Alessandra Gardin
Until October 18, 2010, at the Museum Salvatore Ferragamo of Florence a great exibit dedicated to Greta Garbo will be on. It is a selected choose of dresses and shoes allowed for the first time on show by her heirs. The exibitionmainly wants to point out the strong relationship between the Divine ... More
In the Niobe’s Room at the Uffizi Gallery of Florence is on display the Portrait of a praying young manby Hans Memlingfrom the Museum Thyssen – BornemiszaofMadrid. The occasion is the exchange with the Adoration of the Magi by Ghirlandaio lend by the Uffizi to the exibit Domenico ... More
On Sunday August 15 (national festivity in Italy) most of the State Museums of Florenceare open to public: Uffizi Gallery, Academy Gallery, Medici Chapels, Bargello Museum. Inside the Pitti Palace is possible visitingthe Palatina Gallery, the Argenti Museum, the Modern Art Gallery, the Boboli ... More
Three never-before-seen works by Bronzino are on restauration at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence and they will be ready for the exibition running from September 24, 2010 to January 23, 2011 at Florence's Palazzo Strozzi. They are a painted Crucifix commissioned by Bartolomeo ... More
As an official local guide in Florence I recommend you to be very very careful when you decide to reserve tickets for the Uffizi Gallery or for the Academy Gallery.Recently they createthe website of the Firenze Musei toreserve tickets even on internet, but you can also callat (0039) 055 294883 the ... More
Until November 2, at the museum Medici Chapels in Florence an interesting exibit is celebrating the forth centenery of Henry IV' s death. He was Maria de' Medici's husband and Florence wanted to celebrate a funeral "in effige", coommissioning to several artists monocromes paintings for ... More
Do visit Florence with an official turist guide! Dochoose Alessandra Gardin, your official guide in Florence! She is the right person for showing you the masterpieces famous all over the world and the secrets of such a magic town. You can have a custom made tour according to your interests and your ... More
After Michelangelo’s passion for the marble of Carrara, where he usedto go and select the best pieeces of marble forhis famous statues visible in manymuseums in Florence, suchas the Academy Gallery and the Bargello, another artist, more contemporary, David Bryan, seems to be fondof the ... More
After atwo year restauration, Florence's Institute and Museum of the History of Science renamed the Galileo Museum, has reopened to public. The new facility, hailed as one of world's high-tech, cuttting edge museums, will showcase a collection of over 1,000 items, including telescopes, maps, ... More
In Florence, at the Academy Gallery and at the Museo Horne, until the end of September there is the exibition “Virtues of Love. Wedding paintings in the Florence ofQuattrocento ( XV century ). It consists of over 40 paintedpanels belonging to different museumsfrom all over the world. Most ... More