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Art and culture from Florence, Italy, focusing on exhibitions, museums, artisans and more.
November 25 marked the International day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Museo Novecento acknowledged this day with the opening of Julia Krahn’s newest exhibition.
Fiesole now has a modern new theatre after two decades in the making.
Extensive traces of colour were found on the 1359-60 sculpture of the Madonna with Child and Adoring Angels.
David Bach speaks with Elaine Ruffolo about art history classes, adapting during Covid, and doing tours for celebrities.
Friends of Florence have funded the restoration of the altarpiece painted by Giovanni Maria Butteri.
Nine Niobid sculptures were recently unearthed in Roman baths near Ciampino.
A review of the Nel Tuo Tempo exhibition by Olafur Eliasson, currently on at Palazzo Strozzi.
Fifty years after the discovery of the Riace bronzes in 1972, the exceptional state of conservation of the statues found in San Casciano dei Bagni show the shift between the Etruscans and Romans in Tuscany.
Meet 12 international artists and faculty members at The Florence Academy of Art, whose art is part of the system of continuum.
The project offers an exclusive opportunity to spend time up close with Artemisia Gentileschi's Allegory of Inclination.
Louis Emory talks about his group The Reckless Few’s first album, Love Italy, and his upbringing in an Italian-American family.
Attend the mass at Ognissanti Church on November 1 and see the freshly restored oil-on-canvas painting of Saint Francis Receives the Stigmata.
The maps and globe that are displayed in the room have been restored for the first time using modern techniques.
During the Renaissance, the city was known for having a widespread culture of homosexuality.
Born in the Versilia area in 1936, Piero Barberi partied with Giovanni Agnelli and crafted a lampshade for singer Mina.
An interview with Biba Giacchetti about the Elliott Erwitt exhibition at Villa Bardini this October.
Three conversations with women in Tuscany about their cultural endeavours.
The exhibition titled "Botticelli and Renaissance Florence" is the result of a collaboration with the Uffizi Galleries.
It is the first Italian exhibition dedicated to British designers Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell.
Inside the home of Nano Campeggi, the man who painted dreams.
The 19th-century rediscovery of Botticelli’s Dante drawings brought scholars and art lovers to their knees: this work embodied everything the Renaissance had come to mean.
Work on the Gipsoteca is finally complete, marking the end of a museum-wide project of modernization.
The Tehran-born artist speaks about his career and works on display at La Ménagère.
Contemporary Florence takes flight in piazza del Carmine, piazza San Firenze + piazza del Grano.
