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Starting September 23, 2016 and running till January 22, 2017, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will present Italy’s first major retrospective dedicated to one of the world’s most celebrated and influential contemporary artists: Ai Weiwei. Libero.
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The artist John Currin is the protagonist of an exhibit at Museo Stefano Bardini of Florence until October 2nd, 2016.
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The Vasari Corridor in Florence is to be shut down effective immediately, museum officials announced Monday July 11, 2016.
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Istituto degli Innocenti is reopening its doors after a long period of refurbishment, with its splendid museum that has been completely restored.
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Works by the Chinese artist Liu Youju will be at Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence from July 2 to July 7.
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The Fountain of Neptune, located right outside the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, will be restored by Ferragamo.
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The Italian government’s Art Bonus scheme for attracting private donations for the arts has now garnered more than 100 million euros.
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The letter where Christopher Columbus announced the discovery of the New World to the Spanish royal family, stolen from Florence’s Riccardiana library, is now displayed at the Rome’s Museo storico dell’Arma dei Carabinieri.
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The most visited museum in Florence, the Uffizi Gallery, is planning to introduce some personalised museum routes for visitors, director Eike Schmidt said.
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Several rooms at the first floor of the Uffizi Gallery will house the central core of the self-portraits now in the Vasari Corridor by the end of 2017.
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