Short notice, but you may be pleased to know that pretty much all Florence galleries and museums will be open for Pasquetta – Easter Monday: Uffizi Gallery 8.15 – 18.50 Accademia Gallery (David) 8.15 – 18.50 Boboli Gardens (with the Silver Museum, Costume Gallery, Porcelain Museum and the Bardini Gardens) 8.15 – 18.30 Medici Chapels [...]
Florence, Accademia Gallery exhibition 2012
February 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
‘Arte torna arte’ Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence 8th May – 4th November 2012 The title of this exhibition is a tricky one to translate … ‘Art becomes/returns to/back to art’ but the concept is pretty much that of a cycle, a common root system, a constant flux of creation across all parts of a culture. This [...]
Florence, Boxing Day (December 26th) special openings
December 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Some extra special openings in Florence on the 26th of December 2011; the 26th is a Monday and ordinarily the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery (home to David) would be closed. Not so this year, although they will be closing an hour or so earlier. Uffizi booking Accademia and David booking Recommend on Facebook [...]
Florence, possible closures 31st August 2011
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
As ever, apologies for the lateness of this announcement – this blog post is in response to a confirmation received little more than an hour ago from the Florence authorities. Due to staff meetings, it is possible that there will be some temporary closures at both the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery tomorrow, the [...]
Lorenzo Lotto at Venice Academy
August 10, 2011 By 2 Comments
**** Update: this exhibition will now run until the 25th of March 2012. Lorenzo Lotto Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, August 29th – October 30th 2011 *** This exhibition has been delayed – see the comment from the organisers below *** The result of an exchange with the Hermitage in St Petersburg (they get the Tempesta di [...]
Florence, Ferragosto 2011, Uffizi and Accademia open
August 4, 2011 By 1 Comment
Florence, 15th August 2011 Both the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia are ordinarily closed on Mondays but we have today been informed that both venues will be open on Monday the 15th of August 2011, the day of the national Ferragosto holiday. The hours are as follows: Galleria della Accademia – 08.15 – 13.50 Uffizi [...]
Florence, special museum openings Easter 2011
April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Some extra special openings in Florence over the next couple of weeks, where pretty much everything is ordinarily shut on Mondays. Monday 25th April – the Uffizi, Accademia, Boboli Gardens and the Pitti Palace galleries (Palatine and Modern) will all be open. Saturday 30th April – the Uffizi will be open (with free entry, no [...]
Italy reunification celebrations, 16th-17th March
March 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Notte tricolore, 16th – 17th March 2011 This event, one of thousands across the country, will see late night free opening of various national museums and galleries on the night of 16th March, most staying open until at least 1 AM on the 17th of March. From the official announcement on the MIBAC (Culture Ministry) [...]
Florence, Academy Gallery, Bartolini exhibition
December 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia, ‘Lorenzo Bartolini, Scultore del Bello Naturale’ 31st May to 6th November 2011 – now extended until January 8th 2012. Lorenzo Bartolini (1777 – 1850) was born near Prato in Tuscany and was a neoclassicist sculptor – the title of this exhibition casts his works as pieces capturing ‘natural beauty’. The exhibition, the [...]
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