Looking
up while busy admiring the spectacular statues of the Loggia dei Lanzi including the statue of Perseus holding the head of
Medusa (1555) by Benvenuto
Cellini, you might have missed to notice the beautiful bas-relief placed
right at the base of this statue.This
square bronze bas-relief depicting
an episode...
The world of art is historically a world dominated by men, very
little has been said about women artists compared to men artists, but
this does not mean that there have not been women who have left their
permanent mark in the history of art. Today we want to remember...
After
almost five years of closure and important redevelopment works, the Specola Museum in Florence reopened to
the public with four days of free admission, offered to celebrate also the
250th anniversary of its foundation.Inaugurated
on 21 February 1775 as the Imperial and Royal Museum of Physics and Natural
History...
El 18 de febrero Florencia celebra a una mujer muy especial, a quien debemos la salvaguardia de nuestro patrimonio artístico: Anna Maria Luisa dei Medici, conocida también como Elettrice Palatina.
Anna Maria era hija de Cosimo III y Margherita Luisa d’Orleans. Su matrimonio fue muy infeliz, sin embargo no les...
Between
the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Paris was
the center of the art world, it was the Belle
Époque and almost all the new artistic trends started from the French
capital.Photography
and cinema gave a new cut to images and allowed us...
The
style of Fernando Botero Angulo,
characterized by subjects with dilated and full forms, of caricatural
appearance, is absolutely unmistakable.The
artist developed this style in the 1950s after painting a "fat"
mandolin in a still life with mandolin. Since then he will continue to paint
men, women, animals and inanimate...
The
Medici tapestries from the cycle “The return of Joseph, the prince of dreams”
are back in the Salone dei Duecento, exhibited in rotation in five exhibition
cycles. The twenty tapestries in the series are displayed, four at a time,
according to their original location in the hall of Palazzo...
Raffaello Sanzio died
very young, he was only 37, but in his short life he managed to establish
himself as one of the most outstanding artists of the Renaissance, capable of masterfully interpreting a timeless ideal
of beauty and harmony.One
of his greatest masterpieces is the Madonna della Seggiola, painted...
The
concept of the Museum of Illusions
was born in 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia, and was then exported to various cities
around the world, also arriving in Italy, first in Milan then in Florence and
Rome.The
museum has opened inside Palazzo
Tornaquinci Della Stufa, a historic building, in via Borgo...
Art has
always been the means through which mankind gave a tangible form to emotions,
desires and fears. Therefore it does not surprise that love, being perhaps the
strongest emotions of all and what every human craves, became one of the main
themes throughout the history of art. Everyone loves...
Si estarán en Florencia el 26 de enero, podrán ver una guirnalda de flores en la base de la columna de Piazza Duomo – bueno, si notan esta columna en primer lugar. Mucha spersonas, incluidos los florentinos, pasan por ahí cada día, sin caer en cuenta de la presencia de...
Creator of visionary, ingenious,
impossible worlds, M.C. Escher was one of the most original artists of
the 20th century. His woodcuts, lithographies and engravings have now become
part of our collective imaginary and still manage to fascinate and amaze today.
The great Florentine exhibition, hosted in the halls
of the...
The
Chimera of Arezzo, was found on
November 15, 1553 during the
excavation works for the construction of the Medici fortification walls, near
the Porta San Lorentino.
Cosimo I de' Medici, great
collector and art estimator, fell in love with this work so deeply that he decided
to personally take...
One
of the most important Florentine exhibitions of this season is that of the
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, which can be visited at Palazzo Strozzi until
January 22, 2023. Olafur Eliasson: Nel tuo tempo is the largest exhibition ever held
in Italy by the artist and collects historic and site-specific...
September
8, 2022, one of the greatest icons of the 20th century, Queen Elizabeth II of England, dies.
She
is perhaps the most famous contemporary
personality in the world, certainly known by anyone globally. Everyone
recognizes the Queen's face, her brightly colored outfits and her hats.
She
was a woman...
If
you pay a visit to the Basilica of San
Lorenzo these days, you will come across a giant over 5 meters high leaning against the side of the church.
With his mighty muscles, he has already "supported" the Medici Palace
in Seravezza, the Cathedral of Pietrasanta and Carrara, the...
August 3, 1944, Florence is
still occupied by the Nazis. It’s been almost a year, the Allies are
expected to send help any day now, and rumor has it that, knowing this, the Germans
want to destroy the Florentine bridges to cut off access routes.
On
July 30, everyone who...
Forte Belvedere opens its spaces to Rä
di Martino, a young contemporary artist, and to her solo exhibition
entitled Play It Again, a
project of Museo Novecento curated
by Sergio Risaliti.
Through a selection of
works from 2014 to today, that includes installations, video art and
photographs, Play it again...
The
Double
Portrait of the Dukes of Urbino is one of the most famous portraits of
the Renaissance, preserved today in the Uffizi
Gallery.
This
diptych was commissioned in 1465 to
Piero della Francesca, by Federico di Montefeltro, Lord of Urbino.
Represented
in profile, we see the two spouses...
“Painting is based solely on the law of knowing how
to find the right colour tone and getting i tinto its proper space.” – Oscar Ghiglia
The
new exhibition at Palazzo Medici
Riccardi features a beloved artist of the twentieth century: Oscar Ghiglia (1876-1945).
"Oscar
Ghiglia, The years of the...
An
extraordinary exhibition, the one about Donatello
entitled Donatello, the Renaissance, which can be visited until 31 July
2022 at Palazzo Strozzi and the Bargello Museum. Over 130 works
including sculptures, paintings and drawings, including some unique loans,
never granted before, and distributed in two locations of excellence.
Donato...
When people talk about Michelangelo's Pietà, they usually mean the Pietà di San Pietro, or Vatican
Pietà, one of his most renoknown works, but this is not the only sculptural
group of this type that he ever made. In fact, he made three, and now for the
first time they...
Quant’è bella giovinezza,
che si fugge tuttavia!
chi vuol esser lieto, sia:
di doman non c’è certezza.
"How
beautiful is youth, / though quickly it does flee! / be happy if you want to: /
for tomorrow may not come"
This is what Lorenzo
il Magnifico wrote in the opening...
Florence
is a place rich in history and art that tourists from all over the world come
to admire, transforming the city into a meeting place of many different
cultures. People travel to here from all over the world not only to see the amazing
art masterpieces scattered all over...
The
Venus of Urbino, or simply Titian's Venus, is one of the most
famous paintings in the history of art, admired as much as discussed, it was a
source of inspiration for many artists.
Guidobaldo
II della Rovere di Urbino, commissioned this painting from the Venetian painter
with the intention...
“I love the idea that painting,
pointless technologically, can still hypnotise and seduce us.” Says artist
Anj Smith, a statement that leaves
space for reflection, not only about painting, but art itself.
Art is created and consumed because human beings crave to express themselves,
to look at something beautiful, something...
Florence
welcomes in five of its major museums the works of one of the most
important living artists in the world, Jenny
Saville. This is a huge exhibition project, curated by Sergio Risaliti,
director of the Museo Novecento, the
fulcrum of the widespread exhibition.
Here
we find about 100 works...
Benozzo Gozzoli (c.
1421 - 1497) was a Florentine painter, a pupil of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Beato
Angelico, known mostly for the frescoes in the Magi Chapel in Palazzo Medici Riccardi.
It
was to him that Cosimo and Piero de
'Medici commissioned the frescoes for the chapel, a work that...
Villa Bardini
reopens after two years, with the exhibition entitled Galileo Chini and European Symbolism. The exhibition, dedicated to
the greatest Italian interpreter of Liberty
modernism and one of the major exponents of Symbolism at European level, focuses on the artist's first twenty
years of career, which made him famous...
After
two years of restorations carried out by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence, we can return to admire the
Terrace of Geographic Maps of the Uffizi, a place rich in history
from which visitors can enjoy a beautiful view of the city.
Giorgio Vasari had designed this
space...
A
Christmas tradition that has Italian roots is that of the Nativity scene,
"Presepe" in Italian, a
display of objects and figures representing the birth of Jesus. The term “presepe” derives from the Latin “praesaepe”, meaning manger, trough, or
an enclosed area for sheep and goats.
The
baby Jesus, Mary...
The Medici Chapels complex is part of the Basilica of San Lorenzo and includes the New Sacristy designed by Michelangelo in 1519, and the grandiose Chapel of the Princes built in the seventeenth century.
Hard to decide which space is the most beautiful, the first emblem of
formal purity, the...
Aproximadamente 60.000
personas pasan por la estación de Santa
Maria Novella en Florencia cada año, pero no todos notan el enorme fresco de 25 metros colocado en la
pared sur de la gran sala de llegadas y salidas.
Una obra creada con una
técnica milenaria, por la que el arte...
The grottesca (or grotesque, from the italian grotta, cave) is a wall
decoration characterized by a multitude of hybrid creatures, and zoomorphic
figures depicted within a symmetrical decoration with naturalistic elements.
The decoration appears airy and light thanks to the slender style of the
figures. In Florence we have very...
Si se han transferido desde un país extranjero, o son cinéfilos que prefieren ver las películas en lengua original, hay un lugar en Florencia a donde pueden ir para pasar una tarde en el cine, el cinema Odeon en Piazza Strozzi.
Este cine histórico, situado en el corazón de Florencia,...
The series of exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art at Palazzo Strozzi continues,
this time it is the turn of the very famous Jeff Koons, who had already been in Florence in 2015 with the much
discussed golden sculpture Pluto and
Proserpina, displayed in front of Palazzo Vecchio.
Jeff Koons. Shine...
The fish market was once located
in today's Lungarno degli Archibugieri, then Piazza del Pesce, right next to Ponte Vecchio. In 1565, on the occasion of the marriage between the son of Grand Duke
Cosimo I, Francesco, and the Archduchess of Austria Giovanna of Austria, the
famous Vasari Corridor was...
One of the most
well-hidden churches in all of Florence is probably Santo Stefano al Ponte.
However, the name suggests where we can find it: in the small Piazza Santo Stefano,
near Ponte Vecchio.
Founded before 1116, the
year in which the first documentations mention it, the church of Santo...
Estamos en Porta Romana, al sur de Florencia,
donde aún se mantienen en pie las murallas del siglo XIV sobrevivientes a la
reestructuración urbanistica de Giuseppe Poggi en 1865. Inmediatamente después
de la puerta monumental, se abre una pequeña plaza, Piazza della Calza. El nombre deriva de la iglesia y...
Pietrasanta es una pequeña ciudad a 100 km de Florencia, cerca del mar y
al pie de los Alpes Apuanos, de donde se extrae durante siglos el mármol con el que se han construido
todos los monumentos toscanos. Siempre ha sido frecuentado por muchos artistas,
en el pasado incluso por...
The monumental installation by Giuseppe Penone entitled Abete, which has been in Piazza
della Signoria since March, has already been talked about. A majestic tree,
over 22 meter high, in steel and bronze.
The installation of it in the square was only the preview of the
artist's exhibition that is...
After a year of pandemic
and social distancing, Forte Belvedere reopens with Ieri, oggi, domani.
Italia autoritratto allo specchio, a project of the Museo Novecento
born under the artistic direction of Sergio Risaliti.
The project includes two photographic exhibitions, open simultaneously at the
Forte Belvedere from 25 June to 10...
On June 24, Florence
celebrates its patron saint, San Giovanni, but this has not always been the
case. Back in the day, when the religion was still pagan, the city was devoted
to the god Mars. Many believe that
the current Baptistery of San Giovanni
was built from the ruins...
Red, black, brown, white and ochre were part of the color palette artists used in cave paintings. The first pigments, invented about 40,000 years ago, were a combination of soil, animal fat, burnt charcoal, and chalk, but since then, the number of colors available to the artists has continued to...
American Art
1961-2001
concludes the trilogy dedicated to American art at Palazzo Strozzi, which began
in 2012 with the exhibition Americani a Firenze. Sargent e gli
impressionisti del Nuovo Mondo and continued in 2016 with Da Kandinsky a
Pollock. La grande arte dei Guggenheim.
The exhibition retraces the history of...
Esta vez el título "Más
allá del Renacimiento" debe interpretarse como "Renacimiento más allá de sí mismo",
es decir, en el apogeo de su idea del mundo y del redescubrimiento de la
cultura clásica. La fachada del Palazzo Rucellai, diseñada por Leon Battista
Alberti y terminada en 1465, se celebra...
There is no better place to find inspiration for your art projects than in the Rose Garden, just under Piazzale Michelangelo.
This garden was created in 1865 by Giuseppe Poggi, who also designed the
piazzale, and it houses a collection of about 400 varieties of roses,
lemons, and other plants...
The Bargello, former seat of the
Podestà and prison where the condemned suffered the most terrible tortures, preserves many memories linked to Dante
and pays him homage with an exhibition and important restorations, in the 700th
anniversary of his death.
The exhibition entitled Honorable and ancient citizen of Florence. The...
La Manifattura Tabacchi: un distrito de 16
edificios en un área de 100.000 metros cuadrados, junto al Parque Le Cascine.
Pura arquitectura racionalista modernista, diseñada por los arquitectos
Giovanni Bartoli y Pier Luigi Nervi en 1933, terminada en 1940. Según los
cánones arquitectónicos modernistas, la estructura tenía que ser funcional...
Más allá del Renacimiento en Florencia - El nuevo Palacio de
Justicia, la construcciónLeonardo Ricci falleció en 1994, la construcción se inició en
2000 y la obra se inauguró en 2012.Es el segundo Palacio de Justicia más grande de Italia,
después del de Turín, ocupa 3 hectáreas de terreno y...
Is it possible to find an oasis of peace and quiet right in the middle of the city traffic? In Florence, you can.
If you venture outside the historical center, in Piazza Donatello, you will find the English Cemetery.
Originally called Protestant Cemetery of Porta a Pinti, it was renamed...
In Italy as in many other Western countries, comics are still considered by most to be a product for children, as we are used to the fact that storytelling with pictures is found in fairy tales and children’s books. In particular the Japanese manga, that uses images often consisting of...
Once again, Palazzo Strozzi decided to donate to the public an artwork that is visible from the outside, in compliance with anti-contagion regulations, an installation that can be enjoyed by anyone crossing Piazza degli Strozzi. JR, one of the most famous contemporary artists in the world, is the author of...
Whether installed to celebrate an event, a personality of relevance
for the city or just to decorate a piazza, Italian cities have always
loved their fountains. Florence is no exception. There are many
beautiful fountains scattered around the city, so let's see some of the
most famous and unique fountains...
“Tanto
gentile e tanto onesta parela
donna mia quand’ella altrui saluta,ch’ogne
lingua deven tremando muta
e
gli occhi no l’ardiscon di guardare.” (Muéstrase tan hermosa y recatadala dama mía si un saludo ofreceque toda lengua, trémula, enmudecey los ojos se guardan la mirada.) Así, Dante Alighieri nos presenta su amada Beatrice en...
Se ha completado la restauración de la Iglesia
de San Giorgio dello Spirito Santo alla Costa, que ahora es nuevamente la sede
de una parroquia de barrio, financiada por la Fundación Gianmaria Buccellati
bajo la dirección de la Superintendencia de Bellas Artes de Florencia. Estamos
en Costa San Giorgio, uno...
You might have noticed that lions are everywhere in Florence. Have you wondered why?
They are guarding Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia de Lanzi, they are on
the weathervane on top of the Arnolfo Tower, they are represented in
coat of arms, in paintings, and even the bases of lamplights...
El Mercado de San Lorenzo o Mercado Central es famoso en todo el mundo y
frecuentado por cualquiera que visite Florencia. Puestos exteriores de
souvenirs, ropa, objetos en piel y tejidos, puestos de comida interior en la
planta baja, restaurantes y gastronomía en el primer piso.El
edificio es también una...
No solo
Renacimiento, otras épocas, otras arquitecturas --- EL INVERNADERO ART NOUVEAU
DE GIACOMO ROSTER.El Parque de la Orticoltura fue
establecido para experimentos científicos botánicos en 1859 por la Academia
Georgofili, una asociación fundada en 1753 en el clima de la Iluminación para
el estudio de técnicas agrícolas. En la...
¿Por qué
Florencia, que es considerada la ciudad del arte, no tiene un museo, un centro de
arte contemporáneo que puede organizar exposiciones y importantes eventos como
otras grandes ciudades italianas? Ciertamente sus esfuerzos se dirigen
principalmente a cultivar el pasado, tanto culturalmente como comercialmente,
teniendo un inmenso patrimonio que...
La construcción original fue construida en 1870
por encargo de Guido Uzielli, un rico banquero. El edificio formaba parte de la
estructura urbana del área según el plan de Giuseppe Poggi de 1865 para
“Firenze Capitale”, cuando aquí se concentraron las residencias de la clase
media alta y la burocracia...
ANTONIO POSSENTI (Lucca 1933 - 2016). An autodidact, he came to painting through the fascination of the magic of drawing and illustration. After an initial “pink-blue Picassian” period, he came to define the style that he never abandoned throughout his artistic career, portraying an apparently naive, fairy-tale, fantastic, dreamlike world. ...
Esta torre tiene el honor de ser el edificio más antiguo de
Florencia, permanecido milagrosamente en su aspecto original. Construido en el
siglo VI d.C. casi con seguridad por los Bizantinos durante la guerra con los Godos
(535 - 553), formó parte de las segundas murallas de la ciudad, después...
Este jardín está a 100 metros del Duomo, en el centro. Forma parte del gran
complejo de Le Oblate, propiedad del Ayuntamiento de Florencia desde 1936, que
alberga la Biblioteca Municipal y diversas instituciones culturales. El
edificio fue el primer hospital florentino, fundado en 1285 por Folco
Portinari, padre de...
Woe to speak ill of Florence to a Florentine,
you could trigger a very heated discussion. Florentines have always been known
for their patriotic spirit, proud of their city and their origins. We can't
blame them after all, considering that in the past Florence has really played a
key role...
Florencia también tiene un arco de triunfo como París, aunque pocos se
dan cuenta porque está aislada en un mar de tráfico, en la Piazza della
Libertà. En cualquier momento del día, el gas y el ruido impiden que los
transeúntes se queden más de unos segundos, el tiempo suficiente...
Admiring a work of art
and understanding a work of art are two very different things. Of course,
understanding art is not easy, but at least as far as the works of the past are
concerned, it helps that the artists often used a few recurring themes. Knowing
at least...
We very often talk about Brunelleschi's
spectacular Dome - an unrivaled architectural enterprise- the largest masonry
dome ever built to date. Sometimes, however, we forget the other architectural
masterpiece that sits right next to it: Giotto's
Bell Tower!
It was July 18, 1334 when Giotto began to lay the...
Construido en
1911 por el arquitecto Giovanni Michelazzi (1879 - 1920), es considerado uno de
los edificios Art Nouveau italianos más importantes, sin duda el más
interesante de Florencia. Michelazzi es considerado un arquitecto muy refinado,
aunque lamentablemente realizó muy pocas obras, habiéndose suicidado en 1920 a
la edad de...
These are certainly difficult times to travel and fully enjoy the beauty of
a city like Florence. Especially because much of what it has to offer is
enclosed within those very precious jewelry boxes that are its museums and
churches.
If you prefer to avoid as much as possible to...
It was November 27, 1922, when Howard Carter
discovered the tomb - sealed and in perfect conditions - of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Made pharaoh at 9 years
old and died at 19, of Tutankhamun it is still unknown the cause of death,
which is assumed to have occurred after a fall...
Florence is the place where
Leonardo da Vinci, 500 years ago, planned to fly using machines of his own
invention. And it is precisely here that Tomás
Saraceno decided to bring his flying spheres today, "aerosolar"
balloons capable of flying without the use of fossil fuels, but only thanks to...
On the wall of Palazzo Vecchio, behind the statue of Hercules and Cacus
by Baccio Bandinelli, you will notice, if you look closely, the face of a man
engraved in stone.
According to the legend, Michelangelo Buonarroti himself is the author
of this artwork.
Michelangelo was an excellent artist, but...
A golden shield with five red balls, and
a blue one decorated with three golden lilies. You must have seen it everywhere
in Florence, since it is the Medici coat of arms.
The Medici blazon underwent inexplicable changes during
most of the fifteenth century, in particular in regards to the...
The Fortezza
da Basso, or fortress of San Giovanni Battista, today the main Florentine
exhibition venue, has a long history, which began after the experience of the
siege of 1529.
At the time, Duke Alessandro de’ Medici
commissioned to the artists and architects Pier Francesco da Viterbo and
Antonio da...
Finally, after
30 years of restoration, the 3 monumental doors of the Baptistery of Saint John
have been brought together on display at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.
The first
restoration work on the portals, carried out by the Opificio delle Pietre Dure,
began in 1990 with the removal of...
After Klimt, Monet, Van Gogh and Leonardo, it is René Magritte's turn to invade the baroque spaces of the church of Santo Stefano al Ponte. The multimedia exhibition dedicated to the Belgian artist, master of surrealism, will last until March 1st: Inside Magritte, conceived by Crossmedia Group and Hepco, directed by The...
One of the
greatest works of art created by a woman in the Renaissance has recently been
restored: the last Supper by Sister Plautilla Nelli (1524-1588), painted in the
mid-16th century. A four-years restoration, funded through a crowdfunding
campaign by AWA (Advancing Women Artists Foundation) and carried out by
Rossella...
VISIO. Moving
Images After Post-Internet, will be on display at the Strozzina of Palazzo Strozzi.only until December 1st .
The exhibition brings together and promotes the
works of 12 young artists, all under 35, who participated in the VIII edition
of VISIO. European Program on Artists ’Moving Images, a project promoted...
The
protagonist of one of the most read books in the world becomes the protagonist
of an exhibition at Villa Bardini titled Enigma
Pinocchio. From Giacometti to LaChapelle, open until March 22nd. Pinocchio,
character born from the pen of Carlo Lorenzini, continues to fascinate us in
his topicality, and has...
Every two years Florence promotes
the talents of contemporary art though the Florence Biennale, opening this year
on October 18th.The exhibition, in its XII edition,
will be accompanied as always by a rich program of events such as conferences,
exhibitions and performances.Over 470 artists and 200 designers
will be present,...
A year after Marina Abramovich, another woman
becomes protagonist at Palazzo Strozzi: Natalia Goncharova, one of the main
representatives of the Russian avant-garde, and first female artist to be established
internationally.
Versatile and talented woman, Natalia was a painter, costume designer,
illustrator, graphic designer, scenographer, decorator, stylist, film actress and...
During the
summer, strange structures appeared in Florentine squares: a dodecahedron in piazza
della Signoria containing a mulberry tree, a hexahedron (or cube) in piazza
Bambini di Beslan, a tetrahedron in Piazza Stazione and an icosahedron in
Piazza Santa Maria Novella.
They are part of the exhibition that
has opened...
Until October 20th, Forte Belvedere
hosts two important Italian artists: Massimo Listri, with the exhibition A
perfect day, and Davide Rivalta, with My land, in a project conceived by Sergio
Risaliti, promoted by the Municipality of Florence and organized by Mus.e.
Massimo Listri, known worldwide for
the conceptual and...
It is
wonderful to stroll down the streets of the historic center of Florence and
enjoying the city from every point of view, but during the summer months, being
able to bear the stifling heat that grips the Tuscan capital can be difficult.
Fortunately, many
are the museums where to...
They stand out among the tidy hedges of the Boboli Gardens like clumps of coagulated magma, like rocks eroded and smoothed by water, like desert rose crystals, like stalagmites, like strange primitive flowers and shapes free in space. Many are the images evoked by the sculptures of British artist Tony...
This year we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I de Medici (1519-1574), the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. Son of the condottiere Giovanni de 'Medici, known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere, and Maria Salviati, he became lord of Florence when he was only 17, but was...
The new site-specific installation that made appeared a few weeks ago in
the courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi is truly a triumph of color. A series
of 12 hammocks joined together form a huge rocking bed that will remain
available to anyone who wants to participate in the experience, until
July...
Coming out polished from a two-year restoration, Sala degli Elementi reopens in Palazzo Vecchio, part of the Quartiere degli Elementi where each room is dedicated to a mythological divinity to which corresponds a character of the Medici family. The hall, included in the private quarters of the Grand Duke Cosimo I, was...
In the second half of the Nineteenth Century, after Florence had become the capital of Italy, the city changed its appearence due to the work of architect Giuseppe Poggi, in charge of the so-called urban Restoration. The city walls were demolished, the viali (avenues) were created inspired by Parisians boulevards,...
Once again the art collection of the CR Firenze Foundation reopens to the public. A collection of hidden treasures that can be visited free of charge, by reservation only on weekends until December 2019. Not an exhibition, but an exclusive visit to the Ente Cassa di Risparmio of Florence head...
The Fontana del Nettuno was finally inaugurated after a two-year restoration, generously funded by the Ferragamo fashion house.
In 1559 Cosimo I de Medici announced a competition to design the first public fountain in Florence, which thanks to the construction of a new aqueduct would bring water to the city...
Drawings, sculptures and highly refined jacquard cotton tapestries constitute Kiki Smith's exhibition at Palazzo Pitti.
The German artist, whose work has always been animated by a strong feminism and social commitment, now reflects on the universe, on female and animal nature, in a series of works that have a dreamlike...
Palazzo Strozzi is hosting a new exhibition from March 9th to July 14th, this time we strand from contemporary art for a while and go back to Renaissance times: 'Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo' celebrates Andrea del Verrocchio, in the first retrospective ever devoted to the Florentine artist.
This means that...
'Female Perspectives. Women of Talent and Commitment' is the new exhibition open from March 7 to May 26 at Palazzo Pitti, to celebrate Women's Day, which tells the thousand facets of the female universe between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The exhibition moves the steps from the National Unity, a...
If you happen to walk by Piazza della Signoria these days and in looking up you see a man on the Uffizi terrace, above the Loggia dei Lanzi: do not panic. It is not someone on the verge of suicide, it is only a sculpture by Antony Gormley, part of...
photo credit: © Antonio Quattrone
At Palazzo Pitti, fashion and zoology merge beyond the simple animalier, creating an imaginative and unusual natural history museum.
Almost 100 pieces of haute couture made between 2000 and 2018, compose the exhibition itinerary of Animalia, inaugurated on January 8 and open until May 5....
The Leonardo Da Vinci painter of the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper and many other paint masterpieces is very well known. Not the same can be said for the Leonardo da Vinci inventor.
Leonardo was a particularly intelligent man, with an unusual thirst for knowledge fueled by a great curiosity...
Palazzo Vecchio, with its high tower is one of the symbols of Florence, and the tower, which stands 95 meters high above the roofs of the city, is what marks the location of the ancient Palazzo della Signoria even from afar.
The tower of Arnolfo was built at the beginning...
