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Vasari, the Uffizi and the Duke

Vasari, the Uffizi and the Duke

At the first floor of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, until October 30 2011 the exhibition Vasari, the Uffizi and the Duke. On the occasion of the fith centenary of Vasari’s birth (1511-1574) a nice exhibit which puts in evidence the building of the Uffizi and the strict cooperation between ... More

Lorenzo Bartolini-Scupltor of the real truth

Lorenzo Bartolini-Scupltor of the real truth

The exibition Lorenzo Bartolini- Sculptor of the natural truth has just been oped at the Academy Gallery of Florence. Starting from the wonderful Gipsoteca (the collection of plaster models made by the master and preserved in the museum of the Galleria dell'Accademia), the exhibit points out ... More


From Court Splendours to  bourgeois luxury. The Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Unified Italy)

From Court Splendours to bourgeois luxury. The Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Unified Italy)

At the Galleria d'arte Moderna of the Pitti Palace in Florence The exhibition Dagli Splendori di Corte al lusso borghese.L'Opificio delle Pietre Dure nell'Italia Unita (From the Court Splendour to the bourgeois luxury. The Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Unified Italy) is on, until September 11 2011. ... More

The Treasure of the Cremlin

The Treasure of the Cremlin

Until September 11 2011 at the Argenti Museum of the Pitti Palace in Florence there is the exhibition The treasure of the Cremlin, on the occasion of celebrations between Italy and Russia 2011. It is a collection of about 150 pieces which shows the luxury commissions of the Zars court. Very ... More


Ammannati at the Bargello

Ammannati at the Bargello

Until September 18 2011 The National Museum of Bargello of Florence shows the exhibition L’acqua , la pietra, il fuoco. Bartolomeo Ammannati scultore (The water, the stone and the fire. Bartolomeo Ammannati sculptor), to celebrate the 5th centenary of his birth. The exhibition mainly wants to ... More

Artigianato e Palazzo

Artigianato e Palazzo

In the wonderful frame of the Corsini Garden of Florence there will be the 17th edition of Artigianato e Palazzo (Artisanate and Palace). Since 1995, for three days more than 80 masters artisans, from all over Italy and abroad will show their ability in craftmanship . You can see how they work ... More


Notte Bianca a Firenze - Free entrance for the Uffizi Gallery

Notte Bianca a Firenze - Free entrance for the Uffizi Gallery

On April 30 2011 Florence will have another Notte Bianca . The idea is to focus on contemporary , with the intention of showing Florence not only as a renaissance city. Among the most important events a multiethnic orchestra, as a street band, will move from piazza Cestello along the Lungarni . The ... More

La scuola del mondo (the school of the world)

La scuola del mondo (the school of the world)

Until August 1 2011 at the museum Casa Buonarroti of Florence the exhibition “La scuola del mondo (the school of the world). Drawings by Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo shows 22 incredible drawings: twelve by Leonardo da Vinci and ten by Michelangelo. The exhibit is a strict cooperation ... More


Giorgio Morandi in Florence

Giorgio Morandi in Florence

Until May 31 2011 at the Farsetti Gallery in Florence the exhibition “Giorgio Morandi painter of light and silence”. A selection of 50 paintings which chronicles his artistic production from 1919 until 1963. Landscapes and still lives where the chromatic range is rich of shades of ... More

Velazquez and El Greco restored in Florence

Velazquez and El Greco restored in Florence

On the occasion of the XIII Culture Week, until April 17 2011, the Uffizi Gallery of Florence presents at the San Pier Scheraggio room, the restoration of two important paintings preserved in the Florentine museum. They are the Selfportrait of Velazquez (from the Vasarian Corridor) whose ... More