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An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, with 90 masterpieces of the Medici family will be inaugurated June 26, 2021. Some of the greatest portraits of Western art were painted in Florence during the tumultuous years from 1512 to 1570, when the city was transformed from a republic with elected officials into a duchy ruled by the Medici family.
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Two-hour tour of the Gallery for the American writer and activist,Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Bob Kennedy. The director Schmidt welcomes her in the rooms dedicated to Botticelli.
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The Concept Context Content exhibition opened in Florence on 7 June. It’s set up at the Limonaia of Villa Vogel, Via delle Torri in collaboration with the District 4.
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Nanni Moretti’s new film, Tre Piani, will be among the contenders for the Palme d’Or at the 74th Cannes Film Festival, organisers announced on June 3. The film, is an adaptation of Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo’s novel Three Floors Up.
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The Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence will be exceptionally open on Wednesday June 2, 2021, for the Republic Day. The entrance to the museum will be from 9 am to 6.45 pm
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The 2021 Opera Festival will open at the Verona Arena on June 19, 2021, with a concert version of Aida conducted by Riccardo Muti. The season will feature the operas, dates and stellar casts originally scheduled.
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On May 28, the lights of the La Fonderia Art Gallery come back on with Leopoldo Innocenti, a young Florentine artist born in 1994.
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American Art 1961–2001 (from May 28 to August 29, 2021 Palazzo Strozzi, Florence) traces a path through these formative decades by showcasing the works of more than 50 artists, including Andy Warhol. Here is the walkthrough of the exhibition.
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The press release of the exhibition American Art at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence live on Florence Daily News.
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The Uffizi will soon have 100 branch locations throughout Tuscany. In February it was the director of the Gallery, Eike Schmidt, who announced the project and yesterday the Tuscany Region also decided to support it with a specific Tuscan law.
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