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ROLAND KUHN

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General curator of De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg

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THE LUXEMBOURG ARTISTS

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ARTISTS DIRECTORY

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President of the association De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg

ERIC THILL

Minister for Culture

LEX DELLES

Minister of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism

ALBERTO CAVALLI

Executive Director of the Michelangelo Foundation

JEAN-MARC DIMANCHE

A VISION FOR FINE CRAFTSMANSHIP

Casa Sanlorenzo © Sanlorenzo Arts

TEN YEARS OF CRAFTSMANSHIP, CREATION AND TRANSMISSION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION DE MAINS DE MAÎTRES LUXEMBOURG

Ten years ago, a conviction began to take shape: exceptional craftsmanship deserved a stage worthy of its talent and its contribution to the cultural and artisanal life of our country. Suppor ted from the very beginning by Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke Guillaume and the Grand Duchess Stéphanie, this vision gave rise to De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg, whose first exhibition was held in 2016 at 19 Liberté in Luxembourg. Since then, De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg has continued to grow. Beyond the Biennial, our association has become a committed advocate for craftsmanship, contemporary craft, and artistic creation, fostering the transmission of savoir‑faire and deepening the connections between creation, culture, and the economy. Our participation in Homo Faber 2026 marks a new milestone. In September, twenty‑seven artisans and artists will present around sixty works at Casa Sanlorenzo in Venice, as part of Fiat Lux. This international presence is one of the highlights of our tenth anniversary and reflects the richness of Luxembourg’s artisanal and artistic creativity.

Craftsmanship is where heritage meets creation, and where excellence becomes a legacy.

I would like to express my gratitude to Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess. Her commitment, her passion for the crafts, and her unwavering support have greatly contributed to the devel opment of De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg. I thank her for believing in this initiative from the very beginning and for continuing to support it as a member of our Board of Directors. My thanks also go to our artistic director, Jean‑Marc Dimanche, whose artistic vision and high standards have shaped the identity of De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg for the past ten years. This presence in Venice is above all a tribute to the artisans and creators whose talent and creativity help Luxembourg shine far beyond its borders. May this new chapter open the way to further exchanges, new inspirations, and new ambitions.

Eric Thill

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MINISTER FOR CULTURE ©Ministry of Culture

Roland Kuhn

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Creativity, excellence, and transmission, carried forward by the passion of those who shape our heritage.

For ten years now, De Mains de Maî tres Luxembourg has been committed to promot ing, preserving, and showcasing the excep tional richness and diversity of artistic crafts and fine craftsmanship.

full extent of their expertise and creativity. Through their works, they will explore light in all its forms, demonstrating how materials, gestures, and techniques can capture it, trans form it, and bring it to life.

To celebrate this decade of dedication, the association is extending its reach beyond Luxembourg’s borders and joining the fourth edition of Homo Faber in Venice, a major inter national event devoted to outstanding savoir-faire. From 1 to 30 September 2026, visitors will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the artisanal heritage of the Grand Duchy and discover its full breadth at Casa Sanlorenzo.

I am delighted to see that DMDM exhibitions continue to attract an ever-growing audience and to shine a spotlight, beyond our borders, on the excellence of artistic crafts and fine craftsmanship.

“Fiat Lux” — let there be light — is the theme chosen by De Mains de Maîtres Luxembourg for this inaugural exhibition. A particularly sym bolic choice, as Venice, birthplace of Murano glass and its centuries-old artisanal traditions, offers an ideal setting to celebrate the encoun ter between light, material, and creation. The artisans selected to represent Luxembourg at this globally significant event will reveal the

I wish to extend my warmest congratulations to the general curator, Jean-Marc Dimanche and his entire team, for their remarkable com mitment and unwavering dedication to these exceptional skills throughout the past decade. My gratitude also goes to all those who, through their talent, passion, and high standards, keep these invaluable crafts alive and evolving. May this anniversary pave the way for a new decade marked by creativity, excellence, and transmission, carried forward by the passion of those who shape our heritage.

MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY, SMES, ENERGY AND TOURISM

Craftsmanship is far more than the mastery of a technique. It is the ability to transform an idea into something tangible, to combine precision with creativity, and to give lasting value to mate rials through knowledge, experience and the human hand. For Luxembourg, craftsmanship is an essential part of our economy and our identity. It represents quality, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, while preserving skills passed on from one generation to the next. Our artisans demonstrate every day that tradition and modernity are not opposites: they enrich one another and open the way to new forms, uses and markets. The participation of De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg in Homo Faber 2026 is therefore a milestone. By bringing the exhibition Fiat Lux to Venice, the association offers Luxembourg’s craftsmanship an exceptional international platform. The works presented at Casa Sanlorenzo reveal the diversity of materials, techniques and creative approaches that characterise the Luxembourgish artisan community. They also

Luxembourg craftsmanship in the international spotlight.

show how strongly craftsmanship contributes to the country’s visibility and reputation abroad. International promotion is not only about show casing excellence. It creates connections, encourages collaboration and gives artisans access to new audiences and opportunities. In a world increasingly shaped by standardisation, these unique works remind us of the value of individuality and excellence in execution. The Government has supported De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg since its creation in 2016. On its tenth anniversary, I congratulate the association and all participating artisans on this achievement. Their presence in Venice reflects the talent, ambition and international outlook of Luxembourg’s craft sector. I wish Fiat Lux every success and hope that it will inspire many visitors to discover the strength and creativity of Luxembourg craftsmanship.

Alberto Cavalli

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MICHELANGELO FOUNDATION © Laila Pozzo

Lex Delles

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In the 2026 edition of Homo Faber, under the artistic direction of Es Devlin, light becomes both theme and guide, illuminating the excel lence of the Luxembourgish artisans selec ted for Fiat Lux, the exhibition enriching Homo Faber in Città. This radiance is already present in its title, Lux — in Latin, like Homo Faber, evoking the origins of a shared cultural heri tage. It also pays tribute to the Grand Duchy itself, Luxembourg: a place at the heart of Europe that carries light in its very name. To offer visibility, to bring forth clarity, to nurture the work of master artisans: this is the mission that Homo Faber and De Mains de Maîtres Luxembourg uphold together, a mission that, through this collaboration, gains renewed strength and resonance. In this way, light continues to remind us of the guiding star that leads our efforts: the enduring cen trality of human talent.

Light renders the soil fertile, life possible, and beauty visible.

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Jean-Marc Dimanche

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GENERAL CURATOR OF DE MAINS DE MAÎTRES LUXEMBOURG

Anne Bauler & Denise Schumann Master Seamstresses

Doris Becker

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Ceramic sculptor

Marie-Isabelle Callier Painter on waxed paper

Anaïs Chappron Ceramic artist

Marie De Decker Sculptor and Gilder

Tom Flick To exhibit in Venice is to immerse oneself in a world of water and sky, to lose oneself among its canals and to wander through its countless bridges and narrow alleyways. Here, like nowhere else, light fragments, glides across the water, plays with materials, and seems to converse with time. Artistic craftsmanship is rooted in this same intimate relationship, this same slow and imperceptible evolution: born of a gesture as precise as it is precious, passed down through the centuries and endlessly reinvented. If the Age of Enlightenment laid the foundations for a worldview centred on reason and progress, it also established a critical relationship to the world, built on observation, experimentation, and the questioning of inherited knowledge. Within this intellectual landscape, the artisan held a central place: that of a producer of knowl edge through and with matter. Today, this lega cy takes on renewed relevance in a very different context, one marked by acceleration, demate rialisation, and a growing loss of reference points and contact with the very processes of making. The works we have chosen to exhibit embrace the gesture as an act of resistance. In the face

of automation and seemingly limitless repro ducibility, they assert themselves through their singularity, their irregularities, and the slowness with which they were conceived and crafted. Here, light is neither a simple source of illumi nation nor a decorative element; it challenges the object by revealing the tensions and rough ness that constitute its richness, and the shad ows that preserve its mystery. It becomes a critical tool that exposes the materiality of making and renders visible the singular time contained in each gesture. Thus, to celebrate Venice alongside Homo Faber, we wished to bring together more than sixty works and objects of exceptional quality creat ed by some of the Grand Duchy’s most accom plished artisans, revealing the singularity and richness of artisanal savoir-faire. The Casa San Lorenzo became the natural setting for this unprecedented contemporary cabinet of curi osities, a place where the hand illuminates matter, and where matter, in return, elegantly illuminates the way we inhabit the world.

Stone sculptor

Megha Goenka Ceramic artist

Anne-Marie Grimler Stone sculptor

Camille Jacobs Glass artist

Sandy Kahlich Milliner

Laure Mackel

Papier-mâché sculptor

Carine Mertes Felt Artist

Yanis Miltgen

Artistic embroiderer and artist

Charlotte Payet

Sculptor of recycled plastics

Pascale Putz

Textile and basketry artist

Nuno Quintino Woodturner

Sandra Resende Textile artist

Letizia Romanini Straw marquetry artist

Pascale Seil Glass Sculptor

Stefania Staltari Ceramic artist

Marianne Steinmetzer Ceramic artist

Malou Tibor Ceramic artist

Olivia Topa

Papier-mâché sculptor

Laurent Turping Wood sculptor

Ellen van der Woude Ceramic artist

Nadine Zangarini Wood sculptor

Anne Bauler & Denise Schumann

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MASTER SEAMSTRESSES

Doris Becker

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CERAMIC SCULPTOR

Doris Becker, sculptrice céramiste luxembourgeoise, vit et travaille à Fischbach. Membre de l’Académie Internationale de la Céramique et du Cercle Artistique de Luxembourg, elle expose depuis 2006 sur la scène internationale. Son travail, plusieurs fois primé, est intégré dans des collections publiques et privées. Sa démarche artistique s’ancre dans une exploration profonde de la matière, nourrie par des résidences et des symposiums à travers l’Europe et au-delà. FR

FR Anne Bauler et Denise Schumann, maîtres couturières luxembourgeoises, imaginent des vêtements élégants, confortables et éco-res ponsables. Après des études en chimie et en droit, Anne Bauler s’oriente vers la couture, tandis que Denise Schumann obtient son brevet de maîtrise en 1994 avant d’évoluer dans le milieu du théâtre. Ensemble, elles croisent leurs savoir-faire entre art textile et mode durable au sein de leur marque Dressed in Leaves, également titre du vêtement présenté pour l’exposition Fiat Lux 2026.

Origins 2

ceramics 2024 Ø 20 cm

Dressed in leaves « Fleurs »

pumpkin, flax, silk, and cotton 2026 H 25 × L 35 × P 32 cm

©Doris Becker

Anne Bauler and Denise Schumann are mas ter seamstresses from Luxembourg, whose vision is to create elegant, comfortable, and eco-friendly clothing. Anne Bauler, studied chemistry and law before turning to sewing. Denise Schumann obtained her master’s degree in sewing in 1994 before moving into the theatre world. The two combine their expertise at the crossroads of textile art and sustainable fashion under the brand name Dressed in Leaves. This is the name given to the garment proposed for the Fiat Lux 2026 exhibition. EN

Origins 1

Origins 3

ceramics 2024 Ø 15 cm

ceramics 2024 Ø 20 cm

Doris Becker, a Luxembourgish ceramic sculptor, lives and works in Fischbach. A member of the International Academy of Ceramics and the Artistic Cercle of Luxembourg, she has been exhibiting internationally since 2006. Her work has won several awards and is included in public and private collections. Her artistic approach is rooted in a deep exploration of the material, nourished by residen cies and symposiums throughout Europe and beyond. EN

Marie-Isabelle Callier

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PAINTER ON WAXED PAPER

Anaïs Chappron

CERAMIC ARTIST

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Marie-Isabelle Callier est une artiste belgo-luxembourgeoise, formée à Saint-Luc Bruxelles en Illustration. Après une carrière dans la publicité, elle se consacre à la peinture et au livre jeu nesse. Ses œuvres sur papiers cirés, placés en polyptyques, paravents, retables ou dioramas, sont exposées dans les grandes biennales d’artisanat d’art depuis 2018, à Luxembourg (De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg), Paris et Venise. Créées pour Fiat Lux, ses œuvres rendent hommage aux forêts primaires devenues sous-marines et fondations de Venise. FR

The Komorebi Forest

FR Anaïs Chappron, née en 1993, est une céra miste française installée au Luxembourg. Elle s’est formée au design d’objet à l’Ecole natio nale supérieure d’art et de design (ENSAD) de Nancy puis s’est spécialisée en céramique au CPIFAC (Centre Professionnel International de Formation aux Arts Céramiques de Velaineen-Haye). En 2019, elle fonde son atelier de céramique à Metz. Elle y fabrique à la fois de la vaisselle artisanale pour les particuliers et les chefs étoilés, et y crée des œuvres sculp turales engagées.

©Bernard Babette

Water Colour and medium on Waxed Okawara Paper doubled with Vlieseline 2026 6 × H 293 × W 78 cm

Eclosion 1 & 2

Porcelain 2026 H 21 × W 11 cm

Marie-Isabelle Callier is a Belgian-Luxembourgish artist who trained in illustration at Saint-Luc in Brussels. Following a career in advertising, she now devotes herself to painting and children’s books. Her works on waxed paper, arranged as polyptychs, screens, altarpieces or dioramas, have been exhibited at major arts and crafts biennials since 2018, in Luxembourg (De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg), Paris and Venice. Created for Fiat Lux, her works pay tribute to the primeval forests that have become underwater and form the foundations of Venice. EN

Anaïs Chappron, born in 1993, is a French ceramicist based in Luxembourg. Trained in object design at the Ecole nationale supérieure d’art et de design (ENSAD) in Nancy, she specialized in ceramics at CPIFAC (International Professional Center in Velaine-en-Haye). In 2019, she founded her ceramics studio in Metz. There, she produces handcrafted tableware for both private clients and chefs, while also creating socially conscious sculptural works. EN

Marie De Decker

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SCULPTOR AND GILDER

Tom Flick

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STONE SCULPTOR

Marie De Decker, artiste née à Paris en 1988, vit et travaille au Luxembourg. Sa pratique sculpturale associe des matières biosourcées ou recyclées récoltées dans l’océan. À la croisée du modelage, de la dorure et du textile, elle développe une technique de filigrane qu’elle a conçue. Sa recherche puise dans deux savoir-faire majeurs : la dentelle des Flandres et le travail de l’or de l’ancien Empire du Mali. Libéré de son support traditionnel, l’or investit l’espace et devient un médium de révélation. Ses œuvres explorent le vivant, la mémoire et la transmission, ouvrant des espaces de contemplation. FR

BIOMECANIC

Alabaster 2010 28 × 30 × 49 cm

The Shape of Drift

Mixed media, recycled netting, rose gold, raw earth 2026 100 x 170 cm

Marie De Decker, an artist born in Paris in 1988, lives and works in Luxembourg. Her sculptural practice combines bio-based and recycled materials collected from the ocean. At the intersection of sculpture, gilding and textile prac tices, she has developed her own filigree technique. Her research draws on two major craft traditions: the lace -making heritage of Flanders and the gold-working traditions of the former Mali Empire. Freed from its traditional support, gold expands into space and becomes a medium of revelation. Her works explore the living world, memory and transmission, open ing spaces for contemplation. EN

Tom Flick, sculpteur né en 1968 à Luxembourg, formé à l’École supérieure des Arts appliqués à Vienne et cofondateur du collectif Sixthfloor à Koerich, enseigne depuis 1998 au Lycée des Arts et Métiers. Pratiquant la taille directe, il entretient un rapport sensible avec la pierre, notamment l’albâtre, dont la blancheur et la translucidité révèlent une vie interne sous la lumière. Son œuvre explore l’équilibre entre organique et géométrique, douceur et tension, matière brute et forme transfigurée.

Tom Flick, a sculptor born in 1968 in Luxem bourg, trained at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna and co-founded the Sixthfloor collective in Koerich. He has taught at the Lycée des Arts et Métiers since 1998. Working in direct carving, he maintains a sensitive relationship with stone, especially alabaster, whose whiteness and translucency reveal an inner life under light. His work explores the balance between organic and geometric forms, softness and tension, raw material and transfigured form. EN

Megha Goenka

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CERAMIC ARTIST

Megha Goenka, née en 1977 en Inde, diplô mée en design d’intérieur et en décoration, vit et travaille à Leudelange depuis 2007. Artiste céramiste engagée, elle explore les notions d’identité, d’appartenance et de chezsoi à travers des œuvres mêlant expression personnelle et mémoire collective. Entre tech niques traditionnelles et contemporaines, elle façonne des sculptures sensibles inspirées du vivant, où poésie, matière et conscience écolo gique dialoguent. FR

Anne-Marie Grimler

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STONE SCULPTOR

Megha Goenka, born in India in 1977 and trained in interior design and decoration, has lived and worked in Leudelange since 2007. A committed ceramic artist, she explores notions of identity, belonging and home through works that balance personal expression with collective memory. Bridging traditional and contemporary techniques, she creates sensitive sculptures inspired by the living world, where poetry, mat ter and ecological awareness come together.

Collection Ritusamhara The pageant of the season Porcelain, pigments, stains, gold luster, wood 2026 30/35 × 51 cm

Lumen Abditum White transparent Alabaster 2026

Anne-Marie Grimler, sculptrice luxembour geoise née à Bettembourg en 1966, formée notamment au Lycée des arts et métiers, façonne depuis plusieurs années des œuvres en pierre pure, exposées dans de nombreuses galeries, des biennales et des salons au Luxembourg. Chaque pierre brute possède une identité propre, et par son geste, l’artiste en révèle le mystère caché, sa couleur, son grain, sa transparence: en quelque sorte, elle fait ainsi émerger une seconde nature, unique.

H24 x L 23 x W 23cm

porcelain, gold luster, pigments, wire and embroidery 2026 30 × 50 cm

Symphony of spring Porcelain 2024 37 × 37 × 17 cm

Anne-Marie Grimler, a Luxembourgish sculptor born in Bettembourg in 1966 and trained at the Lycée des Arts et Métiers, has been working with pure stone for several years. Her sculptures have been exhibited in numer ous galleries, biennials and salons across Luxembourg. Each raw stone has its own iden tity. Through her work, the artist reveals its hidden mystery—its colour, grain and transpar ency — bringing forth a second, singular nature. EN

Camille Jacobs GLASS ARTIST

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Sandy Kahlich

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MILLINER

Sandy Kahlich, modiste d’origine allemande, exerce depuis plus de vingt-sept ans un art du chapeau où le geste artisanal sublime des matières brutes comme le feutre, la paille et les plumes. Formée en Bavière puis enrichie par des expériences en Autriche, elle s’installe au Luxembourg en 2004, où elle dirige l’atelier Modes Nita. Elle y façonne et teint des pièces uniques, alliant savoir-faire chapelier, innovation et artisanat durable. FR

Camille Jacobs, artiste belge installée à Keispelt au Luxembourg, explore depuis plus de trois décennies les potentialités expressives du verre. Formée à l’art du vitrail à Gand et Anvers, elle a progressivement orienté sa pratique vers des formes sculpturales tridimensionnelles, où la rigueur géométrique dialogue avec la sensi bilité organique. L’approche de Camille Jacobs mêle donc abstraction, engagement ecologique et raffinement technique. Son travail, exposé de Venise à Bornholm, témoigne d’une maîtrise rare et d’une vision profondément humaniste de la matière.

Camille Jacobs, a Belgian artist based in Keispelt, Luxembourg, has explored the expres sive potential of glass for over three decades. Trained in the art of stained glass in Ghent and Antwerp, she gradually transitioned towards three-dimensional sculptural forms, where geometric rigour engages in dialogue with organic sensitivity. Camille Jacobs’ approach weaves together abstraction, ecological aware ness, and refined technique. Her work, exhib ited from Venice to Bornholm, reveals a rare mastery and a deeply humanistic vision of the material. EN

Stoffgeflüster

Cotton, jersey, lurex, silk, wool, spandex, Vlieseline, sinamay (woven straw), wire, sewing thread, rep ribbon 2025 H 45 × L 65 × D 65 cm

Federella

Sinamay (woven straw), wire, sewing thread, silk thread, hand-dyed turkey feathers sourced locally 2025 H 80 × L 45 × D 45 cm

Photométéore - interférences 1 & 3

Melted glass, enameling, thermoforming, heat-sealing, polishing

2026 L 27,5 × D 27,5 × H 18,7-14 cm et L 27 × D27 × H 22,5-18,7 cm

Lichtblick

Sisol straw, sinamay (woven straw), muslin, thread, cotton fabric, lace, braid, rep ribbon 2026 H 50 × L 27 × D 27 cm

Sandy Kahlich, a German-born milliner, has practised the art of hat-making for over twentyseven years, where artisanal gesture elevates raw materials such as felt, straw and feathers. Trained in Bavaria and enriched by experience in Austria, she moved to Luxembourg in 2004, where she now runs the Modes Nita workshop. There, she shapes and hand-dyes unique pieces, combining millinery savoir-faire, inno vation and sustainable craftsmanship. EN

Laure Mackel

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PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SCULPTOR

Carine Mertes

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FELT ARTIST

La dentelle en floraison (Vase 1)

Papier mâché 2025 FR Laure Mackel, née au Luxembourg et diplô mée en arts graphiques à Penninghen (Paris), développe depuis plusieurs années une pratique sculpturale unique autour du papier-mâché. Dans son atelier, elle transforme ce matériau humble en œuvres précieuses, mêlant humour, réalisme et surréalisme. Sa technique, fruit de longues années de recherche, lui permet de créer aussi bien des œuvres monumentales que des objets intimes, donnant forme à une approche écoresponsable et poétique.

H 67 cm | Ø 45 cm

FR Carine Mertes, créatrice feutrière luxem bourgeoise, explore depuis plus de vingt ans les possibilités du feutrage artisanal de la laine. Formée en Allemagne ainsi qu’auprès de référents internationaux, elle développe dans son atelier à Dudelange une pratique exigeante et contemporaine de cette technique ancestrale. Elle travaille tant les laines locales que le mérinos et l’alpaga. Elle teint artisana lement la laine et l’associe à d’autres fibres naturelles. À côté du Luxembourg, son travail a été exposé dans plusieurs pays européens.

Stichted scars

Fine merino wool – silk and flax fibres, flax yarn 2025 approx. 1,90 m × 0,9 m

Carine Mertes, a Luxembourgish felt artist, has been explor ing the possibilities of handcrafted wool felting for more than twenty years. Trained in Germany and by internationally recog nized experts in the field, she has developed a rigorous and contemporary practice of this ancestral craft in her studio in Dudelange. She works with both local wool and merino and alpaca fibers. She also hand-dyes the wool and combines it with other natural fibers. In addition to exhibiting in Luxembourg, her work has been showcased in several European countries. EN

Laure Mackel, born in Luxembourg and trained in graphic arts at Penninghen (Paris), has, for several years, been devel oping a distinctive sculptural practice centred on papier-mâché. In her studio, she transforms his modest material into refined works of art, combining humour, realism, and a touch of surre alism. Her technique, the fruit of years of experimentation, enables her to produce both monumental pieces and intimate objects, giving form to an eco-conscious and poetic vision. EN

Yanis Miltgen

ARTISTIC EMBROIDERER AND ARTIST

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Charlotte Payet SCULPTOR OF RECYCLED PLASTICS

Yanis Miltgen, à seulement 25 ans, diplômé de l’Atelier Chardon Savard à Paris, s’impose comme une figure montante de l’art textile contemporain. Double lauréat du Hand & Lock the Prize à Londres, il a également reçu le prix Les de(ux) mains du Comité Colbert. Représenté par plusieurs galeries, il développe aujourd’hui son travail à l’échelle internationale. Sa démar che, à la fois poétique et critique, s’inscrit dans une recherche formelle exigeante, mêlant artisanat d’excellence et expérimentation.

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Col de bouteilles 2

Non-returnable PET bottles, cut into strips and woven together, with a metal frame 2025 H 200 × L 50 × D 50 cm

Charlotte Payet, artiste germano-luxem bourgeoise née en 1993, formée aux Beaux-Arts de Kiel et à la Bezalel Academy de Jérusalem, développe une œuvre sculpturale mêlant tissage traditionnel et réflexion écologique sur les déchets plastiques. Pour Fiat Lux, elle présente une installation monumentale de bou teilles en PET recyclées, tissées en structures tridimensionnelles soutenues par des colonnes d’acier. La lumière y révèle les couleurs changeantes de la bouteille, entre fascination visuelle, consommation et durabilité. FR

Orbis Lucens

Polystyrene, polyester, wool, silk, beads, chips, cannetille, book fragments 2026 Ø 18 cm

EN Yanis Miltgen, just 25 years old and a grad uate of Atelier Chardon Savard in Paris, is emerging as a promising figure in contempo rary textile art. A two-time winner of the Hand & Lock the Prize in London, he has also received the Les de(ux) mains Award from the Comité Colbert. Represented by several galleries, he is currently developing his practice on the international stage. His work is both poetic and critical, rooted in a rigorous formal approach that brings together exceptional craftsmanship and contemporary artistic experimentation.

Charlotte Payet, a German-Luxembourgish artist born in 1993 and trained at the Kiel University of Fine Arts and the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, develops a sculptural practice that combines traditional weaving techniques with an ecolog ical reflection on plastic waste. For Fiat Lux, she presents a monumental installation made of recycled PET bottles, woven into three-dimensional structures supported by steel columns. Light reveals the shifting colours of the bottle, between visual fascination, consumption and sustainability. EN

Pascale Putz TEXTILE AND BASKETRY ARTIST

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Nuno Quintino

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WOODTURNER

Nuno Quintino, originaire du Portugal et installé au Luxembourg depuis 2012, fait du bois son langage artistique. Après une carrière dans la menuiserie, il s’oriente vers la création artisa nale et se perfectionne dans l’art du tournage. Travaillant exclu sivement avec du bois collecté, il façonne ses pièces à la main, au tour et avec des outils traditionnels. Chaque œuvre naît d’une vision intérieure et révèle, dans des formes à la fois épurées, organiques et raffinées, la beauté brute de la matière. FR

Pascale Pleimling-Putz, artiste plasticienne textile luxembourgeoise née en 1959, explore depuis de nombreuses années les potentiali tés expressives des matériaux souples. Diplômée en « Embroidery and Design » au Royaume-Uni et membre de collectifs textiles au Luxembourg et en Grande-Bretagne, elle développe une pratique sculpturale nourrie par la lenteur, la matière et la mémoire des gestes. À travers le coiling et le tressage du lin, elle crée des formes organiques, méditatives et durables, entre abstraction, nature et imaginaire. FR

Vase d’étoiles

Oak, walnut, and others (15 kg) 2025 H 94 × L 36 cm

Collector lucis Grand contenant

3mm cotton macramé cord, cotton thread, mulberry tissue paper, gold leaf 2026 H 25 × Ø 13 cm

Petit contenant

3 mm cotton macramé cord, gold-colored decorative cord 2026 H 6 × Ø 10,5 cm

Pascale Pleimling-Putz, a Luxembourgish textile artist born in 1959, has long explored the expressive potential of flexible materials. A graduate in Embroidery and Design in the United Kingdom and a member of textile collectives in Luxembourg and Great Britain, she develops a sculptural practice shaped by slowness, materiality and the memory of gestures. Through coiling and twining she creates organic, meditative and sustain able forms, between abstraction, nature and imagination. EN

EN Nuno Quintino, originally from Portugal and based in Luxembourg since 2012, has made wood his artistic language. After a career in car pentry, he turned to craftsmanship and perfect ed the art of woodturning. Working exclusively with reclaimed wood, he shapes his pieces by hand, using a lathe and traditional tools. Each work originates from an inner vision and reveals, through forms that are at once pure, organic and refined, the raw beauty of the material.

Jarrinha

Oak, sucupira, and others 2026

H 33 × L 16 cm

Sandra Resende TEXTILE ARTIST

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Sandra Resende, artiste textile portugaise installée au Luxembourg, explore les liens entre mémoire, appartenance et narration à travers des techniques ancestrales telles que le tissage, le point noué, le crochet ou la broderie. Pour Fiat Lux, elle présente Kemet I et Kemet II (2025). Kemet, la terre noire fertile, révèle un noir dense qui ne cache pas, mais sculpte le vide. « Il n’y a pas d’ombre sans lumière ». FR

Kemet I

Reinforced paper cord, Tussah silk, wool, recycled cotton and synthetic threads, fabric scraps 2025 80 × 140 cm

Letizia Romanini

STRAW MARQUETRY ARTIST

FR Letizia Romanini, plasticienne luxembour geoise, s’appuie sur ses pérégrinations pour créer, à travers une pratique mêlant photogra phie, sculpture et artisanat, des temps suspen dus révélant les liens entre paysage, mémoire et matière. Avec Taraxacum, elle explore la marqueterie de paille, ce panneau est réalisé en paille de seigle teintée et posée à la main. En représentant des plantes adventices, l’œuvre célèbre la résilience du vivant et sa capacité d’adaptation face aux transformations de notre environnement.

Taraxacum

Straw inlay walnut frame 2026 160 × 90 cm

Sandra Resende, a Portuguese textile artist based in Luxembourg, explores the connections between memory, belonging and narrative through ancestral techniques such as weaving, latch hook, crochet and embroidery. For Fiat Lux, she presents Kemet I and Kemet II (2025). Kemet, the fertile black land, evokes a dense blackness that does not conceal but shapes the void. «There is no shadow without light».

Letizia Romanini, a Luxembourg-based visual artist, draws on her travels to create suspended moments through a multi disciplinary practice combining photography, sculpture, and craftsmanship, revealing the connections between landscape, memory, and materiality. With Taraxacum, she explores straw marquetry; this panel is crafted from dyed and hand-laid rye straw. By depicting ruderal plants, the work celebrates the resilience of living organisms and their ability to adapt to the transformations of our environment. EN

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Pascale Seil

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GLASS SCULPTOR

CERAMIC ARTIST

FR Stefania Staltari, architecte et artiste luxembourgeoise d’origine italienne, développe une pratique céramique sensitive, en écho à son parcours entre rigueur technique et quête créative. Formée en Allemagne et active au Luxembourg, elle choisit aujourd’hui de compléter son parcours professionnel par l’enseignement artistique, renouant ainsi avec une expression plus libre et intuitive. En témoignent ses vases en grès façonnés à la main, sans tour, dans une relation directe et authentique avec la matière.

Blue on white

Clay

2025 ca. 25 × 25 cm

FR Pascale Seil, née en 1969 au Luxembourg, obtient son baccalauréat de céramiste en 1987 au Lycée Technique des Arts et Métiers au Luxembourg. Formée à l’École des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg et au Centre Européen des Arts Verriers de Vannes-le-Châtel, elle développe depuis 1995 une pratique singulière du soufflage et de la sculpture du verre. Son travail, à la fois écologique et sensible, sculpte la mémoire de l’objet et invite à redécouvrir la beauté du verre sous une nouvelle lumière.

Stefania Staltari

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White on black Renaissance III

Pascale Seil, born in Luxembourg in 1969, obtained her baccalaureate in ceramics in 1987 at the Lycée Te chnique de s A r ts et M étier s in L uxem b ourg . Trained at the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg and the European Centre for Glass Arts in Vannes-leChâtel, she has developed a distinctive practice of glassblowing and glass sculpture since 1995. Her work, both ecological and sensitive, sculpts the memory of objects and invites us to rediscover the beauty of glass in a new light. EN

Glass 2026 H 200 × L 50 cm

Clay

2025 ca. 20 × 20 cm

EN Stefania Staltari, a Luxembourgish architect and artist with Italian roots, has developed a sensitive approach to ceramics that reflects her dual foundation in technical rigour and creative exploration. Graduated in Germany and now active in Luxembourg, she has recently chosen to complement her professional career with art education, reconnecting with a freer and more intuitive form of expression. This is reflected in her hand-built stoneware vases, created without the use of a potter’s wheel, through a direct and authentic dialogue with the material.

Marianne Steinmetzer

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Malou Tibor

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CERAMIC ARTIST

Marianne Steinmetzer, céramiste luxem bourgeoise installée à Bridel, a quitté le monde économique pour se consacrer à la porcelaine, son matériau de prédilection, dont l’aspect biscuité sans glaçure la séduit. Formée au tournage et au moulage lors de stages et mas ter classes à l’étranger, elle développe une pratique délicate mêlant fonctionnalité et esthétisme ludique. Chaque pièce est moulée, assemblée, enduite d’engobe coloré, puis décorée au pinceau ou au pochoir, érodée pour donner du relief au motif, poncée et cuite à haute température.

Marianne Steinmetzer, a Luxembourgish ceramist based in Bridel, left the business world to devote herself to porcelain, her preferred material, whose bisque-like, unglazed appear ance appeals to her. Trained in throwing and moulding through internships and masterclass es abroad, she has developed a delicate practice combining functionality with playful aesthetics. Each piece is moulded, assembled, coated with coloured slip, then decorated with a brush or stencil, eroded to give relief to the pattern, sanded and fired at high temperature. EN

Dessine-moi une fleur

Porcelain 2026 H 30 × Ø 20 cm

FR Malou Tibor, céramiste auto didacte née au Luxembourg façonne un univers poétique où le végétal devient sculpteur et la porcelaine, support d’une écriture sensible de la beauté insaisissable de la nature. Au cœur de sa démarche se trouve l’empreinte des fleurs, la mémoire du vivant à travers la porcelaine. Elle enrobe de porcelaine liquide des fleurs fanées et autres végétaux, qu’elle fixe à ses sculptures. Après la cuisson, seule demeure l’empreinte de la matière orga nique. Le feu ne détruit pas le vivant ; il en révèle la mémoire.

Ex Luce

Porcelain

Into the Wild

2026 H 24,5 × Ø 18 cm

Porcelain 2026 H 13 × L 24 × D17 cm

Malou Tibor, a self-taught ceramic artist born in Luxembourg, creates a poetic universe, where plants become sculptors and porcelain serves as a medium for expressing the elusive beauty of nature. At the heart of her work lies the imprint of flowers, the memory of living things revealed through porcelain. She coats withered flowers and other botanical elements in liquid porcelain before attaching them to her sculptures. After firing, only the imprint of the organic matter remains. Fire does not destroy life; it reveals it’s memory. EN

Olivia Topa

PAPIER-MÂCHÉ

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SCULPTOR

Olivia Topa, artiste roumaine installée au Luxembourg, explore l’art de la lumière à travers des sculptures en papier mâché. Ses œuvres s’inspirent profondément de la nature : textures, courbes, vibrations organiques deviennent des motifs qu’elle transpose dans ses créations. Le papier, fragile et vulnérable, est au cœur de sa démarche. En collant morceau après mor ceau, elle le renforce, lui donne corps et âme. Cette transformation est essentielle. Elle parle de résistance, de métamorphose, de l’équilibre subtil entre délicatesse et force.

Laurent Turping WOOD SCULPTOR

Laurent Turping, sculpteur autodidacte luxembourgeois actif depuis 2012, travaille le bois avec une approche instinctive. Plus que l’objet final, il privilégie le processus de création, le geste manuel et l’ancrage dans la nature. Formé à la sculpture à la tronçonneuse en Allemagne, il choisit des essences locales qu’il sculpte en respectant formes, nœuds et fissures. Son geste brut suit les lignes du bois et révèle sa beauté intrinsèque, faisant naître des formes anthropomorphes. FR

On Fire

Wood (eucalyptus root), rattan, paper, electrical wiring 2026 H 62 × L 40 × D 43 cm

EN Olivia Topa, a Romanian artist based in Luxembourg, explores the art of light through papier-mâché sculptures. Her works draw deep inspiration from nature: textures, curves and organic rhythms become motifs that she trans lates into her creations. Paper, fragile and vulnerable, lies at the heart of her approach. By gluing piece after piece, she strengthens it, giving it body and soul. This transformation is essential. It speaks of resilience, metamorpho sis and the subtle balance between delicacy and strength.

Dialogue

Oak wood 2025 H 140 × L 43 × D 14cm / sculpture

Laurent Turping, a self-taught Luxembourgish sculptor active since 2012, works with wood through an instinctive approach. More than the final object, he values the creative process, manual gesture and a deep connection to nature. Trained in chainsaw sculpture in Germany, he chooses local woods, carving them while respecting their natural shapes, knots and cracks. His raw gesture follows the lines of the wood, revealing its intrinsic beauty and giving rise to anthropomorphic forms. EN

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Ellen van der Woude CERAMIC ARTIST

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Ellen van der Woude, artiste céramiste néerlandaise installée au Luxembourg, crée de délicates sculptures organiques inspirées par son lien profond avec la nature. Travaillant à la fois intuitive et maîtrisée, elle transforme la céramique en un langage visuel poétique où beauté et fragilité coexistent. Ses œuvres évoquent des fragments de nature pétrifiés et invitent à une réflexion sur notre relation perdue avec l’environnement. Membre de l’Académie Internationale de la Céramique, elle expose régulièrement à l’international.

Nadine Zangarini

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WOOD SCULPTOR

Nadine Zangarini, sculptrice luxembourgeoise, taille le bois de séquoia à même la matière. Formée à Strasbourg et Fribourgen- Brisgau, elle dialogue avec les veines, les nœuds et les lignes pour en faire naître des formes organiques, fluides, vibrantes de vie. Ses œuvres, nées de cette écoute intuitive, sculptent la lumière et l’ombre, révélant la poésie cachée des imperfections. Chaque essence, chaque trait devient une métaphore de la nature : vivante, fragile, éternelle. Son art est une célébration du sensible. FR

Le souffle des ombres Redwood 2026 H 26 × L 29 × W 14 cm

Bloom, bloom

Porcelain

2026 H 24 × 34 ×20 cm

Soul of the Deep

Sandstone and porcelain 2026 ø 25 cm, H 20 cm

Eternal Spring

Stoneware and porcelain 2024 ø35cm, H 12cm

Ellen van der Woude, a Dutch ceramic artist based in Luxembourg, creates delicate organic sculptures that reflect her profound connection to nature. Working both intuitively and masterfully, she transforms ceramics into a poetic visual lan guage where beauty and fragility coexist. Her work evokes petrified fragments of nature and invites to reflect on our lost relationship with the environment. She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics and regularly exhibits internationally. EN

Le jeu des ombres

Redwood 2026 H 28 × L 25 × W 16 cm

Nadine Zangarini, a Luxembourgish sculptor, carves redwood directly from the raw material. Trained in Strasbourg and Freiburg im Breisgau, she engages with the grain, knots and lines to bring forth organic, fluid forms that pulsate with life. Her works, born of this intuitive connection, sculpt light and shadow, revealing the hidden poetry of imperfections. Every type of wood, every line becomes a metaphor for nature: living, fragile, eternal.Her art is a celebration of the sensitiv.

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Marie De Decker

SCULPTOR AND GILDER

STONE SCULPTOR

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Pascale Putz

Nuno Quintino

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ARTISTIC EMBROIDERER AND ARTIST

SCULPTOR OF RECYCLED PLASTICS

Anne-Marie Grimler

Sandra Resende

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sandra.resende@gmail.com +352 621 329 651 insta / sandraresendework sandraresende.com

STONE SCULPTOR

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lauremackel@gmail.com +352 621 378 455 insta / lauremackel www.lauremackel.com

Charlotte Payet

Megha Goenka

CERAMIC ARTIST

FELT ARTIST

Yanis Miltgen

Tom Flick

PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SCULPTOR

TEXTILE ARTIST

TEXTILE AND BASKETRY ARTIST

Letizia Romanini

STRAW MARQUETRY ARTIST romanini.letizia@gmail.com +33 6 51 41 08 06 insta / letiziaromanini www.romaniniletizia.com

WOODTURNER

dobecker@pt.lu +352 661 329 489 insta / dorisbecker.db www.doris-becker.com

MILLINER

Carine Mertes

CERAMIC ARTIST

couture@annebauler.lu insta / annebauler.couture & deephallow_lu

PAINTER ON WAXED PAPER

Marie-Isabelle Anaïs Callier Chappron

CERAMIC SCULPTOR

MASTER SEAMSTRESSES

Doris Becker

Laure Mackel

Sandy Kahlich

Camille Jacobs

GLASS ARTIST

Anne Bauler & Denise Schumann

The artists

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Pascale Seil

Stefania Staltari

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GLASS SCULPTOR

CERAMIC ARTIST

Malou Tibor

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tiborm@pt.lu insta / maloutibor

Olivia Topa

CERAMIC ARTIST

olivia.topa@inlightout.art +352 621 680 088 insta / inlight_out inlightout.art

Laurent Turping

WOOD SCULPTOR lturping@gmail.com +352 621 338 485 insta / turpinglaurent Laurentturping.com

For ten years, De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg has been supporting, promoting and celebrat ing fine craftsmanship in Luxembourg. Through biennials, exhibitions, awards, grants and international collaborations, the association brings exceptional skills into the spotlight and encourages contemporary creation. This anniversary marks ten years of commitment to artisans, the preservation and transmission of savoir-faire, and the promotion of Luxembourg’s creative talent beyond its borders.

Promote

Ellen van der Woude

Nadine Zangarini

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webzang@pt.lu +352 621 796 927 insta / nadinezangarini nadinezangarini.com

CERAMIC ARTIST

PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SCULPTOR

CERAMIC ARTIST

Marianne Steinmetzer

A vision for fine craftsmanship

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WOOD SCULPTOR

Showcase the excellence and diversity of Luxembourg’s fine craftsmanship.

Support Encourage artisans through awards, grants, exhibitions and professional opportunities.

Transmit Preserve living skills and foster their transmission to future generations.

Connect Create lasting links between artisans, institutions, audiences, and internation al partners.

creation and transmission

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years

Ten years of craftsmanship,

of celebrating Artistic Craftsmanship

LUXEMBOURG CITY

CASA SANLORENZO VENICE, ITALY

CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND

PARIS REGION, FRANCE

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NEW EXHIBITION

in collaboration with Château de La Roche-Guyon

6th edition—The anniversary’s edition

February 2027

April—November 2027

November 2027

where symbolism, memory, and artistic lineage converge. From Venice, the journey continues to Switzerland, where the association will present a new chap ter in February 2027 within the contemporary landscape of the Fondation Opale in Crans Montana. This encounter between craftsman ship and a space dedicated to living cultures and contemporary creation invites a dialogue between tradition and renewal.

château will let us host a summer exhibition shaped as a retrospective. A moment to pause, to reflect, and to look back on ten years of creation, encounters, and shared commitments. In this setting, history and craftsmanship inter twine, offering a contemplative space to revisit the association’s evolution.

1 — 30.09.2026

in collaboration with Opale Foundation

in collaboration with Homo Faber

To celebrate its anniversary, De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg is opening a new chap ter in its history with an international exhibition program. This ambitious cycle begins this September in Italy with a first event taking place at Casa Sanlorenzo in Venice, created in partnership with Homo Faber, the Michelangelo Foundation, and Sanlorenzo Arts. Venice: a city steeped in artistic heritage and long considered a crossroads of cultural influences, offers an ideal setting for this opening gesture. Beginning here is no coin cidence: it signals a conscious desire to engage with major international art scenes, in a place

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The itinerary then leads to France, into the historic salons of the Château de La Roche Guyon. From April to November 2027, the

The cycle will culminate in November 2027 with the sixth edition of the Biennale at the prestigious 19Liberté in Luxembourg City. An edition envisioned as exceptional, worthy of this celebratory year. This final moment brings the journey back home, closing the circle while opening new horizons for the future.

This trajectory embodies a renewed ambition: to create dialogue between territories, cultures, and craftsmanship, and to honour a decade of dedication to creation. Each event is a milestone, each place a resonance, each encounter a light along the path. We look forward to sharing this rich journey with you.

Acknowledgments The De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg Asso ciation wishes to express its gratitude to its President and co‑founder, Mr. Roland Kuhn, whose unwavering commitment has supported the association since its creation. It also extends its sincere thanks to its official partners: the Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts and its Director General, Mr. Tom Wirion, as well as Spuerkeess and its CEO, Mrs. Françoise Thoma, for their continued engagement. Our thanks likewise go to the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, to the Ministry of Culture and its Minister, Mr. Eric Thill, as well as to the Ministry of the Economy, SMEs, Energy and Tourism and its Minister, Mr. Lex Delles, for their valuable support.

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At the heart of this exhibition, the 27 selected artists deserve special recognition. Through their talent, dedication and commitment, they brought Fiat Lux to life and carried the excellence of Luxembourg’s crafts to Venice. Finally, our sincere thanks go to the team who contributed to the realization of Fiat Lux: Mr. Jean‑Marc Dimanche, General Curator and Artistic Director of the De Mains De Maîtres Luxembourg Biennial, Mrs. Elise Baquet, Cultural Project Manager, Mrs. Pauline Grasse, Communications Officer, Hanna Meyer, Steven Pais and the teams of The Chamber of Skilled Trades and Crafts, for their involvement throughout this Venetian adventure.

We are particularly grateful to Homo Faber and the Michelangelo Foundation for this excep tional partnership, and to its Executive Director, Mr. Alberto Cavalli, the Head of Strategic Rela tions, Mr. Andrea Tomasi, as well as the entire foundation team for their trust and commitment.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Casa Sanlorenzo for welcoming us in this remarkable venue, as well as to Domaine Claude Bentz and Domaine Alice Hartmann, who generously accompanied the convivial moments of the exhibition. We also thank Luxair, Official Travel Partner of the event, and the Leir Foundation for their conti nued support.

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Our deep appreciation also goes to Kultur | lx arts council Luxembourg and Luxembourg – Let’s Make It Happen, whose decisive support made this project possible and contributed to showcasing Luxembourg’s craftsmanship in Venice.

To exhibit in Venice is to immerse oneself in a world of water and sky, to lose oneself among its canals and to wander through its countless bridges and narrow alleyways.

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Official travel partner of De Mains De Maîtres