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Building shared cultural and social value through ceramics.

Founded in 2011 by Laura Borghi, Fondazione Officine Saffi, a leading non-profit foundation investigating contemporary international ceramics takes an unparalleled, 360 degree-approach to ceramics. Promoting new research and experimentation in ceramics, while exploring the past, the foundation widens and expands the dialogue between art, craft, and design. Through a dynamic, cross-disciplinary program of exhibitions, educational activities, and publications, it actively promotes a lively conversation about ceramics that encapsulates a diverse audience. All activity at the foundation is driven by the belief that ceramics is a carrier of artistic, cultural, and social transformation.

21/10/2026

With “Cecilia #2 (las meninas)”, artist Marta Pierobon (1979, Italy) has been awarded the Fondation Bruckner Residency Prize as part of Officine Saffi Award 6. The prize offers Pierobon the opportunity to further develop her artistic research through a residency at the Fondation Bruckner in Switzerland, a leading centre for ceramic art and a longstanding partner of the Award.

The work is currently on view in “Forms of Belonging”, the exhibition bringing together all 28 finalists of this year's edition.

Drawing inspiration from Velázquez’s *Las Meninas* and Picasso’s reinterpretation, Pierobon explores the relationship between identity, cultural memory and the spaces we inhabit.

Discover “Cecilia #2 (las meninas)” alongside the works of the other 27 finalists in *Forms of Belonging*, on view in Milan until November 13.

Officine Saffi Award 6. Forms of Belonging
Tuesday – Friday:
10.30 am – 1.00 pm; 2.30 pm – 6.00 pm
Saturday: 11.00 am – 6.30 pm
Via Niccolini 35A, Milan

Partners: Ottostumm | Mogs, Tacchini Italia, Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Albuquerque Foundation, Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Guldagergaard, Taoxichuan Art Center, Fondation Bruckner, IAC – International Academy of Ceramics, Conte Vistarino.

Marta Pierobon
Fondation Bruckner - Centre céramique

17/10/2026

Different "Forms of Belonging", each reflecting a distinctive approach to the expressive potential of ceramics.
From left to right, works by Coline Rosoux, Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, Takumi Morozumi, Soledad Christie, and Phoebe Colling-James, five of the 28 finalists of Officine Saffi Award, featured in the exhibition "Forms of Belonging", on view in Milan with free admission until November 13.

Officine Saffi Award 6. Forms of Belonging
Tuesday - Friday:
10.30 am - 1.00 pm; 2.30 pm - 6.00 pm;
Saturday: 11.00 am - 6.30 pm
Via Niccolini 35A, Milan

Artists: Marten H. Anderson, Mel Arsenault, Arun Baburaj, Jonathan Baldock, Gianluca Brando, Soledad Christie, Phoebe Collings-James, Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Andile Dyalvane, Mak Gerald, Sean Gerstley, Benedikt Hipp, Cody Hoyt, Samantha Kerdine, Pan Loong, Corwyn Lund, Agalis Manessi, Takumi Morozumi, Antoine Moulinard, Bisila Noha, Ornaghi & Prestinari, Marta Pierobon, Yaerin Pyun, Coline Rosoux, Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, Krzysztof Strzelecki, Flávia Vieira, Trude Westby Nordmark.

Partners: Albuquerque Foundation, Taoxichuan Art Center, Bruckner Foundation, Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Guldagergaard, Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Ottostumm Mogs, Tacchini Italia, Iac International Academy of Ceramics, Conte Vistarino.

The exhibition is presented under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Milan.

Ministero della Cultura Comune di Milano

14/10/2026

Artists Pan Loong (1991, China) and Takumi Morozumi (1995, Japan) are among the 28 finalists featured in the ongoing Award’s exhibition “Forms of Belonging”. Their works, “Leaves” and “Abystrata”, have been awarded the Young Artist Prize, generously supported by Ottostumm | Mogs , an acquisition prize dedicated to supporting the next generation of artists working with ceramics.

Discover the magic of the glazes in Leaves, the surprising materiality of Abystrata, and the works of the other great 26 finalists in “Forms of Belonging” on view in Milan until November 13.

Officine Saffi Award 6. Forms of Belonging
Tuesday - Friday:
10.30 am - 1.00 pm; 2.30 pm - 6.00 pm;
Saturday: 11.00 am - 6.30 pm
Via Niccolini 35A, Milan

Partners: Ottostumm | Mogs, Tacchini Italia, Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Albuquerque Foundation, Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Guldagergaard, Taoxichuan Art Center, Bruckner Foundation, IAC - International Academy of Ceramics, Conte Vistarino.

The exhibition is presented under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Milan.

09/10/2026

“Forms of Belonging” is now open to the public, with free admission from Tuesday to Saturday; but the exhibition's very first—and very special—visitors were the Officine Saffi Award Jury members: Laura Borghi, Valentina Ciuffi, Massimo De Carlo, Jennifer Lee, François Mellé, Marco Sammicheli, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, and Asad Syrkett. In the days leading up to the opening, the Jury had an exclusive preview of the exhibition to evaluate the works of the 28 finalists and select the winner of the Main Prize.

Officine Saffi Award 6. Forms of Belonging
Tuesday - Friday:
10.30 am - 1.00 pm; 2.30 pm - 6.00 pm;
Saturday: 11.00 am - 6.30 pm
Via Niccolini 35A, Milan

Partners: Albuquerque Foundation, Taoxichuan Art Center, Bruckner Foundation, Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Guldagergaard, Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Ottostumm Mogs, Tacchini Italia, Iac International Academy of Ceramics, Conte Vistarino.

The exhibition is presented under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Milan.

08/10/2026

Moments from our collaboration with Triennale Milano for "Mud Works", a durational performance conceived by Lithuanian artist Lina Lapelytė , winner of the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale.

On September 19, 2026, performers and audiences came together in a shared creative process, shaping a constantly evolving social and material landscape.

"Mud Works" is a co-production by Triennale Milano and the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, for the PIT project.

"Mud Works" by Lina Lapelytė. FOG Triennale Milano Performing Arts 2026 © Triennale Milano. Video by Carlo Maria Rabai.

30/09/2026

The exhibition "Forms of Belonging" is now open to the public with free admission at Fondazione Officine Saffi, bringing together works by the 28 finalists of Officine Saffi Award - the sixth edition of the international prize dedicated to contemporary ceramics.

Tuesday - Friday:
10.30 am - 1.00 pm; 2.30 pm - 6.00 pm;
Saturday: 11.00 am - 6.30 pm
Via Niccolini 35A, Milan

Through the dialogue between contemporary artistic research, practices rooted in fine craftsmanship and collectible design, the exhibition explores the shifting boundaries between these fields.

Artists: Marten H. Anderson, Mel Arsenault, Arun Baburaj, Jonathan Baldock, Gianluca Brando, Soledad Christie, Phoebe Collings-James, Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Andile Dyalvane, Mak Gerald, Sean Gerstley, Benedikt Hipp, Cody Hoyt, Samantha Kerdine, Pan Loong, Corwyn Lund, Agalis Manessi, Takumi Morozumi, Antoine Moulinard, Bisila Noha, Ornaghi & Prestinari, Marta Pierobon, Yaerin Pyun, Coline Rosoux, Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, Krzysztof Strzelecki, Flávia Vieira, Trude Westby Nordmark.

Partners: Albuquerque Foundation, Taoxichuan Art Center, Bruckner Foundation, Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Guldagergaard, Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Ottostumm Mogs, Tacchini Italia, Iac International Academy of Ceramics

Jury: Massimo De Carlo, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Marco Sammicheli, Asad Syrkett, Jennifer Lee, Valentina Ciuffi, Laura Borghi, François Mellé.

Media Partner: Exibart
W**e of choice: Conte Vistarino

Forms of Belonging is presented under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Milan, the exhibition is open with free admission until November 13, 2026.

29/09/2026

Andile Dyalvane (1978, South Africa) wins the Main Prize of Officine Saffi Award, 6th edition - Forms of Belonging.

The Jury awarded Dyalvane the €10,000 acquisition prize for "iThwasa (The One Who is Blossoming)", recognising the work’s exceptional presence and a formal and symbolic language that speaks directly to the theme of this edition, Forms of Belonging.

Rooted in ritual and in a deep bond with community, the work — created together with his wife, Nkuthazo Alexis Dyalvane — takes on the presence of a body: a container of memory, identity and lineage. Surreal and quietly unsettling, it appears at once deeply grounded in reality and otherworldly, both ancestral and contemporary. The work affirms the ability of ceramics to hold collective memory and a sense of belonging that is at once personal and shared.

Bringing together the works of all 28 finalists, Forms of Belonging opens at Fondazione Officine Saffi in Milan on September 30 and runs until November 13, 2026.
The exhibition is presented under the patronage of Ministero della Cultura e Comune di Milano.

Officine Saffi Award 6th - Forms of Belonging

Partners:
Albuquerque Foundation, Portugal
Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Norway
Bruckner Foundation Ceramic Centre, Switzerland
Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Italy
Guldagergaard, Denmark
Ottostumm | Mogs
IAC - International Academy of Ceramics
Tacchini
Exibart

Jury: Laura Borghi, Valentina Ciuffi, Massimo De Carlo, Jennifer Lee, Marco Sammicheli, François Mellè, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Asad Syrkett.

Andile Dyalvane

Ministero della Cultura Comune di Milano Southern Guild

18/09/2026

Fondazione Officine Saffi worked with artist Lina Lapelytė Lina Lapelyte and Tate Modern Tate on “Serendipity Island”, conceiving and producing the ceramic sculptures that carried the scores for the partecipatory performance, presented in the Turbine Hall.

“Serendipity Island” transformed the space into a collaborative stage, inviting visitors to move, make sounds and respond to a series of actions that gradually came together into a shared composition.
The ceramic sculptures formed part of this evolving choreography, acting as physical supports for the scores and contributing to the encounter between object, gesture and performance.
Through play, chance and collective action, the performance explored how individual sounds and movements can come together to create something shared.

“Serendipity Island” Lina Lapelytė at Tate Modern, Turbine Hall took place as part of the programme UNIQLO Tate Play, 25 July – 31 August 2026

08/09/2026

We are pleased to announce Forms of Belonging, the exhibition presenting the finalist works of the sixth edition of Officine Saffi Award from 30 September to 13 November, 2026.

The exhibition presents the work of 28 artists selected from more than 1,000 applications received from 41 countries across five continents.

Moving across contemporary art, craft and collectible design, the works on view reflect the breadth and vitality of ceramic practice today. Traditional knowledge meets experimental processes, while functional objects, sculptures, installations and narrative works explore the human need to belong and the ways in which objects, gestures, rituals and memories can create spaces of recognition and connection.

Forms of Belonging
30 September – 13 November 2026
Fondazione Officine Saffi, Milan
Free admission

Under the auspices of the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Milan.

Artists: Marten H. Anderson, Mel Arsenault, Arun Baburaj, Jonathan Baldock, Gianluca Brando, Soledad Christie, Phoebe Collings-James, Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Andile Dyalvane, Mak Gerald, Sean Gerstley, Benedikt Hipp, Cody Hoyt, Samantha Kerdine, Pan Loong, Corwyn Lund, Agalis Manessi, Takumi Morozumi, Antoine Moulinard, Bisila Noha, Ornaghi & Prestinari, Marta Pierobon, Yaerin Pyun, Coline Rosoux, Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, Krzysztof Strzelecki, Flávia Vieira, Trude Westby Nordmark.

Partners: Albuquerque Foundation, Taoxichuan Art Center, Bruckner Foundation, Fondazione Museo Ceramica Savona, Guldagergaard, Senter for Keramisk Kunst, Ottostumm Mogs, Tacchini Italia, Iac International Academy of Ceramics

Jury: Massimo De Carlo, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Marco Sammicheli, Asad Syrkett, Jennifer Lee, Valentina Ciuffi, Laura Borghi, François Mellé.

Media Partner: Exibart
W**e of choice: Conte Vistarino

Albuquerque Foundation Fondation Bruckner - Centre céramique Claytopia Museo della Ceramica | Savona Senter for keramisk kunst Taoxichuan Art Center Jingdezhen Ottostumm | Mogs Tacchini AIC-IAC
exibart Tenuta Conte Vistarino

Ministero della Cultura Comune di Milano

04/09/2026

We are thrilled to announce the launching of the Tacchini Prize.

Established through the collaboration between Fondazione Officine Saffi and Tacchini, the prize is part of the programme of opportunities offered to the finalists of “Officine Saffi Award – Forms of Belonging”, the sixth edition of the international award dedicated to contemporary ceramics.

For its first edition, the Tacchini Prize has been awarded to artist Bisila Noha (1988), selected from among the 28 finalists of the Officine Saffi Award to develop a dedicated exhibition project at Casa Tacchini, the brand’s Milan showroom in Largo Treves.

Opening alongside the exhibition “Officine Saffi Award – Forms of Belonging” at Fondazione Officine Saffi, Bisila Noha’s presentation at Casa Tacchini – on view October 1 to November 13 2026 -will offer the public a closer look at the artist’s practice, creating a dialogue between her works and the intimate, domestic atmosphere of the Largo Treves 5 spaces.

Bisila Noha
Tacchini
Fondazione Officine Saffi
P S

Image credits: Christian Cassiel; Valentina Sommariva

Indirizzo

Via Niccolini 35a, Milano
Milan
20154

Orario di apertura

Martedì	10:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 18:30
Mercoledì	10:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 18:30
Giovedì	10:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 18:30
Venerdì	10:00 - 13:00
	14:00 - 18:30
Sabato	11:00 - 18:30

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