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Tag: piazza Signoria

Thomas J. Price

Florence Grapples with the Ordinary Made Monumental

Thursday, June 19, 2025 Aadya Kathuria Arts

Thomas J. Price’s Time Unfolding disrupts everything about Piazza della Signoria’s iconography.

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Farewell to the Uffizi Tower Crane

Uffizi Tower Crane: Director Confirms Dismantling After Nearly 20 Years

Friday, May 9, 2025 Editorial Staff Tech

Uffizi director Simone Verde has confirmed that the tower crane behind the museum will be removed in the coming weeks.

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End of an Era: The Uffizi’s Longtime Crane Bows Out

Monday, April 21, 2025 Editorial Staff Tech

As reported by Il Fatto Quotidiano, the crane that has loomed over the city center since 2006 is set to be dismantled by June 2025.

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Thomas J Price

Influencers Fined for Vandalizing Thomas J Price Sculpture

Thursday, March 27, 2025 Editorial Staff News

Two young influencers were caught attaching bananas with adhesive tape to a bronze sculpture in Piazza della Signoria, Florence.

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Thomas J Price Brings Contemporary Identity to Florence’s Piazza della Signoria

Thomas J Price Brings Contemporary Identity to Florence’s Piazza della Signoria

Sunday, March 23, 2025 Editorial Staff Arts

Piazza della Signoria features a monumental bronze sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price.

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Horse Horse goes wild, the carriage collides with the car of the Minister of the Interior

Horse gets scared, the carriage collides with the car of the Minister of the Interior

Friday, June 18, 2021 Editorial Staff News

Moments of fear in Piazza della Signoria, Florence, for a runaway horse that launched into a gallop, dragging a carriage behind it that crashed into a car escorted by the Minister of the Interior, Luciana Lamorgese.

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The Gucci Garden in Florence, Italy

The Gucci Garden opens in piazza Signoria

Friday, January 12, 2018 Editorial Staff Life

The Gucci Garden inside the historic Palazzo della Mercanzia, which housed the Gucci Museo, has been opened in Florence, Italy.

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Began the shooting of Michelangelo movie

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Editorial Staff Life

The shooting of the film The Sin. A Vision, Andrej Konchalovsky’s film about Michelangelo, began in the historical center of Florence, Italy.

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Urs Fischer Big Clay in piazza Signoria, Florence

Piazza Signoria hosts Urs Fischer’s Big Clay sculpture

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Editorial Staff Arts

Piazza Signoria is once again hosting in Florence a great contemporary art installation: Urs Fischer’s Big Clay.

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The Arch of Palmyra's copy unveiled in Florence

G7 of Culture, Palmyra’s arch unveiled in piazza Signoria

Tuesday, March 28, 2017 Editorial Staff Tech

A recreation of Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph was unveiled in Florence on March 27, 2017 for the G7 of the Culture.

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