Tony Cragg, the
world-famous British artist, is on display at the Museo Novecento with his anthological exhibition titled Transfer.
Cragg's
interest has been oriented since the beginning of his career, in the seventies,
on matter and form, with assemblages
of objects reminiscent of the Duchampian ready-made.
He
later begins to...
Creator of visionary, ingenious,
impossible worlds, M.C. Escher was one of the most original artists of
the 20th century. His woodcuts, lithographies and engravings have now become
part of our collective imaginary and still manage to fascinate and amaze today.
The great Florentine exhibition, hosted in the halls
of the...
The
Chimera of Arezzo, was found on
November 15, 1553 during the
excavation works for the construction of the Medici fortification walls, near
the Porta San Lorentino.
Cosimo I de' Medici, great
collector and art estimator, fell in love with this work so deeply that he decided
to personally take...
Between
October and November is the season
of the Olio Nuovo or Novello (New Oil), and every
Florentine lover of this green gold can't wait for this time of year to arrive
in order to get a bottle of it. In fact, getting a large stock of it is no...
Villa Bardini hosts
another major exhibition dedicated to photography, Elliott Erwitt. Photographs,
which celebrates the long career of one of the most famous photographers in the
world.
A collection of about 70 images personally selected by Ewitt, who celebrated his
94th birthday this year, which capture the perfect moment as...
If you have been to
Piazza Santissima Annunziata you might have noticed a window that remains open
all year round, whether it’s summer or winter, so much so that the Florentines
have renamed it "the window that is
always open". It is located on
the top floor of Palazzo Grifoni,...
Autumn is a
bittersweet season. Not everyone appreciates the cooler air and the fiery
colors of the changing leaves, because that means the end of hot summer days
and the arrival of gray skies and rain.
From a culinary point of view though,
autumn agrees almost with everyone: pumpkins, chestnuts,...
One
of the most important Florentine exhibitions of this season is that of the
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, which can be visited at Palazzo Strozzi until
January 22, 2023. Olafur Eliasson: Nel tuo tempo is the largest exhibition ever held
in Italy by the artist and collects historic and site-specific...
In
the Florentine Oltrarno there is one of
the largest private gardens in Europe located within the walls of a city, the Torrigiani Garden, which with its
surface of almost ten hectares extends into the area between the ancient walls
that go from Porta Romana to Piazza Tasso, Via dei...
