The 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.
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Love victorious and other stories
The 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.
Read moreArt and wine: a Florentine artist in Hong Kong
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.
Read moreArts exhibits in Lucca, Florence and all Italy
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.
The art of scagliola, alchemy of colors
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.
Wassily Kandinsky and the other exhibits of the week
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.
Francis Bacon and the other exhibits in Italy
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.
Exploring the life of Leonardo da Vinci
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.
The Twentieth Century at Santa Caterina
24 works of art made by the masters of the Twentieth Century are on display in the fourteenth-century Oratory of Santa Caterina a Rimezzano, in the municipality of Bagno a Ripoli. This unprecedented match is named Twentieth Century. Tensions and figure. The exhibition was inaugurated on the 16th of September and will finish at the end of October.
The Thirties. The arts in Italy at Palazzo Strozzi
The Thirties. The Arts in Italy Beyond Fascis (22 September 2012-27 January 2013) is an exhibition organized by Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi. It is curated by Antonello Negri. The exhibition explores the 1930s through the masterpieces of over forty leading artists of the period, including Mario Sironi, Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Savinio, Achille Funi, Carlo Carrà and many others.