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Piazza Duomo with a green lawn (a one-day event)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beyond the many permanent tourist attractions in Florence and Tuscany<\/strong>, like churches and museums, temporary exhibits, major concerts<\/strong>, fairs and other events<\/strong> make life or a holiday here more varied. To help you plan your 2012 holidays in Florence and Tuscany, here is a description of events to look forward to. As these get announced throughout the year I will be updating the information in this post as it arrives.<\/p>\n

Temporary Exhibitions and arts events in Florence<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Palazzo Strozzi<\/strong> offers excellent temporary exhibits in Florence and I always write about them here on arttrav. The Spring\/Summer show this year is Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists<\/strong>, which will be on from March 3 to July 15 2012. The contemporary area of this museum will show a related exhibit of contemporary American artists called American Dreamers. Reality and Imagination in American Contemporary Art<\/strong> from 9 March-15 July 2012. \u00a0After their summer closure, the main exhibit area will show The Thirties. The Arts in Italy during Fascism<\/strong> (<\/strong>22 September 2012-27 January 2013) <\/strong><\/p>\n

You should know that 2012 is \u201cVespucci Year<\/strong><\/a>\u201d (Anno Vespucciano) in Florence, a year to celebrate the Florentine nativagor Amerigo Vespucci, who gave America its name. The Florentine newspaper is writing a monthly column (directed by yours truly) on this topic and we\u2019re keeping an eye out for Vespucci events that celebrate relations between Florence and America.<\/p>\n

Culture week 2012 (Settimana della cultura)<\/strong> is scheduled for April 14-22<\/strong>; there are free entrances to all state museums in Italy as well as various special visits, openings, conferences etc at this time (all announced rather last minute, usually on the Mibac\u2019s official website in italian).<\/p>\n

We are looking forward to Florens 2012 in November<\/strong>, a major international conference on themes related to cultural heritage, with associated events interesting to the general public. A bi-annual event, last time they staged a copy of the David in the various places it might have been installed, and also put down green grass in piazza Duomo for a weekend.<\/p>\n

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Tapestries at the Uffizi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The \u201cUn Anno ad Arte<\/strong>\u201d lineup in Florence\u2019s state museums<\/strong> (Uffizi, Accademia and Pitti, primarily) is the major temporary exhibits in the city. These are:<\/p>\n