The Medici Villas were summer residences, places to rest, go hunting and have leisure time. They were all painted in lunette form by Flemish painter Giusto (Iustus) Utens, entrusted by Ferdinando I de’ Medici at the end of the sixteenth century. Seventeen lunettes have been painted, 14 of which have been collected and hosted in the Museum of Florence as it was, so far.
Category: Life
Lunch on the beach on Tuscan seaside
It’s time to cook, in Tuscan seaside: on Thursday, August 23th, there will be the 20th edition of the cooking-show “A tavola sulla spiaggia” (“Lunch on the beach”) in Forte dei Marmi. Promoted by Gianni Mercatali, the event will feature twelve contestants whose dishes will create the menu of summer 2012.
Florence Biennale from November 30, 2013
The IX Florence Biennale 2013 will take place at the historic Fortezza da Basso from November 30 to December 8, 2013, in Florence, Italy. Each edition of the Florence Biennale, founded in 1997, is one of the largest events representing artists from around the world, with participants from 80 countries and more than 2500 works displayed.
Autumn Arts Festival In Tuscany from October 25
Since 1998, Il Chiostro has celebrated this time of the year in Tuscany with their final workshop program of the year – The Autumn Arts Festival. The Autumn Arts Festival offers 3 separate workshops, Painting, Photography and Tuscan Cuisine, that all overlap during the 10-day celebration of the arts, the harvest, the wine and this wonderful region of Italy.
“Turn up the radio” filmed in Florence in out!
Queen of pop Madonna has debuted the visual for her new single “Turn Up The Radio”, a cut from her March 2012-released twelfth studio album “MDNA”. The video was filmed in Florence, Italy last June after Madonna finished the Italian leg of the ‘MDNA’ tour. It’s got an Instagram-esque feel to it too.
Accademia, three concerts around an exhibition
Art Returns to Art – Three Concerts around an Exhibition is promoted by the Galleria dell’Accademia and organized by Daniele Lombardi. It will start 10-01-2012 and will end 11-10-2012 at the Accademia Gallery in Florence, Italy. An extensive program of collateral events has been organized to accompany the exhibition Art Returns to Art, which presents over forty works by thirty-two contemporary artists in the historic premises of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence.
The Madonna’ secrets in the Boboli garden
The American popstar Madonna received a special private tour of an art museum in Italy after having the facility closed to visitors. On monday June 17, Madonna visited the Uffizi gallery, the Corridoio Vasariano and the Boboli garden. The singer was in Tuscany for few days for her “MDNA” world tour and to shot the brand new video.
Kim Kardashian’s dream: a villa in Tuscany
”In 10 years, I hope to still be designing and in 20 years I’ll be happily living on a farm somewhere far away. I don’t really mean a farm, I mean a huge luxurious villa in Tuscany.” The 31-year-old beauty told to a Britain magazine: ”In three years, I see myself moving into acting and designing and I’d like to start a family.
Monteriggioni and the Medieval Festival
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6th-7th-8th and 13th-14th-15th 2012
The XXII edition of the Medieval Festival returns to illuminate the historical centre of Monteriggioni, a splendid village north of the city of Siena, crossed by the Via Francigena and internationally famous for being quoted by Dante, who praises the ring of walls and precious crown of towers.
A new exhibition dedicated to Scatizzi
“Scatizzi. L’ipotesi della pittura”, the exhibition dedicated to Scatizzi is the first of a series that the Fondazione Ragghianti will dedicate to its own collection of artworks: more than 600 among paintings, sculptures, engravings, drawings and photographs in Lucca, half an hour by car from Florence, Italy.