Alessandra Gardin
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
On February 14 2013 2013 in Florence the official re-opening of the Rucellai Temple in the Rucellai Chapel. On February 16 and 17 an extraordinary opening with free entrance for visiting the Sacello of the Holy Sepulcrum from the Museo Marino Marini and since February 18 the wonderful Sacello will ... More
After the most famous Gate of Paradise, even the other bronze door made by Lorenzo Ghiberti for the Baptistery of Florence will be restored. The North door was commissioned to Ghiberti in 1401 when the artist won the public competition for the first Renaissance bronze door of the building dedicated ... More
During Florens 2012 do not miss the magnificent cross by Mimmo Paladino in the Square of Santa Croce in Florence. Fiftyseven blocks of Carrara marble, some of them 5 metre high:the cross is 80 metre long, 45 metre wide. The installation will be visible only until November 11 2012, end of the ... More
Since November 2 2012 until November 11 2012 on the occasion of the event Florens 2012 (International Biennial Event of Cultural and Environmental Heritage) it will be possible seeing inside the Baptistery of Florence the show of three very famous wooden crucifixes, made by some of the most ... More
The Adoration of the Magi by Leonardo da Vinci is on restoration The famous painting, left unfinished by the great Leonardo, was commissioned to the painter in 1481 by the Monastery of San Donato a Scopeto. Preserved in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, the painting is recently kept under ... More
Do not miss the exhibition Anni Trenta. Arti in Italia oltre il Fascismo (The Thirties. Arts in Italy beyond Fascism) at the Strozzi Palace in Florence. Until January 27 2013. The exhibit shows the artistic ferment around the 1930' which retrieves and invents new styles and trends from ... More