XXXVII FIDEM 2023, FLORENCE, ITALY

The 37th FIDEM Congress and Exhibition of Modern Medallic Art was held October 10-14th in Florence, Italy. The congress meetings, lectures, and closing dinner was held at the Grand Hotel Baglioni, and the exhibition of some 600+ contemporary medals were on display at the Biblioteca Nazionale The public exhibition continued until November 9th. Valeria Vettorato, the Italian delegate organized the exhibition and catalog.

The congress format included thirty-five lectures divided into morning and afternoon sessions, some running concurrently in different rooms. All will be published in the proceedings Medallies. The opening session was chaired by FIDEM president Philip Attwood. A special after hours tour of the Bargello Museum was available to view their collection of numerous Michelangelo and Donatello sculptures.

In addition congress attendees has an opportunity to visit the minting facility of Picchiani & Bartacchi (who in recent years purchased both the Colombo and Stefano Johnson private mints (deciding to continue operating them under their individual names).

 
Picchiani & Barlacchi factory Janvier machine

 
FIDEM 2023 Medal Exhibition

At the end of the congress, travelers to Rome were welcome for a half day tour of both the Italian State Mint as well as the Scuola dell'Arte della Medaglia.

 

The congress medal was designed by Gabriele Carboni, a third-year student at the medal school and struck in bronze at the Italian State Mint.

The exhibition catalog illustrated one medal in color by each participating artist, 207 numbered pages with additional advertisements. As in the past it is organized by country. Catalogs are available for sale in the FDEM web shop under 'Others'
https://www.fidem-medals.org/shop . 

For FIDEM members, the price has been set to 40€
https://www.fidem-medals.org/shop?showmoreinfo=12142 .

  For non-members the price has been set to 50€
https://www.fidem-medals.org/shop?showmoreinfo=12143 .

They will be sent postpaid.

During the congress it was approved that at the end of the year Jeanne Stevens-Sollman and Jim Licaretz current US delegate and vice-delegate will be succeded by George Cuhaj as delegate with a vice delegate to be determined.

 

US attendees: First row (seated) Mashiko, Jeanne Stevens-Sollman, Lindley Briggs, Anne-Lise Deering; Second Row (standing) George Cuhaj, Ira Rezak, Keiko Kubota-Miura, Alan Stahl, Roxana Nistor, Yewon Song, Heidi Wastweet, Eugene Daub; Back row (standing). Jim Licaretz, Jeffrey Briggs, Mark Benvenuto, James MaloneBeach. (camera shy: Amanullah Haidersaid). Photo by Toshi.

The next FIDEM congress will be held in Munich, Germany during October 2025. FIDEM USA membership information can be had by contacting George Cuhaj at: George.cuhaj@yahoo.com

 

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