The tapestries exhibition (20 March – 3 June, 2012) purposes to acquaint Uffizi Gallery goers with a precious section of its collections, one whose old and noble fame has been declining due to a decades-long absence from areas open to the public. Much more than other manufactures, tapestries are works of art relentlessly consumed by time.
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Be the patron for an artwork of the Innocenti
Its name is “Adopt a Work of Art”. Everybody can be the patron for an artwork of the Museo deli Innocenti, Florence, Italy. From 2004 the museum of IDI has been undergoing a radical renovation process. For many years a multidisciplinary team comprising art historians and experts in the history of architecture, the history of childhood and museum educators, has prepared the museological project for the MUDI.
Balloon and more at the Int’l Handicrafts Trade Fair
The International Handicrafts Trade Fair is a big event organised by Firenze Fiera on April 21-29, 2012 at the Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy. An event which hosted the most important master craftsmen of history inside a privileged space, where tradition and innovation merge to create extremely valuable handmade products.
The American Dream arrives in Florence
The exhibition “American Dreamers. Reality and Imagination in Contemporary American art” at Strozzina (Palazzo Strozzi), Florence, Italy (9 March–15 July 2012, opening 8 March 2012, 6 pm) comprises a reflection on the work of artists who use fantasy, imagination and dreams to build alternative worlds to the increasingly complex reality of life today.
Rogai-mania for the wine paintings
Within just 36 hours latest innovation of the Florentine painter Elisabetta Rogai – paint using wine instead of color, creating paintings as they age over time – has been around the world ending on the major portals trendy, art and information from the U.S., China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, France, India, Greece and so on.
Not only museums, all the exhibitions in the city
During the Holidays there are many exhibitions and shows taking place in Florence, Italy. There are three exhibitions at the Galleria degli Uffizi, two exhibitions can be visited at Palazzo Strozzi.
Read moreMoscow-Florence, Betori blesses the exchange
The Archbishop of Florence, Monsignor Giuseppe Betori, called the exhibition of three precious icons of Russian art in the Baptistery of Florence “an exchange of art and faith.” The exchange of masterpieces of the art and faith, called “In Christo” is inaugurated last days in Russian capital and in the city of the Reinassence.
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