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23 September 2026. A lecture by Festival dei Popoli Artistic Director Alessandro Stellino at the British Insitute of Florence Elaine May behind the camera At 6pm on September 23, join us on site or on line, for a ‘Wednesday Lecture’ at the British Institute of Florence, with Alessandro Stellino, the artistic director of Florence’s Festival dei Popoli – the world’s oldest documentary film festival. The lecture will highlight some of the leading women filmmakers featured in th

17 September 2026: Half-day seminar at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence Ph. Valeria Raniolo, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence From 3:30 to 6:30 pm, join us for a half-day seminar (in Italian) at Florence’s Accademia delle Arti del Disegno: ‘Marilena Mosco: Uno spirito libero nell’arte di Firenze’. Known for bringing overlooked treasures – like historic frames and art-jewels – into the limelight, Marilena Mosco was director of Pitti’s Silver Museum.

22 September 2026: A community art at MAD, Murate Art District, where local and international artists share their book art inspired by Elena Salvini Pierallini's body of work. Elena Salvini Pierallini's 'Black Bags' event at Capraia Island, 2007, ph. ESP One of artist Elena Salvini Pierallini’s (1934-2024) most successful artistic endeavours was to mobilise Florence’s local art scene by creating community events in which artists could produce and share works in conversation

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