Florence Daily News

Donatello’s Mary Magdalene May Depict a Rare Disease, Study Suggests

The wooden sculpture in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo departs sharply from the traditional, idealised iconography of the saint.
Ferragosto in Florence: Special Openings and Cultural Events

On Friday, August 15, Florence celebrates Ferragosto with a rich program of special openings and cultural initiatives.
From Runway to Retail: The Italian Airport Paradox

Airports are becoming shopping malls with boarding gates, but passengers still struggle to find a seat, a socket, or a sip of water.
Fiorentina ends English tour with positives despite mixed results

Three matches against Premier League sides brought one draw, one defeat, and a loss on penalties, but also encouraging signs.

Moto GP, Pedrosa on pole for Mugello

Sunday, July 15, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

With the top lap times in the first three practices, and a new circuit record, it seemed certain that Jorge Lorenzo would capture the pole for Round 9 of the 2012 MotoGP World Championship at the Mugello Circuit near Florence, Italy. But, with time for only one more lap remaining, and another record-setting pace, Lorenzo sat up and rode into the pits.

Accademia, three concerts around an exhibition

Saturday, July 14, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Life

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.

Starhotels Group posted record sales in 2011

Saturday, July 14, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

“Despite the recent financial turbulence, Starhotels Group, which includes Starhotels S.p.A. and Castille S.a.s., posted record sales in 2011, reaching €142.5 million – the best result in its history”. These were the words of Elisabetta Fabri, who in January 2012 was appointed President of the Starhotels Group, founded and led by her father Ferruccio Fabri, now Honorary President.

Uffizi Gallery, the gleam of gold

Friday, July 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

This year, the rooms on the main floor of the Galleria degli Uffizi will host an important exhibition that intends to reconstruct the panorama of Florentine art in the wonderful and crucial period that extended roughly from 1375 to 1440.

Fiorentina, the Argentina right-back Roncaglia signs

Friday, July 13, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

ACF Fiorentina signs re-enforcements from the summer transfer market in order to bounce back from their dismal performance in the last season, and have revealed Facundo Roncaglia as their new signing. The Argentina right-back is considered to be a versatile character at the back, with the ability to play in the centre or the left side of the defence as well.

Pinocchio is 131 years old, an exhibition in Florence

Thursday, July 12, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

An exhibition on Pinocchio and an entire day dedicated to Pinocchio, the famous wooden puppet, which celebrates 131 years of age. This exhibition is held in the National Central Library, Florence, Italy, with important documents coming from the archives of Giunti publishing house.

Fiorentina signed Ajax striker El Hamdaoui

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Sports

ACF Fiorentina signed Ajax striker Mounir El Hamdaoui on Wednesday for an undisclosed fee, while terminating the contract of midfielder Houssine Kharja. El Hamdaoui, 27, was a regular in the Ajax side under former manager Martin Jol, but he found himself on the sidelines after a dispute with manager Frank de Boer.

Myths and stories in Renaissance Maiolica

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

For its spring 2012 season, the Museo Nazionale del Bargello has organised an exhibition on the historiated majolica of the Renaissance, exploring how this art form relates to its literary, historical and figurative sources.  The museum’s worldwide reputation relies above all on its numerous masterpieces of Renaissance sculpture, yet its equally outstanding collections of “applied art” are, in many ways, a crucial element in the attraction that the museum holds for visitors.

Fragranze 10 with special guest Chandler Burr

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Business

From September 14 to 16, 2012, in Florence the 10th edition of the international perfume fair of the world’s top brands in artistic perfumery with special guest Chandler Burr. From Friday to Sunday, September 14 to 16 at Florence’s Stazione Leopolda, Pitti Immagine will present the 10th edition of Fragranze, the international fair event featuring the best in artistic perfumery.

Paintings of the Palatine Gallery

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Jamie "Florence" Lorenzini Arts

The Sala delle Nicchie in the Palatine Gallery hosts the exhibition The Myth, the Sacred, the Portrait, paintings from the repositories of the Palatine Gallery. It is a short anthology designed to enable the public to approach knowledge of an inexhaustible and always surprising artistic heritage, the result of the lengthy collecting of the Medici family.