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ART + CULTURE

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

ART + CULTURE

Restoration Conversations: Opificio delle Pietre Dure

On June 13, tune into a live broadcast with paper restorer Simona Calza at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure.

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Beauty within suffering

An exhibition review of the Lisetta Carmi Suonare Forte exhibition at Villa Bardini

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Watching the overheads

An in-depth review of the Luca Giordano: Baroque Master exhibition at Palazzo Medici Riccardi

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The future Sant’Orsola museum: a preview

From June 1 to July 2, a section will open for free guided tours of the inaugural exhibition Beyond the Walls of Sant’Orsola.

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Roberto Patella at Gallery Hotel Art

The Volatility of Being photography exhibition is being hosted at the Lungarno Collection hotel near the Ponte Vecchio.

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Intreccio Creativo: the pleasure of making

Meet six artists who care about sharing their craft with others.

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Archea: world-class architecture made in Florence

Florence is home to Archea, a world-class architecture firm helmed by Marco Casamonti.

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A cut above the rest

An in-depth review of the Alberto Giacometti and Lucio Fontana exhibitions at Palazzo Vecchio and Museo Novecento.

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More restorations completed at San Miniato al Monte

Friends of Florence funds work on the apse, rood screen, pulpit, crucifixion and reliquary bust of San Miniato.

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Luisa Vertova: Florentine art historian working in a world of “Mad Men”

The Florentine academic who succeeded in her fight for recognition

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Gregorio Nardi, Piero Bargellini’s pianist grandson

A meeting of minds with the pianist and musicologist.

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The Questura building

Florence's police headquarters was once a hospital.

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Brancacci Art Gallery opens in piazza del Carmine

Representing local and international artists

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Exhibition review: Explore. Planet Earth at Palazzo Blu

New National Geographic photography show at Pisa’s foremost exhibition centre

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Grisha Martirosyan: the young Armenian singer who found his voice in Florence

24-year-old baritone Grisha Martirosyan leaves Mascarade Emerging Artists for London's Royal Opera House.

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Spazio Amanita art space opens in central Florence

The whitewashed studio gives space to emerging and established international artists.

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Luca Giordano, Maestro barocco a Firenze at Palazzo Medici Riccardi

Palazzo Medici Riccardi opens an exhibition dedicated to the works of baroque painter Luca Giordano.

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Enrique Martínez Celaya at Museo Marino Marini

The "Watching and Waiting" exhibition reflects on the sculpture's role as witness.

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Paola Vojnovic: Italian connector and cultural entrepreneur

Originally from the former Yugoslavia, via Arizona, Paola Vojnovic is a cultural entrepreneur and a natural connector of people in Italy.

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Figures of change: Aryan Ozmaei at Murate Art District

The Tehran-born artist shows her pastel paintings centred on social and cultural hybridization.

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Boboli Gardens Amphitheater to be restored due to private American sponsorship

Largest private donation of 4.5 million euro ever received by a museum in Florence

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My Florentine heritage

Military historian and author Antony Beevor reminisces about his Florentine heritage ahead of a talk at The British Institute.

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What to expect at Palazzo Strozzi’s latest exhibition ‘Reaching for the Stars’

In partnership with the Turin-based Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, the exhibition collates the work of over 70 global contemporary artists.

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Palazzo Vecchio and Museo Novecento: Giacometti-Fontana exhibition

A double exhibition presents the art of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti and Argentine-Italian painter Lucio Fontana.

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