Articles tagged with: palazzo strozzi
Slow Art Day 2012 in Florence at Palazzo Strozzi
It’s that time again… for annual Slow Art Day! The date is Saturday April 28 2012, worldwide. In Florence, the event will be taking place at Palazzo Strozzi from 3-7pm.
Last year I co-organized Slow Art in Florence 2011 with Palazzo Strozzi’s education department and we had almost a hundred people show up! The year before, …
Palazzo Strozzi: for the love of God, money, and democracy
You’d have to have been dropped on the head when young to not notice the fortuitous timeliness of this Fall’s exhibits at Palazzo Strozzi – upstairs “Money and Beauty: Bankers, Botticelli and the Bonfire of the Vanities” and downstairs “Declining Democracy”. Both exhibits are equally contemporary, and they will make you reflect upon our current, collective situation whether you’re an Italian resident or a visitor from abroad.
Foursquare and museums: Palazzo Strozzi first in Florence
I’m thrilled to break some insider news in the field of social media and museums (two of my favourite things). Palazzo Strozzi is the first museum in Florence to be officially on Foursquare, and the only one in Italy to currently reward users with a special. The very first Italian museum to claim its venue …
Angry Young Men: Picasso, Mirò, Dalì at Palazzo Strozzi Review
The exhibit Angry Young Men: Picasso, Mirò, Dalì, the Birth of Modernity is on now through July at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and my full review of it is available in the latest issue of The Florentine. It starts like this:
Announcement: Slow Art Florence 2011 is April 16th
If you participated in International Slow Art Day in Florence that I hosted last year, you already know that you’ll want to sign up for this year’s edition. And now that I’m going to tell you the details of the 2011 event, you’re going to be blocking of Saturday April 16th on your calendar and …
As Soon as Possible @Strozzina Florence
Kant: Time is in us and we are in time.
The white rabbit: I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date.
The exhibit “As soon as possible – acceleration in contemporary society” at Strozzina in Florence makes us stop and think. In recent years, everything around us has been accelerated, leaving us feeling at times stressed …
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