Alessandra Gardin
From March 23 2013 until August 18 2013 at the Strozzi Palace of Florence the exhibition The Springtime of the Renaissance. Sculpture and arts in Florence 1400 – 1460. The exhibit wants to show, mainly through the sculpture, the genesis of what we call the miracle of the Renaissance in ... More
A new arrangement for the Tondo Doni by Michelangelo in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence. The famous painting, made around 1507 for the Florentine merchant Agnolo Doni, (the unique sure painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti) has a new space in the room 35, together with other Florentine painters of the ... More
The Academy Gallery of Florence from May 14 to Dicember 8 2013 will host the exhibition Dal giglio al David (From the lily to David. Civic art in Florence between Meddle Age and Renaissance). It consists of art pieces made for decorating public buildings, such as civic palaces, seats of the office, ... More
In wintertime the event Aperitivo ad arte is held in Palazzo Davanzati, a XIV century building in the ancient centre of Florence. The palace is home of the Museum of Casa Fiorentina (Museum of Florentine house). In the rooms decorated with frescoes you can meet actors performing characters of the ... More
2013 will be an year rich of event in Florence! In the first six months we will have 3 important exhibitions. We start in March when the Uffizi Gallery hosts the exhibit Norma and Capriccio. Spanish in Italy at the beginning of the "modern style", paying a particular attention to ... More
At the Uffizi Gallery of Florence an interesting axhibition about spanish art between XV and XVI century is going to be opened: NORMA E CAPRICCIO SPAGNOLI IN ITALIA AGLI ESORDI DELLA 'MANIERA MODERNA' (Normality and Caprice: Spanish in Italy at the begnning of the "modern style". The ... More
Do visit Florence during Christmas Holidays! Do choose your local licensed tourist guide, your art and history expert and reserve a private walking tour through the cobblestoned streets. Breath the feast atmosphere: the city is alive, but not caothic and it is wonderful with its lights, colors, ... More
From December 15 2012 until February 3 2013 a new edition (the 12th) of I Mai visti at the Reali Poste of the Uffizi in Florence. An exhibition regarding Alchemy and Art. The Medici had an incredible passion for Alchemy and they settled a fonderia (foundry) in the building of the Uffizi. The ... More
Since Monday November 26 2012 it was back to the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, after a 220 year pilgrimage through many museums the Sleeping Ariadne. It is a roman statue belonging to the III century before B.C., copy of an ellenistic original. The dimensions and the weigth (a bit less than two tons ... More
Until January 6 2013 in Florence, at the Spazio Mostre Ente Cassa di Risparmio (via Bufalini 6) the exhibition Alchimie di colori. L’arte della Scagliola. La collezione Bianco Bianchi di antiche scagliole dal XVII al XIX secolo. (Alchemy of colors. Art of Scagliola. The collection of Bianco ... More