovation of the latest technologies. 

They are works of art to wear, sophisticated, sexy and fun. To play with fashion, to give a glamorous and refined touch to your outfits.

Come gioielli i tuoi sguardi, 

splendenti come il Sole,
come gioielli i tuoi ricordi, 

profondi come il Mare,

come gioielli i tuoi desideri 

linfa della Terra e della Vita

The real jewel, the real treasure, is in the earth: a deep, intense and precious thought, an indissoluble bond between the artist and his roots. Designer Maria Elena Savini is a Mediterranean woman in love with the immense beauty and elegance of nature.

Her sculptures, inspired by fauna and flora, transform the lines and colours of her Apulia region into luxury. Elena carefully manipulates clay, enamels, crystals and precious metals cover the bare earth, making it glow with light and colour. The extraordinary shapes of nature shine through and are transformed into unique jewellery in Maria Elena Savini’s original collections.

Jewellery with a modern and daring design and a primitive essence, a highly original line of jewellery with a decisive and sinuously feminine character, an all-Mediterranean luxury..

Casa Vestita is located in Grottaglie, a historical handicraft district in the province of Taranto, and is considered an excellent location in the area for its splendid 19th-century garden and for the splendid objects on display.

The Vestita family has passed on the ancient tradition of ceramics, modelling traditional works and design objects by hand on an old potter’s wheel, decorating items using ancient recipes and colour mixtures, working with architects, interior designers and other artists to create complex projects and unique, precious furnishing objects.

In their workshop in Via Santa Sofia 23, they create unique pieces in bright colours, which take typical local forms and renew them to suit contemporary tastes.

All’interno di un incantevole grotta scavata nella roccia poco distante dal centro storico (Via Cavour 4, Ostuni) Ceramiche D’Alò propone un ricchissimo assortimento di oggetti in ceramica e terracotta, lavorati a mano da artigiani pugliesi scrupolosamente selezionati per la maestria con la quale creano vere e proprie opere d’arte: stoviglieria, vasi da giardino, fischietti, oggetti della tradizione, tegami e pignate da fuoco, complementi d’arredo, illuminazione, pezzi da collezione.