When Florence’s Uffizi gallery reopened this week after another government-imposed lockdown, it was with a fanfare.
After a six-month closure for renovations, the second floor of the gallery home to 15th- to 17th-century works of art by the likes of Titian, Caravaggio and Tintoretto has finally reopened. The area which makes up half the museum has been under steady renovation since 2018.
But there was a surprise in store for the 1,516 visitors who visited on reopening day, May 4. Not only are there 14 new rooms and 129 works of art newly on display, but the “new” Uffizi is allocating space to artists who have historically been excluded from the canon: women and people of color.
Julia Buckley, CNN • Updated 7th May 2021
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(CNN) When Florence s Uffizi gallery reopened this week after another government-imposed lockdown, it was with a fanfare.
After a six-month closure for renovations, the second floor of the gallery home to 15th- to 17th-century works of art by the likes of Titian, Caravaggio and Tintoretto has finally reopened. The area which makes up half the museum has been under steady renovation since 2018.
But there was a surprise in store for the 1,516 visitors who visited on reopening day, May 4. Not only are there 14 new rooms and 129 works of art newly on display, but the new Uffizi is allocating space to artists who have historically been excluded from the canon: women and people of color.
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Peter Eleey, courtesy UCCA Center for Contemporary Art.
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Fallen Blossoms: Explosion Project, a 60-second explosion commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2009.
Cai Guo-Qiang
Gunpowder, considered one of China’s most significant contributions to the world, has always fascinated Cai Guo-Qiang. Growing up, explosions from cannon blasts, artillery batteries firing into the air and festive firework displays were commonplace, and he recalls the hand of his classmates stained red from filling firecrackers in factories.
A child of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, who participated in propaganda activities, he found an outlet through the medium of gunpowder. Playing with fireworks set him free amidst the oppressive and restrictive context.