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Here’s our round-up for November 21-28, 2024.
70-plus works provide insight on the unbreakable bond between the artistic movement and the northern French region.
A dazzling performance by the skilled ballerinas of the Romanian National Opera on December 22.
Future is the theme of the 7th edition of the woman-focused fest, as artistic director Serena Dandini elaborates, “Today, more than ever, women are capable of revolutionary ideas and do not ask to participate in the world as it is, but aspire to be an active part in reforming it”. Held in proximity to the World Day against Gender Violence on November 25, special guests this year include romance writer Felicia Kingsley, musician Paola Maugeri and economist Ginevra Bersani Franceschetti.
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Christmas fever starts to seep into the city, with piazza Santa Croce hosting the much-loved market in the picturesque piazza. Over 50 characteristic wooden huts fill with the scents, sounds and flavours of the festive season, with Santa even making an appearance and live music adding to the atmosphere from November 23-December 22.
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Dr. Caroline Campbell, who since 2022 has been Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, will join Paola Vojnovic’s Studiolo series to discuss the art of Trecento Siena. The exhibition draws on her recent book The Power Of Art—A Human History Of Art From Babylon To New York City (2024, Pegasus). In her Studiolo talk, she will look at how the civic life of Siena shaped the remarkable innovations of Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers, and Simone Martini who, she argues, changed the course of painting in Western Europe. 7pm Italy, 10am Los Angeles, 1pm New York.
The 22nd edition of the popular film fest sees special guests like Nicola Bellucci, director of Quir, Markus Stein with the documentary Baldiga – Unlocked Heart, and transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo. Screenings, talks, masterclasses and more form the lineup organized by the Ireos association, bringing the queer universe and community to the big screen.
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Run as a team of 3, completing 7km each, all in the name of raising funds for the Play Therapy programme at the Meyer Children’s Hospital. Starting at 10.30am.
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The longest-running festival dedicated to female directors in Italy features a broad range of voices and themes, including one of the most important names in New German Cinema and contemporary European cinema, Margarethe von Trotta. For this 45th edition, a new space is being created by Piera Detassis, president of the Accademia del Cinema Italiano – Premi David di Donatello, in collaboration with the journalist and critic Raffaella Giancristofaro, which aims to be a workshop for the rediscovery of the many cultural deposits that have so far been unknown or forgotten.
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For the 40th anniversary of the Firenze Marathon, athletes and amateurs take to the city’s historic streets to undertake the 42.195 km challenge over centuries-old bridges and through medieval alleys, both arriving and departing from piazza del Duomo.
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Raffaele Pe, countertenor La Lira di Orfeo, plays on November 23. Pianist Anne Queffélec gives a performance on November 24, followed by Francesco Libetta on November 25. Hollywood composer Charles Fox is in concert on November 27 and Hershey Felder’s American Songbook Sing-along finishes the month on November 30.
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The concept of community is investigated in collaboration with the Hillary Merkys Recordati Foundation, defining new models of production and sharing. The works and performances explore shared cultural roots and artistic practices as a form of social transformation, developed across the two locations.
Find out moreCelebrating the “first Tuscans” and the 70th anniversary of the Italian Institute of Prehistory and Protohistory in Florence, the exhibition goes back 170,000 years to the prehistoric site of Poggetti Vecchi in Grosseto, displaying the finds and studying the environmental changes and the adaptation of human communities in times of climate crisis.
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Tenuta Vignamaggio nestled in the Chianti hills host everything from Christmas card making to wreath workshops, with the chance to craft your own festive centrepiece and even cyanotype botanical workshops ...
Are you a small business or team looking for the perfect way to celebrate the festive season? At Hard Rock Cafe Florence, in the spirit of ‘All is One’ and ...
The Art of Style, created by Lady Kendra, is a space where art, fashion, wellness, and personal transformation come together. The gallery is designed as an immersive experience, from rotating ...
A 6km (2 hour) walk in the footsteps of the early 20th century Anglo-Florentines takes you to discover the Edwardian community of Florence when it was “more English than England”. ...
