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February 27, 2015
The first exhibit of Florence’s rich program “Art for a Year” recently opened at the Uffizi Gallery and I had a chance to go see it on the first day. Gerrit van Honthorst, known as Gherardo delle Notti in Italy, was a Dutch Golden Age painter with the exhibit centered around his time in Italy…
February 26, 2015
Were you in Florence last Saturday and noticed groups of people walking around dressed in either blue or green and wondered who they were? As we had anticipated and shared, Ingress by Niantic Labs @Google arrived in Florence in the form of an “anomoly” called Shonin. The two factions signed in and then headed on…
February 16, 2015
The Calcio Storico Fiorentino is a throwback to past times. It is played in costume (sort of) and the game of soccer/rugby/wrestling is played with the rules from the 16th century in Florence. Lots of things go, and it can get quite violent. In Florence, the main matches are always played in June, you can…
January 13, 2015
We have highlighted some of this artist’s work before, sharing his “mash-up” creations on our Instagram and Facebook. His name is Andrea, known as “@pomo_fi” on Instagram, and you can get a chance to see some of his incredible unique works of contemporary art for a few more days at the Merlino Bottega d’Arte at…
December 29, 2014
In 2014, Visit Florence used Instagram to share Florence through the most beautiful pictures made each day in the city, sharing our team’s own photos as well as those by the many visitors who spend a few days in the city and by local insiders, citizens living Florence every day who still portray it in…
December 23, 2014
A new year is almost here, a new year of more art than you knew existed in Florence to discover! Florence is home to priceless treasures and masterpieces and you’re likely already including several in your itinerary. In addition to a museum’s permanent collection, most of the major state museums in Florence organize major temporary…
November 21, 2014
The Biennale Enogastronomica Fiorentina is certainly one of the more interesting events taking place this November in Florence, as wehad already written in this article about the main initiatives of the month but this weekend of the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of November seems to be particularly intriguing. Aromas and flavors are going to invade…
November 18, 2014
I love the Franciscan Basilica of Santa Croce, every time I go back I have a chance to remind myself of why this is so: from the wonderfully colorful frescoes in the Cappella Maggiore by Agnolo Gaddi to those in the Bardi and Peruzzi chapels by Giotto (which don’t seem to have been painted over…
October 20, 2014
One of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, Pablo Picasso, is the protagonist of an interesting exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. The exhibition, entitled “Picasso and Spanish Modernity”, offers the opportunity to see up close some significant works of Picasso and other Spanish contemporary artists associated with him, mostly from the famous Museo…
September 20, 2014
Yesterday afternoon a pretty freakish storm descended on Florence that made national news: heavy rain with hail about 2 cm wide carpeted most of Florence making it seem like snow had fallen. The hail cause quite a bit of damage while the wind and rain cause many trees to fall. At least no one was…
