{"id":12856,"date":"2021-07-21T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italics.art\/?post_type=tip&#038;p=12856"},"modified":"2021-07-16T20:52:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:52:30","slug":"casa-ascione","status":"publish","type":"tip","link":"https:\/\/italics.art\/en\/tip\/casa-ascione\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa Ascione: beyond coral, the story of a family business that merges with places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I think of coral, I think of something alive, I think of the sea, I think of something that has always and will always exist. A few steps from our Gallery in Via Chiaia, I set off in the direction of Piazza del Plebiscito, heading for the Galleria Umberto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1825\" height=\"1514\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Galleria-Fonti-TIP-LIBERO-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"Casa Ascione\" class=\"wp-image-12726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Galleria-Fonti-TIP-LIBERO-edited.jpeg 1825w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Galleria-Fonti-TIP-LIBERO-edited-300x249.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Galleria-Fonti-TIP-LIBERO-edited-1024x849.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Galleria-Fonti-TIP-LIBERO-edited-150x124.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Galleria-Fonti-TIP-LIBERO-edited-768x637.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1825px) 100vw, 1825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the second-floor <em>piano nobile<\/em> there is Casa Ascione with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museodelcorallo.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">company museum<\/a>, a place that is not only a museum dedicated to coral but also a showroom for contemporary art, a multifunctional cultural container: a meeting place for those who frequent and visit &#8220;Naples, city of art.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-52-1024x508.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12917\" width=\"768\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-52-1024x508.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-52-300x149.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-52-150x74.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-52-768x381.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In its museum exhibit, one finds craftsmanship, innovation, the use of different materials, as well as much contamination with experiences between ancient and future: Ascione is jewelry, it is uniqueness, it is precious coral, it is artistic Vesuvian craftsmanship to discover. When I move through the showrooms directly in front of the Teatro di San Carlo, together with the guests I accompany, I feel at home, regardless of which of the eight brothers welcomes me. I find myself within an exciting experience, amidst objects that speak of the history of Naples and of Italy, where one can also read the history of architecture and design, up to the present day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-54-839x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12920\" width=\"629\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-54-839x1024.jpeg 839w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-54-246x300.jpeg 246w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-54-123x150.jpeg 123w, https:\/\/italics.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/PHOTO-2021-07-09-19-52-54-768x937.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think of coral, I think of something alive, I think of the sea, I think of something that has always and will always exist. A few steps from our Gallery in Via Chiaia, I set off in the direction of Piazza del Plebiscito, heading for the Galleria Umberto. On the second-floor piano nobile &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12913,"template":"","categories":[118],"tags":[104,555,105],"class_list":["post-12856","tip","type-tip","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-made-in-italy-en","tag-campania-en","tag-design-en","tag-naples","gallerist-giangi-fonti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Casa Ascione: coral museum - Italics Art and Landscape<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Casa Ascione with its company museum, a place that is not only a museum dedicated to coral but also a showroom for contemporary art\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/italics.art\/en\/tip\/casa-ascione\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Casa Ascione: coral museum - 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