Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best events in Florence and Tuscany this March.
BE FEMINIST/Festa della Donna
March 8
Throughout Italy
Italy celebrates International Women’s Day (see pages 16 and 17). Remember the women in your life by giving them a sprig of mimosa blossom! On March 7, join the Advancing Women Artists Foundation and Syracuse University for a Writers’ Marathon to generate Wikipedia entries spotlighting women artists; see page 16. On March 8, commemorate the day by joining the Santa Croce in Pink tour, which begins at 10am and costs 25 euro, including a copy of the book Santa Croce in Pink: Untold Stories of Women and their Monuments.
BE RENAISSANCE/Re-discovering Michelangelo
Until May 18
Accademia Gallery, via Ricasoli 58–60, Florence
To commemorate the 450th year of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s death, the Accademia hosts the Ri-conoscere Michelangelo exhibition, exploring the world-famous artist through leading photographers, sculptors and painters who reference Michelangelo in their works. Highlights include Kim Ki-duk’s 2012 Pietà and Luca Pignatelli’s Sculture. For more information, see www.unannoadarte.it.
FLAVOURFUL/Taste
March 8–10
Stazione Leopolda, Florence
Florence goes food-crazy for three days! Taste is a fair dedicated to food excellence and lifestyle, attended by top figures from the international gastronomic and catering worlds, as well as a public of passionate foodies. For a full programme of events at Stazione Leopolda, see theflr.net/fw7tuw. Taste also turns into flavours throughout Florence with Fuori di Taste, in which the city’s leading eateries offer exclusive food and wine events; see www.fuoriditaste.it.
GO MODERN/Radical Femininity
Until September 7
Gucci Museum, piazza della Signoria 10, Florence
Part of the Contemporary Art Space programme, the Femminilità Radicale exhibition displays works of art by three rarely seen twentieth-century artists: American Lee Lozano, Pole Alina Szapocznikow and Belgian Evelyne Axell, concentrating on the body as a means of criticism. For more details, call 055/75923300
055/75923300.
ART/Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino
March 8–July 20
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
The exhibition Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. Diverging Paths of Mannerism explores works of art from two of Tuscany’s most original and unconventional painters. Each with his own unique style, they forged new ways of interpreting art in a period of the sixteenth century, which Giorgio Vasari dubbed ‘the modern manner.’ For more information, see www.strozzina.org
POP/Elisa
March 13
Nelson Mandela Forum, viale Pasquale Paoli, Florence
Renowned Italian singer Elisa performs on the Tuscan leg of her ‘Anima Vola’ tour, with hits from her new album. Some of her most recent songs were written in collaboration with Florentine favourite Ligabue, Tiziano Ferro and Negramaro’s Giuliano Sangiorgi. For more information and tickets, see www.mandelaforum.it.
BE CARNIVAL/Frittelle festivals
Until March 30: every Saturday, 10am–7pm, every Sunday, 8.30am–10pm
San Donato in Collina, Rignano sull’Arno
The delicious carnival fried sweets will be in abundance throughout March on the scenic road to Rignano sull’Arno. Filled with any number of delights, from Chantilly cream to apple, these bite-sized treats are sure to make your mouth water! For more information, call 055/699250055/699250
NATURE/Personal Landscape
March 10–April 11
SACI Gallery, via Sant’Antonino 11, Florence
Anni Kinnunen’s photography exhibit, Personal Landscape, depicts the relationship between man and nature. The Finnish artist is interested in the human need to control and manipulate nature, concentrating on environments where nature has taken over. Read more at www.saci-florence.edu.
BE BOLD/Stomp
March 21–23
Teatro Verdi, via Ghibellina 99, Florence
The UK-based percussion group Stomp use a variety of everyday percussion instruments to create unique music, dance and theatre shows. See the group in Florence for an evening of pop music, the circus and tribal customs. For more information, see www.teatroverdionline.it.
BE AMAZED/Lies in Science
March 22 –June 29
Palazzo Blu, Lungarno Gambacorti 9, Pisa
Discover the many unexpected blunders covered up by the science world. The exhibit Lies in Science explores the inevitability of mistakes accompanying the thirst for knowledge in the science world; after all, being wrong is a part of science. Visit www.palazzoblu.it for more information.
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