The Art of Espresso Exhibition

“Passione italiana: l’arte dell’espresso” (Italian Passion: the Art of Espresso) focuses on one of the world’s most beloved symbols of Italy: espresso coffee.

The objects on display include domestic and bar machines as well as coffee sets and cups by renowned designers, analysing the social significance of the world’s most-consumed brew through the places and domestic rituals that have shaped the collective imagination and habits over the past century.

The exhibition has the double aim to recount the evolution of design and technology surrounding coffee and to trace the history of its integration in South America since its origin, coinciding with the surge of Italian emigration to Brazil in 1874, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.