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Keil Space: exploring Sam Keil and da Vinci connections

Renaissance art historian finds points of contact between Leonardo da Vinci and the Advanced Arts of Sam Keil.

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How a Florentine portraitist saw early 19th-century British India

The Florentine portrait painter and governess documented her journey.

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How to approach contemporary art buying in Florence

Private galleries are located all over Florence, welcoming people who may wish to purchase the works they find there.

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Multi-sensory experiences at Keil Space reawaken advanced art

A 500-square meter environment by British artist Sam Keil.

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Keil Space: the odyssey of advanced arts and its return to Florence

Situated just south of piazzale Michelangelo, the space combines hermetic principles with fundamental truths.

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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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Science sisters: Artemisia visits the National Institute of Optics

INO Director Raffaella Fontana tells us about the conservation of Artemisia's Allegory of Inclination, using 3D digital technology.

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Meet the artists from The Florence Academy of Art

Meet 12 international artists and faculty members at The Florence Academy of Art, whose art is part of the system of continuum.

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Porto Ercole: visiting Caravaggio’s tomb

Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi, also known as Caravaggio, is buried just outside the Tuscan town of Porto Ercole.

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Inside the home of Nano Campeggi

Inside the home of Nano Campeggi, the man who painted dreams.

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Alireza Mohtashami: contemporary and conceptual artist

The Tehran-born artist speaks about his career and works on display at La Ménagère.

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Emanuele Giannelli on Mr. Arbitrium and contemporary art

The Pietrasanta-based artist discusses the significance of the works on display in Florence and his view on contemporary art’s role in society.  

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The working life of international artists in Florence

Florence attracts creatives from all over the world, but how prolific is the contemporary scene for emerging artists?

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Tornabuoni Arte – Arte Antica opens new gallery space

Tornabuoni Arte inaugurates new exhibition space at via de’ Tornabuoni 5, one of the most sought-after streets for all sellers. 

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The Oltrarno Gaze inspires the female gaze: an artist’s experience

My “female gaze” is a response to the diverse work and personalities of Artemisia Gentileschi, Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun and Elisabeth Chaplin.

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Black History Month in Florence, 2022

Three exhibitions at MAD Murate Art District centre on Afro-descendant artists from February 10 through to April 2, 2022, curated in collaboration with Black History Month Florence.

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Nobody only loves masterpieces: Collezione Roberto Casamonti

“Nobody only loves masterpieces,” art collector extraordinaire Roberto Casamonti once remarked, his words projected onto the whitewashed walls of the uplifting gallery that carries his name in piazza di Santa ...

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Stefano Bardini Museum: Anj Smith

The blue rooms of the eclectic Stefano Bardini Museum are fixed with 12 uncanny works that beguile viewers as they immerse themselves in the fantastical and, at times, unsettling objects ...

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Uffizi: Koen Vanmechelen’s Seduction

Huge horned iguanas, a red tiger crouching in the middle of the Niobe Room, new versions of the Medusa, whose head teems with hybrid figures bearing bizarre beaks and sharp ...

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Museum of Russian Icons opens at Palazzo Pitti

A collection of Russian religious art is now on permanent display at Palazzo Pitti.         The 78 icons were gathered in eighteenth-century Florence by the Medici and ...

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New layout of Savonarola’s rooms at San Marco

Fra Girolamo Savonarola returns to the Monastery of San Marco, where he was elected prior on May 16, 1491 and captured on April 8, 1498, before being executed in piazza ...

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Museo Novecento: Jenny Saville

Painting on a monumental scale, says the British artist Jenny Saville, “has always felt right for me”. Visiting museums as a child and student, she saw that the great painters ...

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Icarus in flight: Swietlan Nicholas Kraczyna

Swietlan Nicholas Kraczyna was born in 1940 in Russian-occupied Poland, but had to leave in his early years once the Germans invaded. He eventually ended up in the United States, ...

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Restoration to begin on the Brancacci Chapel

Restoration is set to begin on the Brancacci Chapel, the crowning jewel of the Carmine church, but the artistic treasure trove will not close during the year-long operation. There’s a ...

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