Alessandra Gardin
Until 30 of November 2014 in the Baptistery of Florence three statues by Donatello are on show. They are the three prophets carved between 1415 and 1436: the Young Prophet, The bearded Prophet and the Prophet Jeremias. The statues belong to the group of sixteen statues commisiioned by the Opera del ... More
Since April 29 2014 in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence the rooms belonging to the Armeria of the Medici (rooms from 19 to 23) will open again, after a long restoration, renovation and updating of systems and lights. 44 paintings, which belong to different areas of the Italian Renaissance, are ... More
The Crucifix by Benedetto da Maiano was back on the main altar of the Cathedral of Florence, after a restoration which lasted four years. The restoration has found out the original polycromy which was covered during the XIX century when they wanted to give the illusion of a bronze crucifix. A new ... More
From April 8 2014 until November 2 2014 The Medici Chapels Museum of Florence dedicates an exhibition to the last years of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici’s life. The exhibit: Art and Politics. The Palatin Electress and the last season of Medici commission in the Church of San Lorenzo is organized ... More
Since March 8 2014 the Strozzi Palace of Florence will host a great exhibition: Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. Divergenti vie della “maniera” (diverging ways of Manierism). It will be a great and unique opportunity of appreciating masterpieces coming from Italy and abroad of both these ... More
In the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, on the occasion of the 450 anniversary of Michelangelo’s death (February 18 1564) the rooms 33 and 34 show a new outfitting. On a sage green plaster thirty-nine statues and relieves represent the tribute Renaissance paid to the classical past. The first room ... More
The restoration of the Baptistery of Florence is starting and it is supported by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore for a total amount of one million and eight hundred euros. It concernes the cleaning of the marble decoration (white marble, green marble and porfiry) of the eight faces of the ... More
At the National Museum of Bargello in Florence (from April 9 2014 until July 13 2014) a great exhibition celebrates the sculptor and master Baccio Bandinelli (1493-1560). Vasari defines him “artist of eternal fame” and his biography in Vasari’s Vite is one of the longest, after ... More
From February 11 to May 11 2014 the Uffizi Gallery of Florence hosts the exhibition dedicated to the painting collection of Francesco Molinari Prandelli, famous musician and conductor, born in Bologna in 1911. The exhibit The rooms of the Muses. Baroque paintings from the Molinari Prandelli ... More
From January 28 2014 at the Sala Bianca of the Pitti Palace in Florence a great exhibition Once in your life. Treasures from Archives and Libraries of Florence. The exhibit consists of 133 pieces including documents, manuscripts, books and drawings; some of them never show before, such as a ... More