Art News
"Shine": the Jeff Koons exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy).
Nov 16, 2021
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Jeff Koons is the protagonist of the exhibition Shine, a "blockbuster" event conceived to bring together the masterpieces of the American artist, which will be open until the end of January 2022, at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (Italy). The exhibition, born from the collaboration of the Florentine institution with the American artist, revolves around the concept of brightness, or "shine", which characterizes most of the works on display...
Art News
Ex-school principal fired for showing Michelangelo's 'David' travels to Florence
May 3, 2023
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2 minutes read
Hope Carrasquilla, a Florida administrator who was fired for showing students Michelangelo's naked David sculpture, was flown to Florence.
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The director of the Galleria dell'Accademia compares the city of Florence to a prostitute
Jan 31, 2024
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Cecilie Hollberg, the director of Florence's Galleria dell’Accademia, sparked controversy by comparing the city to a prostitute due to overwhelming tourism. Her remarks led to backlash from Italian officials and an ensuing apology, amidst political tensions over her German nationality in Italy's current administration.
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Vandalism in Florence's Iconic Vasari Corridor
Aug 25, 2023
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3 minutes read
Vasari Corridor, a historic Italian treasure, suffers graffiti vandalism prompting Uffizi Gallery's director to demand strict legal consequences. Urgent call highlights need for preserving cultural heritage amidst rising acts of defacement across Italy.
Art News
Climate Activists Target Botticelli's 'Venus' in Protest
Feb 15, 2024
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2 minutes read
Climate protesters covered Botticelli's 'The Birth of Venus' in Florence with images of flood-ravaged Campi Bisenzio to highlight climate change impacts. The demonstration by Last Generation aimed to urge government action on climate disasters.
Art History
Sandro Botticelli
Mar 15, 2023
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16 minutes read
Alessandro Botticelli, also known as Sandro Botticelli, was an Italian painter who lived during the Renaissance period. He was born in Florence in 1445 and died in 1510...
Artist Portraits
Maria Susarenko, works that take you on a journey
Nov 10, 2021
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Maria Susarenko, with her infinite number of meticulous lines in black ink, gives the impression of traveling through the work. When it cannot be satisfied with a contour line, it fills, enriches, precise, in a technical and meticulous work of goldsmith.
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Large-scale leadership restructuring in Italian museums, with Eike Schmidt stepping down from the Uffizi
Dec 20, 2023
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2 minutes read
The director of the Florence museum has been appointed as the head of Naples's Capodimonte, and new leaders have also been selected in Milan and Rome, as part of a strategy by the right-wing government...
Art News
Fear of offending Emiratis, private parts of Michelangelo's David statue censored at Dubai Expo
Oct 4, 2021
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4 minutes read
The Italian pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will feature a 17-foot-tall 3D-printed replica of the David statue. After being postponed last year due to the pandemic, the expo this year features examples of innovation and culture from all over the world. According to reports, David's private parts were concealed to protect the modesty of conservative Emiratis and VIPs. The decision, however, has been roundly criticized by artists and art critics.
Art History
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Jun 9, 2023
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26 minutes read
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, born on 6th March 1475 and passing away on 18th February 1564, was an Italian artist renowned as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet during the High Renaissance period...
Art History
Tuscan artists: from Andrea del Sarto to the contemporary.
Nov 30, 2022
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10 minutes read
Imagine that you are walking in the Florence (Tuscany) of the 1500s, having the opportunity to look closely at the recent and laborious building of the Duomo, the adjacent and older baptistery, as well as the other iconic buildings, also located in the present historic center. Now that you are in the cradle of the Renaissance you can think, that, in the aforementioned places, almost unchanged in the modern age, the greatest artists in the history of art lived and worked...
Art History
Leonardo da Vinci
May 30, 2023
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24 minutes read
Leonardo da Vinci, born on April 15, 1452, and passing away on May 2, 1519, was an extraordinary Italian polymath of the High Renaissance...
Art History
Masterpieces explained: Caravaggio's Bacchus
Sep 29, 2021
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6 minutes read
Painted by one of the greatest bad boys in the history of Art, exhibited in the prestigious Medici Collection for several decades, then lost and found in a dilapidated state among the reserves of a Florentine Museum. Today, we focus on the enigmatic painting by Caravaggio: The Bacchus.
Art History
Top 10: Paintings of the Italian Renaissance
Dec 2, 2023
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13 minutes read
Can we talk about the Renaissance? The subject matter overwhelms me, the grandeur of the Renaissance painters terrifies me to the point of feeling overwhelmed...
Art History
Allegory of Spring (Primavera)
Mar 16, 2023
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11 minutes read
"Primavera" (Allegory of Spring) is a famous painting by Sandro Botticelli, created around 1482. The painting depicts a group of mythological figures in a springtime garden.
Art History
Some elements of Greek architecture in the masterpieces of art
Feb 19, 2023
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Evidence of the revival of the Corinthian capital, for mere decorative use, is given to us by the faux-architecture, as pictorial, realized in the loggia of Beato Angelico's Annunciation, a fresco of about 1425 located at the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy.
Art History
The Crucifixion of Christ: a figurative tradition in continuous evolution
Apr 17, 2022
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From the seventeenth century onwards, the representations of Christ on the cross have largely diversified among themselves, interpreting techniques, stylistic innovations and expressions of personal and territorial devotion...
Art History
A popular pictorial format of the Renaissance
Apr 5, 2023
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9 minutes read
Certainly, within the immense breadth of the narrative of art history, works of rectangular or square format stand out in popularity and recurrence, which have often overshadowed the less common round or, even other shaped media.
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New artists to discover and follow - March 2020
Mar 24, 2020
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NEW ARTISTS TO DISCOVER AND FOLLOW, Week of March 9 to 20, 2020
Art News
The Uffizi Gallery earns only €70,000 from a Michelangelo NFT that sold for €240,000
Jun 21, 2022
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The Uffizi Gallery earns only €70,000 from a Michelangelo NFT that sold for €240,000 in a deal with the Cinello company, which fuels the debate over ownership of Old Master masterpieces in the metaverse age.
Art History
Revealing Epiphany: Exploring the Artistic Tapestry of Divine Manifestation
Feb 29, 2024
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14 minutes read
Epiphany is a significant religious celebration in Christianity, marking the revelation of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles through the visit of the Magi and his baptism by John the Baptist...
Art History
Bacchus by Caravaggio
Apr 12, 2023
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8 minutes read
Caravaggio's Bacchus is a masterpiece of Baroque painting, depicting the Roman god of wine and fertility reclining on a bed of grapes and holding a goblet of wine in his left hand. The painting is notable for its striking use of light and shadow, and its intense emotional impact.
Art History
Shopping depicted in art
Nov 23, 2021
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Christmas is just around the corner, and with it, the shopping spree! But what relationship does art have with commerce? Some works of art have certainly represented a precious testimony of the evolution, occurred during the centuries, of the modalities of sale and of advertisement of consumer goods...
Art History
The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
May 30, 2023
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21 minutes read
The Mona Lisa strikingly resembles Renaissance representations of the Virgin Mary, which was considered an ideal of femininity at the time. The woman in the painting is seated upright in a "pozzetto" armchair with her arms folded, indicating a reserved posture.
Lifestyle
Dior's Parisian Runway Shines with Isabella Ducrot's Textile Artistry
Jan 26, 2024
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Isabella Ducrot, a renowned textile artist, brought her unique fabric art to Dior's latest Paris fashion show. Her collaboration with Dior's creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri added a touch of historical textile elegance to the contemporary runway.
Art History
Why does the Annunciation continue to inspire artists who go so far as to desecrate it?
Nov 9, 2021
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The Annunciation of the Virgin, Christmas theme par excellence, is explored through the comparison of two great Annunciations in the Italian tradition: that of Simone Martini and that of Giorgio de Chirico's brother, Alberto Savinio.
Art History
Amedeo Modigliani
Mar 10, 2023
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18 minutes read
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor who lived and worked from 1884 to 1920. He did most of his work in France. He is known for portraits and naked people in a modern style with faces, necks, and bodies that are stretched out...
Art News
In a Paris auction, a rare Michelangelo drawing might reach $33 million
Apr 7, 2022
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A drawing by Michelangelo unearthed in 2019 will be auctioned next month. Christie's estimates it could fetch up to 30 million euros ($33 million). The drawing is estimated to date around the 15th century. It is one of the rare works by the Italian artist in private hands.
Art News
The Italian government has put a halt to the sale of NFTs based on masterpieces from the country's museums
Jul 11, 2022
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The Italian government has halted the sale of NFTs based on classic Italian Renaissance paintings.
Art News
A popular TikTok joke about the theft of the Mona Lisa has confused many people
Jan 13, 2023
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A joke TikTok about the Mona Lisa being stolen has gone viral, making many people confused because they thought it was real.
Art News
Italy Imposes Loan Embargo on Minneapolis Institute of Art Amid Art Repatriation Dispute
Apr 23, 2024
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The Minneapolis Institute of Art has been barred from borrowing artifacts from Italian state museums due to a dispute over a marble sculpture, Doryphoros, which Italy claims was looted in the 1970s. In response, Italy has halted collaboration but has made efforts to reconcile by lending other significant artworks to the MIA.
Art News
The Controversial Secrets Behind Artemisia Gentileschi's Banned Masterpiece!
Oct 24, 2023
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2 minutes read
Hidden for centuries, Artemisia Gentileschi's original masterpiece, 'Allegory of Inclination,' is now revealed through groundbreaking restoration techniques, including a virtual unveiling of the artwork. The restored masterpiece takes center stage in the 'Artemisia in the Museum of Michelangelo' exhibition, aiming to shed light on Artemisia's extraordinary talent and contributions to the art world.
Art News
Florida Department of Education Says Michelangelo's David Has 'Artistic Value'
Apr 7, 2023
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The marble statue of David by Michelangelo is back in the news because the Florida Department of Education says it has "artistic" and "historical" value.
Art News
It's Not Just Florida: Michelangelo's David Censored in Scotland
May 19, 2023
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Glasgow's Barolo restaurant will install ads showing the sculpture only from the waist down, after an ad showing the artwork in its entirety was turned down.
Art News
NFT versions of works by Leonardo, Caravaggio and Modigliani to be sold by Italian museums
Feb 17, 2022
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Unit London gallery will sell replicas of masterpieces from four institutions, including the Uffizi, as NFTs.
Art News
Leonardo da Vinci: unveiled portrait of Federico da Montefeltro
May 30, 2023
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2 minutes read
During the International Conference "Leonardo The Immortal Light" in Ancona, it was revealed that Leonardo da Vinci had encountered Federico da Montefeltro and created a sanguine sketch of him in profile...