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Museo Sant’Orsola, the Calliope Arts Foundation and the Levett Collection / FAMM are promoting two artist residencies and production grants at the Florence Museum. The grants aim is to spotlight and support women’s contributions to contemporary artistic practices. This residency is conceived as a period devoted to research and artistic experimentation, offering the selected artists the opportunity to develop a specific project that could then be produced and presented to the

La Pietra and La Quiete host dance performance exploring women’s history through movement on 29 June and 2 July 2026 Alli Horti 2026, Performance at Villa La Quiete, ph. Marco Berni The Garden Project’s 2026 summer programme includes a student performance grant, aimed at the creation and execution of site-specific dance performances in two Florence’s most evocative monumental gardens, at Villa La Quiete and Villa La Pietra. The project and its dancers are inspired by archiva

From 15 September to 15 November 2026, the Estorick Collection in London is hosting a major exhibition exploring the pioneering work Wanda and Marion Wulz. Wanda Wulz, I + Cat, 1932, gelatin silver print (reprint 1982), Florence, Archivi Alinari-Collezione Zannier This much-awaited exhibition features works by sisters Wanda Wulz (1903–1984) and Marion Wulz (1905–1993), key figures in the development of avant-garde photography in 20th-century Italy. Organised in collaboration

Book Art and Other Gardens: A Tribute to Elena Salvini Pierallini Italian book artist and photographer Elena Salvini Pierallini captures glimpses of human nature and the natural world. PRESS ON THE IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH “Elena Salvini Pierallini began with embroidery, plunging her needle into organza like a sword in stone – a delicate, transparent stone, cloaked in the aura of the Middle Ages, as studied in books, or seen in frescoes, Romanesque capitals, and Books of Hours,

Book art and nature photography by Florentine artist ‘ESP’ at Il Palmerino from 12 June to 21 September 2026 In the 1980s, Florentine photographer and book artist Elena Salvini Pierallini (1934–2024) began creating her Libri in Piedi (books on their feet) series, but her art experience started much earlier, at the age of 17, when she was tasked with crafting designs for her mother’s embroidery business. In the years that followed, ESP became a master of her own needlework –

American director Barbara Kopple will be a special guest at the 67th Festival dei Popoli. Fifty years since her 1976 Oscar-winning film Harlan County, U.S.A., the filmmaker will be in Florence to present her landmark debut film on 3 November. On this occasion, she will be presented with the “Women Trailblazers in Documentary Cinema” award, in collaboration with Calliope Arts Foundation. The tribute will take place during the international documentary film festival, from 31 Oc