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.
Read moreGuido Tintori, Marie Curie Fellow at the Institute for History, University of Leiden and Rainer Bauböck, Professor of Social and Political Theory and Dean of Graduate Studies, European University Institute Tuesday, March 5th at 6:00 pm will speak on Italy and the Rights of Others – Reflections on national belonging in Italy between emigration and immigration.
Read moreAn Idea of Beauty, on view at the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS) at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, sets out to explore the work of eight contemporary international artists and will encourage visitors to reconsider the concept of beauty and to question not only the ‘need’ for it but also its function, value and purpose.
Read moreSnow, ice and rain over the Italian general elections, even in Tuscany. The bad weather will continue across much of Italy through early Monday, according to the Tuscan Protezione civile.
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Italian police said Wednesday they are investigating the bullying of a young woman of colour who suffered a beating and endured racial slurs – all captured on video and later shared on the Internet.
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Marrying in Florence is the dream of many foreign people like Americans, British, Japanese, South Americans who come to Florence to legally marry. Now it is possible to legally wed open air and in the magnificent Garden of the Roses and in other beautiful places in the heart of the Tuscan city.
Read moreA piece of a 16th-century fresco that fell from the ceiling of a corridor in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery on February 6 has been put back, Florentine museums chief Cristina Acidini said Wednesday. “The restoration achieved the expected results and the fresco is nicely back together,” she said.
Read moreChianti Classico sales up 10% in 2012, thanks mainly to exports. An upward trend that’s consolidated after somewhat smaller growth in 2011 (+4% from 2010). The United States, Germany and Canada are, in order, the Black Rooster’s biggest markets.
Read moreTo honour Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici the historic parade of the “Florentine Republic” will start at 10.40 am at the “Palagio di Parte Guelfa”, then continue on the central streets accompanying the municipal authorities to the Medici Chapels where they pay a floral tribute to the tomb of the Elettrice Palatina.
Read moreAfter restoration work, the Renaissance-era Rucellai Chapel with its tiny architectural model of the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre by Leon Battista Alberti will reopen to the public on Saturday.
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