Alessandra Gardin
A wonderful precious little exibition in the magnificent rooms of the Argenti Museum at the ground floor of the Pitti Palace in Florence. It is a selected group of high quality items from the most important Italian and foreign museums, displayed in a space which was the summer apartament of the ... More
At the Strozzi Palace in Florence the exhibition “De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte, Balthus. A look into the invisible” will be onuntil July 18, 2010. This exhibition explores the early years of the career of De Chirico and the influence of his first works on movements such as ... More
After a long restauration, the Museo Bardini is now open again. The Museum is in piazza dei Mozzi in Florence, in a wonderful palace built by the antiquarian Stefano Bardini in order to house his impressive collection of art: consisting of paintings, statues, frames, carpets, arms, glaced ... More
Since last June the famous painting by Titian “La Bella” is on restauration in the Opificio delle Pietre dure in Florence, which is the seat of the Institute of Restauration of the city. The painting was recently polished removing the yellowish patina revealing the original colors: ... More
In the wonderful Sala Bianca of the Pitti Palace in Florence a very special exibit is on. Several art works, some of them really masterpieces, are shown in order to celebrate the 40 anniversary of the Carabinieri special corpse defending the artistic estate of Italy.The paintings and objects on ... More
Since January 14th the Museumof History of Phography Fratelli Alinari in S. Maria Novella square inFlorencewill house the exibition Paris Capitalof Photography 1920-1940.More than 100works “vintage prints” by photographers active in Paris between1920and 1940 will be shown, besides ... More
The famous David by Donatello stands again in the middle of the Salone del Consiglio in the Bargello Museumin Florence after a long and careful restoration. The cleaning of the bronze surface of the statue recuperated the original color under a dark patina and pointed out impressive details and an ... More
The Exibit "Art and illusions" will be on until the 24th of January 2010 in the Strozzi Palace in Florence. It shows items from ancient Greco-Roman mosaics and frescoes to European masterpieces of the 1300s to today, two hundred works from Italian and international museums and private ... More
The exibition “ The shape of book: from roll to codex (III century B.C. – XIX century A.C.) shows the materials and the shapes of writing and of books both in East and West Countries. It consists of 40 pieces all from the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana. The exibition takes place in ... More
Drawings from the Louvre. Italian Renaissance in the Rothschild Collection from May 27th maggio to 14 September at the Museum Casa Buonarroti in Florence. In 1930 the baron Rothschild gave to the Louvre Museum an incredibile collection of drawings and engravings. Theese works, studied by the ... More