Donatello: the Renaissance

Donatello, Feast of Herod, detail

temporary exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi On 19 March Palazzo Strozzi has inaugurated a temporary exhibition curated by Francesco Caglioti and fully dedicated to the figure of one of the greatest masters of the Florentine Renaissance, Donatello, or better Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi. A unique possibility for us to focus on the production of […]

Tomás Saraceno “Aria” in Palazzo Strozzi

Tomas Saraceno, Aerographies

exhibition review When I was a child I used to listen to the ants. In the kindergarten, when we were let outside, I would not play with the other kids, but rather lay on the ground listening to the fascinating and mysterious sounds coming from it. Still today, despite the fact that many people said […]

“Verrocchio, Master of Leonardo” at Palazzo Strozzi

Andrea del Verrocchio, Lady with Flowers

Exhibition review On 9 March Palazzo Strozzi inaugurated the exhibition Verrocchio , Master of Leonardo, the first retrospective ever dedicated to this Florentine master who shaped the artistic life of the city during the one of the most prosperous periods in its history. You can visit the show in Florence until 14 July. Then a […]

Textiles and wealth in fourteenth-century Florence at the Accademia Gallery

Florentine wool

exhibition review Florence is undoubtedly the city of fashion. It’s a hometown to Gucci and Salvatore Ferragamo and every year it hosts the famous fashion show “Pitti”. Many students from all over the world come to Florence to study fashion at one of the prestigious schools located in the city, such as the famous Polimoda. […]