The Bargello, today
a museum that houses one of the most important Renaissance collections of
sculptures in the world, as well as a vast collection dedicated to the applied
arts, was originally built as a residence of the Potestà in the 13th century. Subsequently
it housed the Otto di Guardia...
Every two years Florence promotes
the talents of contemporary art though the Florence Biennale, opening this year
on October 18th.The exhibition, in its XII edition,
will be accompanied as always by a rich program of events such as conferences,
exhibitions and performances.Over 470 artists and 200 designers
will be present,...
A year after Marina Abramovich, another woman
becomes protagonist at Palazzo Strozzi: Natalia Goncharova, one of the main
representatives of the Russian avant-garde, and first female artist to be established
internationally.
Versatile and talented woman, Natalia was a painter, costume designer,
illustrator, graphic designer, scenographer, decorator, stylist, film actress and...
Daughter of Lorenzo di Piero de Medici, Duke of
Urbino, and nephew of Pope Leone X, Caterina de Medici could have only be
destined for great things.
Although she remained an orphan after her birth in 1519 and was placed in a
convent at the age of eight; thanks to...
During the
summer, strange structures appeared in Florentine squares: a dodecahedron in piazza
della Signoria containing a mulberry tree, a hexahedron (or cube) in piazza
Bambini di Beslan, a tetrahedron in Piazza Stazione and an icosahedron in
Piazza Santa Maria Novella.
They are part of the exhibition that
has opened...
Until October 20th, Forte Belvedere
hosts two important Italian artists: Massimo Listri, with the exhibition A
perfect day, and Davide Rivalta, with My land, in a project conceived by Sergio
Risaliti, promoted by the Municipality of Florence and organized by Mus.e.
Massimo Listri, known worldwide for
the conceptual and...
It is
wonderful to stroll down the streets of the historic center of Florence and
enjoying the city from every point of view, but during the summer months, being
able to bear the stifling heat that grips the Tuscan capital can be difficult.
Fortunately, many
are the museums where to...
Fiesole is the perfect destination
for a day trip from Florence, easily reached from the city center by bus or
car.
The city was formed in the
Hellenistic age (late 4th - early 3rd century BC), and became a typical Roman
city towards the second half of the 1st century....
They stand out among the tidy hedges of the Boboli Gardens like clumps of coagulated magma, like rocks eroded and smoothed by water, like desert rose crystals, like stalagmites, like strange primitive flowers and shapes free in space. Many are the images evoked by the sculptures of British artist Tony...
This
year we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I de Medici
(1519-1574), the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. Son of the condottiere Giovanni
de 'Medici, known as Giovanni delle Bande Nere, and Maria Salviati, he became
lord of Florence when he was only 17, but was...
