The “Un anno ad arte 2014” exhibition series opens with all this and much more with the show entitled, Once in a Lifetime. Treasures from the Archives and Libraries of Florence, on the calendar from 28 January to 27 April 2014 and hosted in the Sala Bianca in Palazzo Pitti.
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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 moreThe Springtime of the Renaissance. Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400-1460 will take held at Palazzo Strozzi, 23 March-18 August 2013 and at Musée du Louvre, 23 September 2013-6 January 2014.
Read moreThe exhibition is a follow-up to the “Restauri in Villa” (restorations in the Villa) held last year, presenting the works restored between 2009 and 2010 Medici Villa of Cerreto Guidi and the Historical Hunting and Territorial Museum.
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Art and wine: a Florentine artist in Hong Kong. The painter Elisabetta Rogai made the first live Asian performance at the Tsim Sha Tsui Center with the Chinese celebrity Jason Chan. She has performed a live painting of today called EnoArte, where artist to use wine instead of colors to paint pictures as they age over time.
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The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy’s art exhibitions. Lucca Center of Contemporary Art: David LaChapelle, 53 photos; until November 4. Palazzo Strozzi: Francis Bacon, including three unfinished works never seen in Italy; until January 27. – Galleria dell’Accademia: Art Returns Art; contemporary masters including Bacon, Klein, Burri, Kounellis, Picasso and Warhol; until November 4.
Alchemy of colours, an exhibition dedicated to the particular scagliola technique, all to be admired this autumn. What is scagliola? It is made from a mineral called selenite, which gives life to incredible artifacts. Scagliola has been known since ancient times as it was used to embellish architectural elements in sacred art and has become part of Florentine handicrafts.
The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy’s art exhibitions of the week. Palazzo Blu in Pisa: Wassily Kandinsky, From Russia to Europe; until February 3; Lucca Center of Contemporary Art: David LaChapelle, 53 photos; until November 4. Galleria dell’Accademia (Florence): Art Returns Art; contemporary masters including Bacon, Klein, Burri, Kounellis, Picasso and Warhol; until November 4.
The following is a city-by-city guide to some of Italy’s art exhibitions. In Florence at Palazzo Strozzi: Francis Bacon, including three unfinished works never seen in Italy; until January 27. At Galleria dell’Accademia: Art Returns Art; contemporary masters including Bacon, Klein, Burri, Kounellis, Picasso and Warhol; until November 4.
A genius with an insurmountable curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci used his surrounding natural landscape to fulfill the observations and make discoveries that would in turn become fundamental for his artworks, sculptures and his technical and industrial inventions. Today his home is open for public visits and tours until June.
