In Florence, Palazzo Pitti’s Modern Art Gallery celebrates the 150th anniversary of Florence as the capital of Italy with a show from November 19 to April 3 titled Florence Capital 1865-2015. The Gifts and Collections of the King.
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Treasures from the Archives and Libraries of Florence
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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When Margaret Thatcher came to Florence to visit the Corridoio Vasariano
Margaret Thatcher died at 87. Read the Margaret Thatcher’ speech at Anglo-Italian Summit in Pitti Palace, Florence, Italy, in 1986. After the international meeting she visited the Uffizi Gallery, the Corridio vasariano and Palazzo Vecchio.
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Florence welcomes the masterpieces from Ferrara
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 moreNew frontiers, the native Amercians at Palazzo Pitti
The year 2012 marks the fifth centennial of the death of Amerigo Vespucci, one of the discoverers of the American continents and, especially, the one who gave his name to the new lands. The Superintendent intends to commemorate the great navigator who was born in Florence in 1454, with an exhibition (July 3-Decembre 8 at Andito degli Angiolini and Galleria del Costume) dedicated to the native inhabitants of North America.
Japan in Florence, land of enchantment
This coming spring 2012 Palazzo Pitti will celebrate Japan, her art, her culture, and her traditions, in the most representative rooms of its museums with three exhibitions grouped under the title, Japan. Land of Enchantment (April 3th – july 1st, 2012).