EXHIBITIONS
The Piatti family's porcelain and shard collection has already been shown in various exhibitions in Japan and Austria.
BEYOND FRAGMENTATION
The exhibition "Beyond Fragmentation" showed the first completed restoration and conservation works by students of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
State-of-the-art techniques were used to reconstruct objects from the porcelain and shard collection, and historical wall coverings were analyzed and conserved.
COMEBACK FOR MORE
The porcelain collection has been back at Loosdorf Castle since the end of 2022.
Over the next few years, the collection will be looked after by the University of Applied Arts in Loosdorf Castle as part of the "Broken Collection" project.
Among other things, the main topics of restoration, conservation and art history are examined and dealt with in more detail.
The kick-off event took place on May 20, 2023 at Loosdorf Castle. It provided an initial insight into the university's project work.
The exhibition as part of the kick-off event can be visited until August 25th by appointment. Details can be found under "Museum - Opening hours".
Ö1 Leporello
Ö1 reports on the history of the Scherbenzimmer and the porcelain collection of Loosdorf Castle in connection with the "Broken Collection" project of the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
THE TRAGEDY OF LOOSDORF CASTLE
On November 4, 2020, the exhibition "The Tragedy of Loosdorf Castle" opened at the OKURA Museum of Art in Tokyo.
The exhibition tells the tragic story of the Piatti family's porcelain collection. Selected pieces were restored in Japan and impressively exhibited together with the shards.
The exhibition was also shown at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum near Nagoya, at the Hagi Uragami Museum in Yamaguchi Prefecture and finally at the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in Arita.
REVIVING OLD IMARI POCELAIN (ROIP)
The collection was analyzed on site by a Japanese university in 2015 and officially confirmed as Japanese cultural property.
A large part of the collection was subsequently restored by world-renowned restorers in Japan with the great assistance of Ms. Machiko Hoshina.
One of the aims was for the shards to find "peace" again through restoration in their country of origin, Japan, as a result of the war crimes.
Parts of the collection were presented at the "Spouse Program" of the G20 summit in Osaka.
"The Tragedy of Loosdorf Castle"
"The Destruction and Rebirth of Exported Old-Imari - The Tragedy of Loosdorf Castle" - Exhibition of the porcelain and shard collection at the Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo.
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