A fragile river god by Michelangelo has been restored after lying neglected in a basement storeroom below Casa Buonarroti in Florence for some 50 years.
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Category: Arts
Sculptor Helidon Xhixha to exhibit at the Boboli Garden
A new exhibition of monumental sculptures by the celebrated sculptor Helidon Xhixha is opened at the Boboli Garden in Florence on 27 June 2017.
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La Specola, a wax museum close to Palazzo Pitti
The Museum of Zoology and Natural History, best known as La Specola, is an eclectic natural history museum in Florence, central Italy, located next to the Pitti Palace.
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Contemporary works of art at Forte di Belvedere
Over one hundred works, exhibited at Forte di Belvedere, Florence, and in some of the symbolic places of our heritage.
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Uffizi Gallery, the Medici Vase has been restored
The huge Neo-Attic krater known as the Medici Vase has been restored and is again ready for display in the Uffizi.
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The Beauty Factory in the Bargello, Florence
For the first time, the porcelain statues of Doccia are on exhibit at the National Museum of Sculpture in the Bargello.
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Michelangelo carved female sex organs, a study says
Michelangelo carved female sex organs in the Medici Chapels in Florence. The discovery was made by a study of the University of Porto Alegre in Brazil.
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Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi unveiled
The unfinished Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece Adoration of the Magi was restored and unveiled after six-year cleaner and brighter.
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G7 of Culture, the Chimera of Arezzo in Palazzo Vecchio
In conjunction with the Culture G7, the Chimera of Arezzo will be exceptionally exhibited in the Room of Leo X in Palazzo Vecchio.
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Plautilla Nelli, the first female Renaissance painter
The Uffizi Gallery is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Plautilla Nelli, a nun and painter who lived in Florence between 1523 and 1588.
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