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Here’s our round-up for December 26, 2024 to January 2, 2025.
Palazzo Vecchio’s Salone dei Cinquecento is currently home to the Sala Grande exhibition that brings us back to when Giorgio Vasari went about enhancing the most magnificent of the Palazzo’s rooms. On display until March 9 will be La Sala Grande: Giorgio Vasari per Cosimo I De’ Medici, a small but significant display to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the architect and the Grand Duke who both passed away in 1574, and the glorious project that remains at the heart of Florentine civic life.
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La croce che fiorisce e le stimmate di Francesco, created to mark the 800th anniversary of the miracle, is a detailed display that was carefully curated by Sonia Chiodo, Giovanni Giura, Anna Pegoretti and Federico Rossi, situated in the winter refectory. Beginning with part of the permanent display in which the sprawling complex and its various functions are illustrated in the bird’s-eye view painting of the monuments that dates to 1718, Santa Croce is contextualized before we move on to the temporary display consisting of paintings and manuscripts that recount the evolution of the iconography of the Stigmata of Saint Francis.
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Where to have your festive meals this Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Until March 9, an exhibition marks the 450th anniversary of the architect and the Grand Duke.
An exhibition in Santa Croce celebrates the Umbrian saint's miracle.
Videomapping on Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio and San Paolino gathers gazers to share in the Christmas spirit. Lights spread the cheer all over the main squares and monuments of the city, with decorated trees adding to the joy. There’s a wide range of activities organized both in the centre and suburbs, above all aimed at families, and even Santa Claus and his elves show up to enjoy festive Florence.
See moreFondazione Studio Marangoni and Fondazione CR Firenze present works by talented young photographers, the result of an advanced training course during which the artists created innovative visual projects.
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Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain are the artists behind Flowering of Light, a large video installation on display in the Sala d’Arme in Palazzo Vecchio from December 8 to January 8, curated by Sergio Risaliti. The images seem to play with the question of inverted time, beginning and ending with cosmic darkness before blossoming into fields of flowers that seem like galaxies far away from us.
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The artisanal workshops led by the “prince of antique dealers”, Stefano Bardini, and his son Ugo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries are the subject of an exhibition that journeys through the tradition of woodwork. Focusing on the artisanal expertise and production that made the Bardini workshops famous, the exhibition displays period objects and accessories which fascinated international patrons attracted to the dream of the Italian Renaissance.
See moreA day dedicated to deepening your knowledge of Jewish culture takes place with a guided tour to learn about the history of the site and Judaism. Cost 10 euro per person. T: 055 2989879
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Photographs by Piero Percoco, curated by C41, go on display in Building 11. The photographer and teacher at Leica Akademie Italia has been exhibited in both national and international galleries and festivals such as Dusseldorf Photo Weekend, as well as having been published in the likes of The New Yorker, Vogue Italia and Rolling Stone magazine.
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The Christmas village returns to spread its festive cheer! The 55-meter high Ferris wheel and 1300 square meter ice-skating rink (the largest in Italy!) are usually accompanied by an exciting lineup of (soon-to-announced) unmissable events. (Ferris wheel until March 31)
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The rebuilding of the historic centre of Florence 80 years after the destruction caused by the Second World War is explored in detail, elaborating on how the post-war reconstruction process allowed the city to be reborn while respecting its identity.
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