Florence Daily News

Christmas and New Year openings at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence

Special holiday openings are planned across Florence’s main state museums, with full closure only on 25 and 29 December.
Marino Marini: a painter rediscovered in Pistoia

A major exhibition at Palazzo Fabroni focuses on the painted work of one of Italy’s leading 20th-century artists, best known internationally for his sculpture.
Florence may extend short-term rental limits beyond historic centre

Mayor Sara Funaro said the city is considering new restrictions in residential areas outside Florence’s historic centre.
A Historical Distance

According to a CENSIS survey, among Italians aged eighteen to forty-five, only sixteen percent say they would be ready to fight.

S&P revises Italy rating from BBB to BBB-

Sunday, December 7, 2014 Editorial Staff Business

Standard & Poor’s has cut its Italy rating to BBB- da BBB and revised its outlook from negative to stable, the ratings agency said Friday December 5, 2014.

Crazy for Pazzi at Santa Croce, Florence

Bursting into song in the Pazzi Chapel (VIDEO)

Saturday, December 6, 2014 Editorial Staff Life

On Thursday, December 4 at 4pm, Canadian-Italian mezzosoprano Diana Di Mauro burst into song in the Pazzi Chapel in the complex of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. Inspired by the space, Di Mauro sang five operatic pieces and a Christmas carol.

#Expo2015, Medici tapestries in an itinerant exhibit

Friday, December 5, 2014 Editorial Staff News

Twenty famous Medici tapestries featuring the stories of Joseph the Jew are to be brought together in an itinerant exhibition to coincide with Milan Expo 2015.

#Expo2015, a multimedia Dome in Florence (Video)

Thursday, December 4, 2014 Editorial Staff News

The Florence project for Expo2015 was unveiled on December 3rd, 2015 at the headquarters of Regione Toscana. It’s called I_Dome.

Picasso and Spanish Modernity ’till January 25

Thursday, December 4, 2014 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

A major new event devoted to one of 20th century painting’s greatest masters, Pablo Picasso is open in Florence until January 25, 2015. An extraordinary exhibition of works from the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.

yracuse University Graduate Program in Renaissance Art Celebrating its 50th Anniversary

Behind the Fig Leaf, Symposium in Florence (Video)

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Annalisa Rossi Arts

The symposium Behind the Fig Leaf – Erotic Visual Culture in Renaissance Italy will take place Thursday, December 4, 2014, 4 pm, Room 13, Villa Rossa, at the SUF – Syracuse University in Florence.

Florence aerial view (Geography by Wikipedia)

Florence drops in the Quality of Life Chart

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 Editorial Staff Business

The northern city of Ravenna is number one in overall quality of life, according to Il Sole 24 Ore annual ranking. Florence drops in ranking from 7th to 16th place.

#Expo2015, the Italian Experience Project (Video)

Monday, December 1, 2014 Editorial Staff News

There are less than 15 days to go to the opening of the portal with all the Italian agri-food companies before, during and after Expo 2015.

Fiorentina, Giuseppe Rossi’s way in his first book

Sunday, November 30, 2014 Editorial Staff Sports

The first book written by the Fiorentina top player Giuseppe Rossi will be presented December 2 at 6:30pm at Syracuse University in Florence at an event organized by Giuseppe’s Official Fan Club in collaboration with the university. Only students can attend the presentation.