One hundred Libyan students have won bursaries provided by the Italian government to study in Italy during the 2013/2014 academic year.
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The Grand Prince Ferdinando De’ Medici at Uffizi
To mark the 300th anniversary of the death of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici (1663-1713), the Galleria degli Uffizi is planning to devote a celebratory exhibition to this key figure who was one of the most important collectors and patrons of the arts in the entire history of the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
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Botticelli’s Annunciation exhibit opens in Jerusalem
The Botticelli masterpiece “The Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala” will have pride of place in one of the Museum of Israel’s most important halls in Jerusalem starting Tuesday.
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The Renaissance Spring, from Florence to the Louvre in Paris
From Palazzo Strozzi in Florence to the Louvre in Paris: after its Florentine stop, the exhibition “The Renaissance Spring. Sculpture and the Arts in Florence, 1400-1460” opens at the Parisian museum on Thursday, September 26.
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Uffizi Gallery’s Botticelli Annunciation not going to Israel
Sandro Botticelli’s famous Annunciation of St. Martin alla Scala will not be travelling to Israel for a planned months-long exhibition as previously announced, the culture ministry said last week.
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Florence tomb opened in bid to find Mona Lisa model
Scientists in Florence cracked open the family tomb of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the beguiling model who sat for Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Mona Lisa portrait. They hopes to compare her son’s DNA to that of a skeleton believed to be her own.
Read moreCommittee asks again that Mona Lisa visit Florence
A petition asking that Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa be returned to Italy for a visit has been submitted to French cultural authorities, supporters of the move said Friday.
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Medici ivory on show in Florence
The Medici family’s famed collection of ivory sculptures, carvings and assorted artworks have been put together for the first time in a sprawling exhibit at the palace once owned by Florence’s most powerful dynasty.
Read moreRaphael, an exhibition in Tokyo
“Raphael”, a name… and a title. “Raphael”, with no need for any further embellishment, is the name of an exhibition due to open in the rooms of Tokyo’s National Museum of Western Art on 2 March and to run for three months thereafter.
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Florence welcomes the masterpieces from Ferrara
A new exhibition, hosted in two prestigious museum premises of the Oltrarno in Florence, will display an extensive selection from the museum of the Galleries of Modern and Contemporary Art of Ferrara.
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