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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.

NEWS

Gallery: a public art project on Tuscany’s buses

Autolinee Toscane displays photography, illustrations, poetry and prose.

ART + CULTURE

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.

ART + CULTURE

Brancacci Art Gallery opens in piazza del Carmine

Representing local and international artists

ART + CULTURE

Spazio Amanita art space opens in central Florence

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

THINGS TO DO

Camellia garden opens for the first time in the Boboli Gardens

Antique plants, water features and frescoes await visitors.

THINGS TO DO

Art for Tomorrow: the high-calibre international conference comes to Florence

Confirmed speakers include visual artist Ernesto Neto, filmmaker Amos Gitai and Palazzo Strozzi's Arturo Galansino.

ART + CULTURE

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

NEWS

Sauro Cavallini statue inaugurated in piazza Duomo 

The exhibition marks the first time that a piece of contemporary art has been displayed in the piazza.

ART + CULTURE

V&A to show first major Donatello exhibition in the UK

Chief curator Peta Motture tells us about the ‘Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance’ show.

NEWS

New street art in the San Jacopino neighbourhood gardens

A mural by Lorenzo Tonda and Federico Niccolai addresses the issue of community integration.

NEWS

March 2023: Ticket price changes at the Uffizi

Ticket prices are set to rise at the Uffizi during high season this year, aimed at international visitors.

ART + CULTURE

Alfredo Pirri at Florence Opera House

Take a Sunday morning tour of Alfredo Pirri's art installation on the roof of Florence Opera House

ART + CULTURE

Magliabechiana Library reopens at the Uffizi

The Biblioteca Magliabechiana is open for free to academics on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

ART + CULTURE

Mino da Fiesole’s funerary monument to Hugh, Margrave of Tuscany restored

The campaign at Badia Fiorentina was made possible thanks to the non-profit Friends of Florence association.

ART + CULTURE

Rediscovered Rembrandt on show at Palazzo Medici Riccardi

The Adoration of the Magi painting will be displayed alongside an exhibition on the attribution process.

ART + CULTURE

Florence Cathedral: restoration on the Porta dei Cornacchini completed

Extensive traces of colour were found on the 1359-60 sculpture of the Madonna with Child and Adoring Angels.

ART + CULTURE

The Coronation of the Virgin restored at the Basilica di Santo Spirito

Friends of Florence have funded the restoration of the altarpiece painted by Giovanni Maria Butteri.

ART + CULTURE

Uffizi Galleries: Roman Niobid sculptures display along Medici counterparts

Nine Niobid sculptures were recently unearthed in Roman baths near Ciampino.

THINGS TO DO

Museo Novecento: Magnelli exhibition and Larme de Galaxie

Museo Novecento is opening an exhibition of the works of Alberto Magnelli and is also displaying Jean Arp's sculpture Larme de Galaxie.

ART + CULTURE

Bronze statues discovered in Tuscany rewrite Etruscan and Roman history

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.

COMMUNITY

GADA Playhouse for Contemporary Arts

The Gli Amici di Aurora (GADA) Playhouse in Florence is a creative hub for contemporary arts.

ART + CULTURE

Fridays with Artemisia at Casa Buonarroti

The project offers an exclusive opportunity to spend time up close with Artemisia Gentileschi's Allegory of Inclination.

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Stage 2 of Ognissanti Church renovations are complete

Attend the mass at Ognissanti Church on November 1 and see the freshly restored oil-on-canvas painting of Saint Francis Receives the Stigmata.

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