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Jean de Boulogne: a Flemish in Florence

Trades between Florence and the Flanders began in the 15th century. Many Florentine families commissioned works to Flemish that once arrived here in Florence, greatly influenced local artists. In addition to the works, many artists from Flanders also arrved, many of whom were involved in the Medicean Tapestry Manufactory founded...

Michelangelo's David

What do we know about the story of the creation of Michelangelo’s David, one of the world’s greatest masterpieces? As one could expect it all started with a piece of stone. A huge 5-meter-high block of marble stone that other artists had already attempted to sculpt before, giving up almost...

Keith Haring, Paolo Buggiani and the origin of Street Art

The Street Art has arrived to Florence. The exhibition currently on view at Palazzo Medici Riccardi “MADE IN NEW YORK. KEITH HARING, Paolo Buggiani and co. The true origin of Street Art” will remain open until February the 6th showing how this contemporary form of art, thanks to its immediacy,...

Il Rinascimento Giapponese agli Uffizi

“The Japanese Renaissance. Nature in painted screens from the XV to the XVII centuriey” the exhibition dedicated to Japanese art that inaugurated at the Uffizi on the 3rd of October will go on until January the 7th. The display consists of folding screens and sliding doors, coming from temples and...

Utopie Radicali at Palazzo Strozzi

The spaces of the Strozzina in Palazzo Strozzi will host a new exhibition until January 21: “Radical Utopies. Beyond architecture”. On display 320 artworks by Archizoom, Remo Buti, 9999, Gianni Pettena, Superstudio, UFO, Zziggurat and many others, that include design objects, clothing, jewelry, ceramics, photos, collages, models, videos, and installations....

Se subasta el Salvator Mundi di Leonardo

¡Grandes noticias en el mundo del arte! El “Salvator Mundi”, la última pintura de Leonardo da Vinci que todavía está en manos de un coleccionista privado, se subastará el 15 de noviembre. En el momento de su descubrimiento en 2010 la pintura fue definida como el mayor descubrimiento del S....

500 en Florencia

Hace unos días se inauguró en el Palazzo Strozzi la muestra “Il 500 a Firenze”, tercer y último capítulo de un ciclo de muestras que inició con Bronzino en el 2010 y Pontormo e Rosso Fiorentino en el 2014. Mientras las dos exposiciones anteriores están concentradas en tres de los...

ORSANMICHELE: between history and legend

THE LEGENDOnce upon a time in Florence, lived a Young man called Michele who dedicated his life to his work and to charity works he did around the neighborhood, he had such a good heart that people had started to call him “San Michele”. He owned a stable and horses...

El lapislázuli protagonista del Museo degli Argenti

Precioso, raro y bellísimo, el lapislázuli siempre ha sido un favorito entre los artistas para representar el cielo y el mar en las obras de arte, y la muestra “Lapislazzuli, Magia del Blu” en el Museo degli Argenti de Florencia está dedicada precisamente a los objetos de arte realizados con...

Llewelyn Lloyd y los colores de la Toscana

Por sorprendente que pueda parecer, dado su nombre galo, el pintor italo-británico Llewelyn Lloyd en realidad nació en Livorno. Es él el protagonista de la nueva muestra en Villa Bardini, el lugar ideal para sus pinturas luminosas y coloridas, que reúne 62 obras centradas en la representación de paisajes toscanos....

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