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The National Gallery in London has assembled the most comprehensive exhibition on Raphael, which will open on April 9, 2022.
"The Bronze Effigy of Michelangelo" exhibition at the Accademia in Florence opens today and runs until June 19.
For the first time, the nine bronze busts of Michelangelo attributed to Daniele da Volterra are side by side for scientific study at the Galleria dell'Accademia.
SCULPTURE/ The Bronze Portraits of Michelangelo by Daniele da Volterra February 15-June 19 At the Galleria dell’Accademia. Ph/ Guido Cozzi The renowned gallery home to Michelangelo’s David is ...
“Nobody only loves masterpieces,” art collector extraordinaire Roberto Casamonti once remarked, his words projected onto the whitewashed walls of the uplifting gallery that carries his name in piazza di Santa ...
The blue rooms of the eclectic Stefano Bardini Museum are fixed with 12 uncanny works that beguile viewers as they immerse themselves in the fantastical and, at times, unsettling objects ...
Huge horned iguanas, a red tiger crouching in the middle of the Niobe Room, new versions of the Medusa, whose head teems with hybrid figures bearing bizarre beaks and sharp ...
Is the end of the pandemic too much to ask for in 2022? The WHO has gone on record stating that new-generation vaccines and healthcare equity (a mirage?) could put ...
FASHION/ Pitti Immagine The fashion-filled fest at Fortezza da Basso spreads style all over the city with Pitti Immagine Uomo 101 (menswear) and Pitti Immagine Bimbo 94 ...
An exhibition has just opened at Palazzo Medici Riccardi that focuses on Renaissance artist Benozzo Gozzoli. Benozzo di Lese, as he was also known, frescoed the palazzo’s Magi Chapel in ...
The Hotel Savoy adds a touch of glamour to Florence’s cultural offering this Christmas with the exhibition titled Le Dive di Zeffirelli (The Divas of Zeffirelli). ...
Painting on a monumental scale, says the British artist Jenny Saville, “has always felt right for me”. Visiting museums as a child and student, she saw that the great painters ...
EXHIBITION/ Benozzo Gozzoli and the Chapel of the Magi and Il Fiorentino: The Grand Diamond of Tuscany The Renaissance master and his relationship with Florence is at ...
In an interview a few years ago Jeff Koons insisted that “I’ve made what The Beatles would have made if they had made sculpture”. While that claim will not help ...
Defaced statues and striking photography form the content of Lo Sfregio, a new exhibition opposing violence against women at the Uffizi Galleries. In the month of the International Day for ...
COMMUNITY / Thanksgiving with The Florentine 6.30pm, November 25 At 6.30pm on November 25, join us at Ruffino’s Poggio Casciano wine estate to celebrate the occasion while ...
CINEMA/ UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival October 21-24 Showcasing the awe, excitement, uncertainty and struggles of childhood, the UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival (UIFF) returns to Florence from October ...
As we unpack our beach bags and ease ourselves into routine, these top events keep the holiday feeling going. SHOW/ Hershey Felder’s George Gershwin Solo September 14, 9pm ...
For anyone who’s been away from Florence for, say, the last couple of years, beware that you may feel a little shaky when first walking into The Met’s new exhibit ...
Summer is finally here and we’ve never been in more need of sun and fun. While it might be tempting to loll about with buckets of ice and savour the ...
This month’s best events have seen press releases pouring in, a true sign that Florence is putting itself back together. Here are this month’s top picks for a joyous June. ...
OPENINGS/ Visit private courtyards and gardens May 23 Giardino Torrigiani, one of the sites viewable this weekend A rare opportunity presents itself this weekend with the chance ...
The new pandemic-related rules in Italy are detailed on The Florentine’s website and on page 4 of this issue. Please be advised that many openings are dependent on yellow zone ...
INSTALLATION/ Abete by Giuseppe Penone The City of Florence and the Uffizi Galleries are paying tribute to Dante Alighieri during the 700th anniversary year of the Florentine ...
