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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 ...

Julia Buckley, CNN • Updated 7th May 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail (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 ...

Julia Buckley • Published 2nd March 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail (CNN) — Selfies in front of Botticelli's Venus. Closeups of David's manhood. Bottlenecks climbing to the top of the famous Duomo. Back in the halcyon prepandemic times, Florence was struggling with overtourism. And the Uffizi Gallery -- one of the most popular museums in the world -- was at the center of it all. At its busiest, 12,000 visitors per day passed through, more often than not rushing past the renaissance works of art to snap selfies with the big hitters: Botticelli's Venus, Michelangelo's Holy Family, and Titian's Ve...

The Uffizi Gallery Museum in Florence, Italy. Photo: Laura Lezza / Contributor As one of the oldest museums in the world, Florence’s Uffizi Gallery houses remarkable 13th- to 18th-Century works from the likes of Botticelli, Correggio, da Vinci, Raffaello, Michelangelo, and Caravaggio. And soon, you’ll be able to see these Italian works outside of Florence—at museums in the artists’ hometowns as part of a new project called Uffizi Diffusi. “Art can’t survive in big galleries alone,” Uffizi Gallery director Eike Schmidt told CNN. “We need multiple exhibition spaces all ove...