Its name is “Adopt a Work of Art”. Everybody can be the patron for an artwork of the Museo deli Innocenti, Florence, Italy. From 2004 the museum of IDI has been undergoing a radical renovation process. For many years a multidisciplinary team comprising art historians and experts in the history of architecture, the history of childhood and museum educators, has prepared the museological project for the MUDI.
Category: Arts
Uffizi, free entrance for women on March 8
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8: free entrance for women to all public art sites as Uffizi or Galleria dell’Accademia. But from 17 January 2012, for a period of approximately three months, the Chapter Room, in the Uffizi gallery, with the fresco of the Crucifixion by Beato Angelico, will be closed to the public for extraordinary maintenance work.
New monitoring for the “Rapt of the Sabine”
From next Monday, March 12, 2012, starts the new monitoring session on “The Rapt of the Sabine”, Giambologna’s sculpture placed under the Loggia dei Lanzi and the competence of Superintendence for the Historical, Artistic and Ethno-anthropological Heritage and the Museums of city of Florence.
Uffizi, Italian chiaroscuro woodcuts open ’til April 22
«As if Made with the Brush» Italian Chiaroscuro Woodcuts from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century goes on. The exhibition at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, should have closed on 11 March, but – given the success – has been extended until April 22, 2012.
Famous frieze restored in Villa Medici
Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 17 will be opened and presented to the public the new exhibition hall of the Villa Medici at Poggio a Caiano with the famous frieze in terracotta glazed. The new Hall of Frieze is dedicated to the famous frieze of the late fifteenth century commissioned by Lorenzo the Magnificent inspired by the classical myths and allegories interpreted as the Platonic myth of the soul.
Ferragamo sponsors the Leonardo exhibition
A prestigious and stimulating new project that melds creative genius, fashion, art and history – Salvatore Ferragamo will be the exclusive sponsor of Leonardo da Vinci’s latest exhibition, “The Saint Anne, Leonardo da Vinci’s Ultimate Masterpiece”, on display at the Louvre from March 29 through June 25, 2012.
Revealed secrets of the Medusa by Caravaggio
Extraordinary pictures showed unequivocally the genesis and the timing of the “First Medusa” by Caravaggio. This masterpiece anticipates the most famous “shield” exhibited at the Galleria degli Uffizi. This is the work presented at the Foreign Press Association headquarters in Rome by art historian Mina Gregori and some university professors.
Remembering Amerigo Vespucci, 500 years later
The Florentine navigator Amerigo Vespucci died 500 years ago. Today Italy (especially the city of Florence) and the US are celebrating him as one of the major historical figures who helped to discover America.
The Uffizi Gallery opens a new path for the blind
The Uffizi has opened a dedicated path for the blind, with 16 sculptures “readable” with hands. The new path, called “Uffizi by touching”, is completely free for blind people or visually impaired.
A Florentine painting to the White House
A large painting of Florentine art and architecture through the ages will be donated to the presidency of the United States of America to remember 500 years since the death of the Florentine navigator, Amerigo Vespucci. The painting, created by Paolo Frosecchi, is a sort of “collage painting” of the most famous Florentine monuments.