Articles in museums
A Question of Style: From the 14th of January at the Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation at Villa Bardini, an exhibit of 23 dresses by the Italian designer. The exhibition explores the relationship between …
At a conference on the use of internet by libraries, archives and museums that I attended the other day (live blog here), Elena Farinelli brought up an interesting fact: if you search “Biblioteca Firenze” on …
At Milan’s Palazzo Reale is the first major retrospective in Italy dedicated to the American artist Edward Hopper (1882-1967), the famous realist painter. This show moves to Rome in February so if you cannot see …
This Fall (until late Jan 2010), Palazzo Strozzi offers two important exhibits on realism and art. The major show “Art and Illusions – Masterpieces of Trompe l’Oeil” has received a lot of attention from the …
Folks! my comprehensive book review of Jane Fortune’s “Invisible Women” is now online and in the paper! Read the article in The Florentine and see below to win your own copy!
Short summary: Invisible Women is …
Opening today: German photographer Candida Höfer’s monumental photographs of some of Florence’s most impressive interiors on display at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, under the auspices of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi.
Photo: Candida Höfer: “Biblioteca Marucelliana Firenze I …
Last night Florence hosted the first night-time opening/ music event in a museum. The event, called Dj al Museo, was organized by the Regione Toscana and promoted by the Social Media Team Voglio Vivere Cosi. …
The Uffizi gallery in Florence is one of the most tiring museums in the world.
You expected me to use another adjective? famous? important? Sure, it’s those things too. But it’s also very big, has virtually …
Guest article by Flavia Grassetti, resident Roman art critic and law student; translated by arttrav.
Rome: October 23 2009: The first monographic show in Rome on the most innovative sculptor of the 20th century opens to …
Charlene Thompson lives in New Brunswick, Canada. She loves Florence, so wins a copy of Jane Fortune’s book To Florence con Amore donated by The Florentine.
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When I was a child, we would sing in church …
Raphael’s “Woman with Unicorn” is one of 48 works from Rome’s Borghese Gallery on their way to Japan, where they will stay 6 months at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto and the Metropolitan Musem of Tokyo …
Rome: Musei Capitolini. From Oct 6 2009 to Feb 7 2010, an exhibit of over 100 drawings highlights Michelangelo’s architectural contribution to the Eternal City. During his two periods of residence in Rome (1505 to …
