ART + CULTURE

Art and culture from Florence, Italy, focusing on exhibitions, museums, artisans and more.

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Street art returns to shutters along via Palazzuolo

15 artists paint the street fronts of 15 local businesses.

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The Decameron: Netflix v. the book

Just how close is the new series to Boccaccio's 14th-century masterpiece?

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8 summer reads about Italy

Historical fiction, cookbooks and memoirs to see you through the season.

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New rooms open at the Uffizi

Ancient marbles and Flemish masters now have their own dedicated spaces.

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Teatro Niccolini: A theatrical renaissance in Florence

Don't miss Jeff Goldblum at Teatro Niccolini on September 20, 2024.

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Revelations exhibition at Museo Sant’Orsola

Juliette Minchin and Marta Roberti display impactful art in the former city-centre convent.

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Jacopo di Cione’s Madonna della Neve altarpiece restored

Friends of Florence fund restoration and relocation of Renaissance work.

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Ada Boni

Cookbook author, editor and educator

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Crafting a publication: The Magazine Club

The Magazine Club is a group of artists, run by artists.

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Teddy McDonald makes over menus

Menus at the Oltrarno restaurant feature the Italian-themed artworks until September.

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Lola Costa exhibition at Il Palmerino

"Return Home" features the estate’s garden, fruits and flowers with early twentieth-century flair.

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Three restoration projects supported by Friends of Florence reopen to the public

Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes in Palazzo Vecchio, the Brancacci Chapel and Oratory of St. Sebastian in Church of the Santissima Annunziata

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Palazzo Tornabuoni unveils new exhibition on the Baptistery doors

The private residence club in central Florence teams up with Galleria Frilli to host the insightful show.

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Ottavio Bottecchia

The northern Italian cyclist won the Tour de France in 1924 and 1925.

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Islamic and Maiolica rooms at the Bargello Museum reopen with new layouts

The extensive work carried out is finally unveiled to the public.

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Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes returns to Palazzo Vecchio

The ten-month restoration campaign was sponsored by US non-profit Friends of Florence.

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Contemporary art highlights at Villa San Michele

French conceptual artist Daniel Buren brings colour and stripes to the former monastery turned luxury hotel near Fiesole.

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New research into the Baptistery 

Who built the monument, when and why?

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Museo Novecento: Louise Bourgeois, Do Not Abandon Me exhibition

The exhibition explores the artist's focus on motherhood and birth.

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Isabelle Huppert appointed president of the International Jury at the Venice Film Festival

French actress to preside over judges awarding the Golden Lion for Best Film.

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Giovanni da Verrazzano

In search of the northwest passage

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