For the second “Wine Wednesday” event in our TF Together online event series, we asked readers to grab a bottle of Sangiovese for a lively discussion of how this ...
Learning to make a quiche crust from scratch is a really useful skill, and simpler than you might think. With just butter and flour and a few minutes of ...
The Florentine’s music editor Michelle Davis interviews LMNL aka Simon Batten, whose new album Moonlight Cinema will be out soon. Hear an exclusive preview as well as a review ...
For the first episode of TF Together, our daily online events to help our community stay connected during the coronavirus lockdown, TF’s Alexandra Korey chatted with wine educator Filippo ...
“We will win this war. We will not give up. We will rise again, as we have always done.” La Mia Italia is a film by Marco Stobbia, ...
The 14th-century South Doors by Andrea Pisano have been restored and are on display in the Opera del Duomo Museum. All three of the Baptistery’s bronze doors can now ...
Michelangelo’s Pietà is to undergo a six-month restoration financed by the Friends of Florence association. Work will remain visible to the public during the entirety of the restoration at the Opera del Duomo Museum.
After four years in the conservation studio, the Last Supper by Suor Plautilla Nelli (1524-1588) returns to the complex of Santa Maria Novella for permanent public exhibition at the museum. ...
Jan van Huysum’s painting Vase of Flowers has been returned to Florence’s Palazzo Pitti following a plea by Uffizi Galleries director Eike Schmidt. The German Army stole the ...
video by Fiamma Tortoli, with thanks to Sandro Nardoni A bolt of lightning struck the Palazzo Vecchio around 1pm on July 7 causing limited damage to the ...
A bronze replica of the south door of the Baptistery was unveiled on the feast day of Florence’s patron saint John the Baptist.
A few women read true stories collected about gender-based violence in Florence specifically (and across the globe). The video was made by Rylee Miller, with the help of psychologist ...
To mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci on May 2, Fabio Baronti, founder of La Compagnia delle Seggiole, is transformed into the Renaissance genius by historic Florentine theatre make-up and hair company Filistrucchi. The video was made at the International Artisan Fair (MIDA).
British artist Antony Gormley speaks about the viewer's role in his art and art's role in modern society on the occasion of his Uffizi exhibition "Essere".
In 2021, the Vasari Corridor is expected to reopen to the public. Long closed to groups and only opened for private tours, the Corridor will soon fulfill its original ...
The interior walls of Florence’s Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and, for the first time, the drum of the dome, are undergoing checks to ascertain the state of their conservation to date.
The Neptune Fountain in Florence's piazza della Signoria is entering a new phase in its restoration. Nine bronze statues, depicting nymphs, fauns and satyrs, were removed with a crane and taken to a restoration workshop in via Livorno.
Routine checks are underway at Florence Cathedral to ensure the safety of the thirteenth-century monuments and marble surfaces.
From sea kayaking around the islands to hiking around the Monte Amiata mountains, Tuscany is the perfect playground for active adventurers looking for outdoor vacation experiences.
Palazzo Strozzi has opened Marina Abramović: The Cleaner, a retrospective dedicated to the pioneering performance artist and her decades-long career. Running until January 20, 2019, the show features around 100 ...
We captured the action from The Florentine’s offices in via dei Banchi 4, near piazza Santa Maria Novella American film director Michael Bay (Armageddon, Transformers) and a ...
100 impactful photographs by Steve McCurry are on display at Florence’s Villa Bardini. Titled “Icons”, the exhibition runs until September 16, 2018. Admission to the exhibition and to the ...