More than 150 works from the Whitney Museum of American Art will trace the career of one of the leading figures of 20th-century American painting.
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Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait painted in Florence sets new auction record
Sold by Christie’s in New York for $5.69 million, the work more than doubled its pre-sale estimate.
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Trump vs. The New York Times: Justice or Attack on Press Freedom?
The $15 billion defamation lawsuit shows how financial pressure can be used as a weapon against press freedom.
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Revitalizing Via Palazzuolo: Florence’s Urban Regeneration Project
Florence is set to breathe new life into Via Palazzuolo with an ambitious urban regeneration initiative.
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90 masterpieces of the Medici family at the Met Museum NY
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, with 90 masterpieces of the Medici family will be inaugurated June 26, 2021. Some of the greatest portraits of Western art were painted in Florence during the tumultuous years from 1512 to 1570, when the city was transformed from a republic with elected officials into a duchy ruled by the Medici family.
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Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi sells for record $450m
Leonardo da Vinci’s depiction of Jesus entitled Salvator Mundi (Savior of the World) has been sold for record $450 million (380 million euros) at Christie’s auction house in New York, making it the most expensive artwork ever.
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The visual artist Michelangelo Bastiani in New York
The Galleria Ca’ d’Oro in New York presents the extrasensory experience Beyond the Matter by the Florence born visual artist Michelangelo Bastiani.
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NY, DC to remember the 1966 Florence flood
An event and an exhibition at the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC to remember the 1966 Florence flood.
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Restored the 16th Century Valois Tapestries
Friends of the Uffizi Gallery’s Restoration of 16th Century Valois Tapestries Announced at Christie’s.
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Luxury tourism prefers Florence, New York
According to Conde Nast Johansen, luxury tourists prefer New York, Florence, Paris and Rome as their top destinations.
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