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Florence is a city of stories. Every expanse of cobblestones at every street corner and corridor, building and tower has a history. TF staff has often wondered about the Renaissance building that houses our office, Palazzo Mondragone, located between via de' Banchi and via del Giglio, near piazza Santa Maria
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
Close your eyes and imagine white truffle cream dusted with a fine caper powder, fresh cheese-infused with sweet pepper, saffron liquor, limoncello with chocolate cream. These are just a few of the tasty tidbits attendees at this edition of Taste will have the pleasure of trying. Foodies and lovers
One of the first photography schools in Italy, Fondazione Studio Marangoni will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its three-year photography course with an exhibition of works from 20 of its alumni. To demonstrate that photography can have not only visual but also intellectual impact, the works in the
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
‘Isn’t life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?’ asked Andy Warhol. The story of how Warhol repeated the paintings of Giorgio de Chirico, the Italian modern ...
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
What do young girls think about themselves? How much do the judgements of others define their own personality? What are their worries? Their passions? Their dreams? These are some of the issues examined in the current exhibition, Quanto ti vuoi bene? (How much do you like yourself?), by Australian photographer
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada in 2011 to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF 149,
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's cupola. This column, which began with TF
Filmmaker David Battistella moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's Cupola. This column, which began with TF
When one thinks of Italy, beautiful artwork, historic buildings and, of course, fashion come to mind. The House of Gucci, one of the most renowned and successful Italian brands, ...
TF's new column is by filmmaker David Battistella, who moved to Florence from Canada earlier this year to pursue his dream: writing and producing a feature film based on Ross King's 2000 book Brunelleschi's Dome, about the life of Filippo Brunelleschi and the building of Florence's
It is no secret that Piazzale Michelangelo provides some of the best views of Florence. A better kept secret, however, is Giardino delle Rose, the rose garden that lies just below the north side of Piazzale Michelangelo on the San Miniato hill. Designed in 1865 by Giuseppe Poggi, this garden
Please brace yourself for the following sentence. Studying abroad in Florence is hard. Now before you write me off for complaining about how my diamond shoes are too tight, consider the following: before I landed in Florence I had never been so preoccupied with the search for an abstract concept,
At the heart of Declining Democracy, the new show at the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina, is the realisation that in this new century, representative governments of the western world and the people they aspire to lead are moving farther and farther apart. Of the 12 selected artists and
Financial industry woes. Credit crisis. Doomsday prophesies. Sound familiar? While some of the elements may seem straight out of today's newspapers (or iPad apps, as the case may be), the exhibit Money and Beauty: Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities now at Palazzo Strozzi takes us back
Robert Griffith delicately blurs the lines between artist and designer. As a designer of objects such as furnishings and accessories in which both form and function take the stage, Griffith demonstrates thoughtful and elegant solutions to functional design ‘problems.' At the same time, aesthetic values are never compromised. Griffith'
The current exhibit at Prato's Textile Museum, Futurotextiles: Surprising Textiles, Design & Art delivers as much-and perhaps more-as its title promises. In this display of textiles that can do such things as measure your heartbeat, water your plants or emit light, science, technology and art meet-with
