The city of Florence in Italy is close to open its first public modern-art museum on June 24.
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Category: Arts
Uffizi: new rooms with a donation from Ferragamo
The Superintendent of Polo Museale Fiorentino signed an important agreement with Salvatore Ferragamo for the funding needed to break ground on a significant project to upgrade the air treatment and security systems of eight rooms in the Uffizi Gallery.
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Baccio Bandinelli at the Bargello Museum
Baccio Bandinelli, Sculptor and maestro (1493 – 1560) is the new exhibition at the Bargello National Museum in Florence Italy from April 9, 2014 to July 13, 2014.
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Found micro-fractures in Michelangelo’s statue of David
Found micro-fractures in Michelangelo’s statue of David, researchers in Florence warned on Wednesday April 30, 2014.
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Mona Lisa model’s identity to confirm with DNA test
DNA test on family could confirm Mona Lisa model’s identity. On April 29, 2014 Italian experts will be taking DNA samples from the remains of family members of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo.
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Book of The Kings, from Florence to digital
The oldest manuscript of Persian epic book in the world The Shahnameh (Book of The Kings) has been published digitally in Italy. The ancient manuscript is kept in the National Library of Florence.
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A tribute to Jackson Pollock in Palazzo Vecchio
Opens today in Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy, the tribute to Jackson Pollock, the American shadow of Michelangelo Buonarroti in the 450′ anniversary of the Italian genius’ death.
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New discoveries during Palazzo Vecchio’s digs
Archeologists in Florence, Italy, uncover a corridor in the Roman theatre under Palazzo Vecchio. The “Vomitorium” served 15,000 ancient theatre-goers. Look at the photogallery.
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Tavola Doria displayed at the Uffizi Gallery
A hundred days to see the so-called Tavola Doria in the Uffizi, a copy of the Battle of Anghiari by Leonardo da Vinci.
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Prints and Drawings Collection of the Uffizi (1848-1918)
The graphic collection of the Uffizi, due to its old and sedimented cultural heritage, is characterized by an inextricable intertwining of history, tradition and critique.
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