Two 17th-century letters discovered in the small hill town of Urbino, in the Marche region.
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Category: Arts
Intl. Crowdfunding to restore the Pazzi Chapel
From November 17 to December 19, 2014, Opera di Santa Croce will be running an international crowdfunding campaign to restore the loggia of the Pazzi Chapel. This is the first ever Kickstarter campaign by a major cultural institution in Florence, Italy.
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Tuscan Pre-Impressionists arrived to NYC
An exhibit celebrating 19th century Italian masters of the Macchiaioli movement opened Friday October 3, 2014, at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York.
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Florence hosts the Unesco World Forum
The third edition of the UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries will take place from 2 to 4 October 2014 in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy.
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Picasso in 90 works at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi
As of 20 September 2014 Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will be focusing on modern art once again with a major new event devoted to one of the greatest masters of 20th century painting, Pablo Picasso.
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Versilia, Elisabetta Rogai’s art in Forte dei Marmi
Elisabetta Rogai strikes back in Versilia researching intimate emotions and feelings.
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The court cloak of… Donna Franca Florio
The court cloak of Donna Franca Florio presents the restoration of a sumptuous court cloak in ivory-coloured satin created by the Worth fashion house of Paris for Donna Franca Florio, who had that same year been appointed lady-in-waiting to Queen Elena, the wife of Victor Emmanuel III.
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The fortunes of the Primitives at Accademia Gallery
The fortunes of the Primitives, Art treasures from italian collections between the XVIII and XX Century (Accademia Gallery, until December 8, 2014) is the first ever dedicated to the topic as a whole.
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The Tower of San Niccolò re-opened to the public
The Tower of San Niccolò has reopened to the public on June 24, the day of San Giovanni. Guided tours will be available until September 30th from the hours 17 to 20.
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The new museum of ‘900 in Florence: take a look
The collection in the new museum of ‘900 in Florence, Italy, includes 300 paintings, sculptures, videos and installations by Giorgio de Chirico, Fortunato Depero, Alberto Moretti, Giorgio Morandi, Lucio Fontana, Carlo Carrà and many other artists.
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