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Adi Nes at the Museum Alinari

Adi Nes at the Museum Alinari

January 13th - 8th March2011-The exhibition Deposition of the israelian photographerAdi Nes at the Museum of History of PhotographyFratelli Alinari in Santa Maria Novella square in Florence. Nes ‘s imagines rapresentscenes of ordinary and contemporarylife in his country: soldiers during ... More

Pitti Imagine

Pitti Imagine

January11-14 at the Fortezza da Basso inFlorence the 79th edition of the fashion exhibit“Pitti Imagine”is on. Performances, fashion parades and events. Do not miss Alberta Ferretti’s onein the Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte where famous fashion models, actresses, singers,will ... More


Hurry up!  Last days!!!!

Hurry up! Last days!!!!

Only a few more days for visiting the exhibition "The great bronzes of the Baptistery. Rustici and Leonardo" which will close next January 10th at the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence. The last opportunity for admiring the wonderful Saint John the Baptist by Leonardo da Vinci, ... More

Autoritratte. Artiste di capriccioso e destrissimo ingegno

Autoritratte. Artiste di capriccioso e destrissimo ingegno

The art of selfportraitmade bypaintresses from Renaissance until today in a great exhibition“ Autoritratte. Artiste di capriccioso e destrissimo ingegno” at the Reali Poste of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence until January 30th 2011. It is a selectionof 80 pieces which is part of the ... More


Ponte Vecchio Golf Challenge

Ponte Vecchio Golf Challenge

FromDecember 17th until December 19thIn Florence a new edition of the Ponte Vecchio Golf Challenge the strangest and most beautifulgolf event of the year. Twelve golf players from twelve different countries will play from the most famous bridge of Florence to three floating greens on the river ... More

A new Nativity in the Cathedral

A new Nativity in the Cathedral

A very new and original idea for an unusualNativity in the Cathedral of Florence. After 13 years the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore decides to renovate the Nativity and at the same timeto celebrate the architect Arnolfo di Cambio who built the Cathedral of Florence in XIV century. Therefore the ... More


Picasso, Mirò, Dalì.  Angry young men: the birth of modernity

Picasso, Mirò, Dalì. Angry young men: the birth of modernity

Since March 12 at the Palazzo Strozzi of Florence is on the exhibition“ Picasso, Mirò, Dalì. Angry young men: the birth of modernity”. The exhibition is dedicated to the early production of Picasso Mirò and Dalì as the beginning ofmodern art. The focus is ... More

Florence in wintertime

Florence in wintertime

Do come and visit Florence in wintertime!It is the best moment for art appreciators who can enjoy visiting the most important museums of Florence without standing in long queues (lines) or being squeezed in too crowed rooms and streets. Surely the weather might be not so warm, but hotels and ... More


Museum of Santa Maria Novella

Museum of Santa Maria Novella

The Museum of the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence is going to change the entrance: it will be from the Square Station, near the abse of the Church, where nowadays we have the Turist Information Office. The acces to the musuem will be through the Chiostrino dei morti, the Cloister of the ... More

Searching Leonardo da Vinci

Searching Leonardo da Vinci

The National Geographic will support the research of Professor Maurizio Seracini whohas being working for years on the possibility of finding the lost frescoes of the Battaglia di Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci in the Salone dei Cinquecento in the Signoria Palace in Florence.Behind the walls where ... More