Palazzo Strozzi Announces Upcoming Exhibitions from KAWS to Rothko

Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi is preparing for an ambitious calendar of exhibitions and projects that will span from the Renaissance to contemporary art, reinforcing its role as one of Italy’s leading cultural hubs. Over the next two years, the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi will host landmark retrospectives of Beato Angelico and Mark Rothko, alongside special installations and projects designed to engage the city with global contemporary voices.

The season opens on 26 September 2025 with the long-awaited exhibition dedicated to Beato Angelico, co-organized with the Museo di San Marco and the Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Toscana. The show, which runs until 25 January 2026, is the first major monographic exhibition on the Dominican friar in Florence in seventy years and explores his dialogue with fellow Renaissance masters such as Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Ghiberti, and Luca della Robbia. (Read more in our dedicated article here).

While the Piano Nobile will celebrate one of the great fathers of Renaissance painting, Palazzo Strozzi will simultaneously continue its commitment to contemporary experimentation. From 29 October 2025, the Renaissance courtyard will host a monumental site-specific installation by the American artist KAWS, known worldwide for his playful, pop-inspired figures that blur the boundaries between fine art and popular culture.

Later in the autumn, the spotlight will shift to the Project Space with “Bones of Tomorrow” (20 November 2025 – 25 January 2026), the first institutional solo exhibition in Italy by Georgian artist Andro Eradze, presented in collaboration with IED Firenze. Through photography, video, and installation, Eradze creates a poetic and enigmatic world in which natural and artificial elements coexist in tension, inviting visitors to explore the fragile boundaries between human and non-human experience.

Looking ahead, spring 2026 will bring one of the most anticipated events in recent years: a major retrospective dedicated to Mark Rothko, the great master of 20th-century American art. Palazzo Strozzi will present one of the most significant shows ever held in Italy on the artist, tracing his exploration of color, spirituality, and abstraction. The exhibition will also include two special sections hosted at the Museo di San Marco and the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, offering a unique dialogue between Rothko’s vision and Florence’s Renaissance heritage.

“With the program of the coming months, we want to offer our audiences a journey that bridges centuries and artistic languages, connecting the legacy of the Renaissance with the most innovative experiences of contemporary art,” said Arturo Galansino, General Director of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi.

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