Received an offer from the Museo d’Arte Orientale di Venezia for a specialized course in lacquer restoration.
2022 Following a performance at the Museo d’Arte Orientale diVenezia at the end of the year, we revisited Venice in response to arequest from the museum’s director, Ms.Marta Boscolo Marchi.
She wanted to consult with us about a course in lacquer art restoration techniques for the restoration artists working at the museum. Lorenzo Ravagnan, President of the Veneto State Training School for Restoration Professionals, also participated in the meeting, where it was decided to create a lecture course in lacquer art restoration at the school in 2024.
Visit to Lugano, Switzerland, one of the most exclusive resort towns in Europe.
Strong interest in the spirituality and techniques of kintsugi. Lugano, Switzerland, a luxury resort town near the Italian
border. On this day, we had a meeting with Mr. Francesco, Director of MUSEC Lugano Museum of Cultural Art, and Mr. Moira, a museum researcher. Mr. Francesco, who is also trained as a chemist, was deeply interested in the qualities of lacquer and offered to invite Kiyokawa to his conference.
We also discussed the possibility of a kintsugi demonstration by Mr. Kiyokawa and a kintsugi class for actual students at his studio in the Museo Italiano di Cultura di Lugano.
The Museo Chiossone boasts the largest collection of weapons and armor in Italy.
The museum’s director also emphasizes the need for lacquer art restoration.
The largest collection of Buddhist sculptures, weapons, and armor in Italy was collected by Edoardo Chiossone, an Italian printmaker and painter who came to Japan in the Meiji era and spent his life in Japan.
Kiyokawa visited the Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art and met with Director Aurora Canepari. The
director expressed her strong desire to learn about restoration techniques and knowledge to preserve the
collection, and to promote its restoration as soon as possible given the large number of exhibits the
museum hosts.
She has requested that Kiyokawa give a lecture jointly with several other museums in the future, as other
museums are facing the same problems with their Japanese collections, especially with the lacquer
artwork.
