Florence Daily News

Netflix’s The Monster of Florence to Premiere at Venice Film Festival

The series will launch on Netflix on October 22, coinciding with the tenth anniversary of the streaming platform’s arrival in Italy.
Giambologna’s Fata Morgana Finds a New Home in Cleveland

The Renaissance sculpture, once part of a garden fountain near Florence, will be unveiled on September 2 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Severe Storms Hit Tuscany: Floods, Lightning and Dozens of Rescues

Torrential rain and strong winds battered Tuscany, with over 100,000 lightning strikes, rescues in Grosseto and Orbetello, and storm damage from Livorno to Florence.
From Compliments to Hand-Kisses: Meloni and the Politics of Gender

Trump’s remark, Macron’s hand-kiss and Rama’s bow show how Giorgia Meloni is treated differently from male leaders.

The dissident artist Ai Weiwei to exhpose in Florence during autumn 2016

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei to exhibit in Florence

Wednesday, July 27, 2016 Editorial Staff Arts

Starting September 23, 2016 and running till January 22, 2017, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence will present Italy’s first major retrospective dedicated to one of the world’s most celebrated and influential contemporary artists: Ai Weiwei. Libero.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, a tourist in Tuscany

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Editorial Staff Travel

Movie star and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spent some days off in Tuscany this summer.

Jeff Bezos’ lunch at the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Monday, July 25, 2016 Editorial Staff Business

The Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is in Florence for vacation and last Friday July 22, 2016 had lunch at the Palazzo Vecchio with the Italian premier Matteo Renzi.

Pokemon spotted at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy

Pokémon spotted inside Uffizi, Boboli garden

Thursday, July 21, 2016 Editorial Staff Tech

The animated critters of the famous cell phone game Pokémon Go have been sighted in the dozens in the Uffizi museum, some workers say in these days.

John Currin paintings displayed in Museo Bardini, Florence

John Currin paintings at the Bardini museum

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Editorial Staff Arts

The artist John Currin is the protagonist of an exhibit at Museo Stefano Bardini of Florence until October 2nd, 2016.

The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, aims to finalize the Arno walkway created few days ago to help to restore Lungarno Torrigiani, where a 200-meter-long hole opened up May 25, 2016.

A walkway over the Arno river along the chasm

Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Editorial Staff News

The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, aims to finalize the Arno walkway created few days ago to help to restore Lungarno Torrigiani, where a 200-meter-long hole opened up May 25, 2016.

The Black David statue is flying in piazza della Repubblica, Florence, Italy

Black David unveiled in wake of Nice attack

Monday, July 18, 2016 Editorial Staff News

A black lying copy of Michelangelo’s David statue was unveiled in Florence’s Piazza della Repubblica to symbolize the suffering in the aftermath of the Nice attack.

The flag of France on Palazzo Vecchio after the terrorist attack in Nice

Nice attack, Florence mourns the terror victims

Friday, July 15, 2016 Editorial Staff News

Tonight July 15, 201 at 7 pm the Florentines will be in Piazza della Signoria, for Nice, for a free world. #PrayforNice.

Apennines biosphere in a UNESCO workshop

Thursday, July 14, 2016 Editorial Staff Travel

The Appennino Tosco-Emiliano Biosphere Reserve is convening an international workshop to discuss on the branding through high quality food products and their use in gastronomy.