In Italy as in many other Western countries, comics are still considered by most to be a product for children, as we are used to the fact that storytelling with pictures is found in fairy tales and children’s books. In particular the Japanese manga, that uses images often consisting of...
A very long wall along the railway, entirely painted with tags, writers' signatures, many extremely complex and imaginative. Few
figures emerge from the chromatic interweaving of the tags, two are particularly interesting.The first is a blue angel. He is represented as a beardless
young man with long hair, half naked,...
The "Scoppio del Carro" (Explosion of the Cart), is an event that takes place every year on Easter Sunday, and it dates back to the first Crusade.
Legend has it that the first to climb the Jerusalem walls was a Florentine named Pazzino, member of the noble Pazzi family. He...
The Florentines are famous for being polemical and disagree on everything,
since the time of Guelphs and Ghibellines. This side of the citizen character
has historically been very negative because many initiatives end up in nothing
due to discussions and disputes and, if they are successful, they still leave a...
The San Donato Park, on the northern outskirts of
the city, also houses a large underground car park. Here, the
Municipality of Florence in accord with the District Council 5, decided to have important and
well-known writers paint high quality murals on
the maintenance and aeration sheds. Two were
inaugurated...
Once again, Palazzo Strozzi decided to donate to the public an artwork that is visible from the outside, in compliance with anti-contagion regulations, an installation that can be enjoyed by anyone crossing Piazza degli Strozzi. JR, one of the most famous contemporary artists in the world, is the author of...
Another work by Andrea Sergio, known as Mr Wany, painted in 2017 on the wall of the Mazzoni
Elementary School in via Enrico Mayer, as part of the program of the
City Council of Florence to promote Street Art among the very young. Unlike the
previous one, The Metal Girl,...
In the period of Lent (Quaresima in italian), that is from Ash Wednesday until Holy Thursday, in all Florentine pastry shops we find Biscotti Quaresimali, Lenten biscuits: typical cocoa biscuits connected to the period of abstinence from animal-derived foods imposed by the Christian tradition, in respect of the days of...
Here is a large and spectacular “fresco”
from the Varlungo Viaduct, measuring at least 10 x 3 meters. The subject is
clearly the sea with its creatures, the sea polluted by humans and their waste.
Four large figures are presented swimming in their element: an octopus, a
shark, a sea...
This is the first artwork we present of a series from viale
Corsica, a street in the northern suburbs of Florence. The road ends at the
railway and a very long wall is occupied by Street Art, a kind of open-air art
gallery. Part of the area is fenced, it...
