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The more we learn about great art and its creators, the more mysteries we uncover. Sometimes, these mysteries are more convoluted and salacious than any

When Botticelli and Luca della Robbia created masterpieces about motherhood, they honored Renaissance idealism with reverential depictions of a serene

In a huge show across five museums in Florence, Italy, the artist’s fleshy paintings and drawings hang next to idealized female forms of created by Botticelli, Michelangelo and others.

What's on this month in Florence: UNICEF Innocenti Film Festival, L’eredità delle Donne, Jeff Koons: ‘Shine’, Fán Huā Chinese Film Festival, Fabbrica Europa, Jenny Saville, Internet Festival Pisa, Dante Pop, The wonderful vision: Dante and the Comedy in the Symbolist Imagination, Internet Festival Pisa, Floralia per Santo Spirito, International Ceramics Fair, Florence Vintage Market, Children's Lending Library, Marina Calamai, St Mark's English Church, The British Institu...

The exhibition is linked to a project series titled Relocated in which well-known works receive temporary new homes, engaging viewers in an entirely different viewing experience. Medici tapestries and the Chimera of Arezzo have also been innovatively placed as part of the initiative.   Director of The British Institute of Florence Simon Gammell commented "Im delighted and frankly astonished to see the work in the Sala Leone X because its almost like seeing it for the first time. It has a co...

    It’s finally time to settle in front of the big screen as cinemas make their highly anticipated return. Online options are available on the Più Compagnia platform for all those preferring to tune in from their own homes. The line-up of the most important Italian festival dedicated to the best of contemporary South Korean cinema sees a tribute to film star Moon So-ri with screenings of eight of her films and a retrospective to recently deceased film director Kim Ki-duk. There’s a ne...

Our top picks for April 22-29, 2020 Jane Farrell share April 24 to May 2       For the 85th edition of the International Crafts Fair in Florence, a vast array of events has been scheduled in an intriguing virtual tour through craftsmanship. Admission to the digital event is free, with exhibition space reserved for those already present in the last two editions of MIDA (Mostra Internazionale delArtigianato di Firenze), and for new artisans who will be selected by application on their websi...

  This years video mapping, projections, lights and artistic installations of the Flight Festival will be under the artistic direction of Sergio Risaliti (director of Museo Novecento). This edition is titled  Sight, From the Dark Wood to the Light, as Risaliti explains, "We cannot deny that we all have need to see a light guiding us in this dark forest, when the straight path of progress seems lost." The annual F-Light Festival will embrace a Dante theme ahead of the 700th anniversary of ...