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 "Saving Neon: a best practices guide" is a book with 40 full color pages written by Al Barna and Randall Ann Homan with the help of other neon signs experts in 2018. This book cointains frequently asked questions about best practices for neon sign restoration and repair

Christmas holidays are coming! for this occasion we would give you some advices on where to go to visit some exhibitions related to the neon world in Italy.

Insigni is Art&Business, searching and action line of “Laboratorio di Management dell’arte e della Cultura di Ca’ Foscari” which include the farms and contemporary art. For this time we bring it to the company’s high venetian craftsmanship in contact with young artists of “Accademia di Belle Arti” and the technologies for F/ART neon. 

In 2018 Artissima celebrates its 25th anniversary. Directed by Ilaria Bonacossa for the second year in a row, the fair opened on Thursday 1st November at the OVAL in Torino.
There were many artists who exhibited a neon artwork as their form of expression. Most of them with our neon transformers to light up the cold cathode lamp.

Chiara Ferragni, one of the most important fashion influencers in the world, loves neon. It is original and unique, handcrafted by skilled artisans who work the glass with great care and care for details. It is customizable: it's possible to reproduce a person's calligraphy or a stylized drawing.

The exhibition "RE.USE: scraps, objects, ecology in contemporary art" was inaugurated in Treviso on Friday 26th October. It is a temporary exhibition with artworks by 58 international artists and it's located in 3 areas of the city: Santa Caterina Museum, Casa Robegan Museum and Piano Nobile of Ca 'dei Ricchi.

We had the pleasure to organize "Neon Future Cities" conference at the Viscom fair in Milan, together with AIFIL (Italian Association of Signs Manufacturers), on Saturday 20th October. The focus was to explain what real neon is, its one hundred history, and its applications.

Massimo Uberti, among the most important artists of light art, is one of the protagonists of Biennale Light Art Mantua opened to the public until 7 October. The artist exhibits a great installation realised with the technical support of F/ART which revolves around the idea of paying tribute to Giulio Romano.

Federica Marangoni is one of the main character of Biennale Art Light Mantova (21 July – 7 October 2018). Thanks to the technical support by F/ ART, the artist exhibited two neon works on the occasion of the second edition of the Biennale Mantovana: “time Maschine” e “the Memory of Light”. For the occasion we have interviewed her.