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I’ve been a little absent from the blog lately as I’ve been submersed by a very exciting project at work

Florence offers a lively English-language intellectual community thanks to the presence of many American and other foreign universities, as well

Towards the end of the 1950s, the modern architect Giovanni Michelucci and his wife Eloisa Pacini purchased a Tuscan style

Florence may be “the Renaissance city,” but anyone who lives here or visits frequently will tell you that, while some

Known to Uffizi regulars as “rooms 10-14”, The Botticelli Room was a large single space containing the most important works

The 2016 edition of Firenze Suona Contemporanea, a contemporary classical music festival in Florence, will take place from September 14

Gian Gastone, the last Grand Duke of the Medici Dynasty, lies on his deathbed in Palazzo Pitti. His sister Anna

When you look at Christine Garvey’s large abstract paintings, you probably wouldn’t say that she’s been strongly influenced by the

Previously a small picture gallery called MUDI, the Ospedale degli Innocenti’s museum reopens June 23, 2016, after an 8-year-long restoration

Giovanni Lorenzo’s story is the kind you wish you’d hear more often in Italy. From the country’s south, he enrolled

Did you know that hot chocolate is a Florentine tradition? From its first appearance at the Medici court in the

I’m not sure what I expected when I set up an appointment with Giulia Mondolfi, the designer behind emerging Florentine