

Palace Women: Oltrarno and Beyond
From September to December 2023 SEE FULL PROGRAMME CALENDAR Photo kindly provided by Villa La Petraia, Venere Fiorenza As Autumn...


Murders and marriages
Catherine de’ Medici goes ‘full circle’ By Linda Falcone From Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2023 Francesco...


All About Joan
Reflections on the Monet–Mitchell exhibition at Fondation Louis Vuitton by Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue...


From Courtesans to Conceptual Artists
Women in the frame at London’s re-vamped National Portrait Gallery By Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 3,...


Friends and Strangers
Portraits by Alice Neel and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye By Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine, Issue 3, Spring/Summer...


Before the Selfie
A few words on women’s self-portraits By Margie MacKinnon From Restoration Conversations Magazine, Issue 3, Spring/Summer 2023 Rolinda...


Artemisia in the Museum of Michelangelo
From September 2023 to January 2024, Casa Buonarroti in Florence is hosting a new exhibiton spotlighting Artemisia's tribute to...

‘More Bill’, many Kennedys
A spotlight on Elaine de Kooning from ‘Restoration Conversations’ with art collector Christian Levett Restoration Conversations:...


“A tender ardour”
Julia Margaret Cameron by Linda Falcone Calcutta-born British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was about my age when she...


THE SCIENCE OF ARTEMISIA Preparatory drawing emerges
Documentation and Research for Artemisia UpClose "Non-invasive, non-contact optical analyses were performed to study the materials...


The ‘archive angel’ and new music from the Renaissance
Musica Secreta’s Laurie Stras on women’s voices By Margie MacKinnon Musica Secreta, ph Kate Beaugié “I’ve made it my musicological life...


“I am becoming somebody”
Paula Modersohn-Becker at the Royal Academy of Art by Margie MacKinnon Paula Modersohn-Becker, Girl with Child, 1902, Kunstmuseum Den...


In-progress restoration of Artemisia’s painting in the home of Michelangelo
The painting has landed. We are delighted to announce an new exciting restoration adventure... Above: Artemisia Gentileschi’s Allegory of...

A Labour of Love
Iris Origo and the transformation of La Foce by Margaret MacKinnon It did not seem like a marriage made in heaven. The groom, Antonio...


'Exhibition Makers'. Interview with Emanuela Sesti on 'Fotografe!'
'Fotografe! Women photographers: Alinari Archives and Contemporary Perspectives' is on show at Villa Bardini and Forte Belvedere in...


Oltarno Gaze 2022 Programme: Today's talents take cues from historic women artists
Until June 16, the Oltrarno Gaze 2022 exhibition and events series is a dialogue through the centuries that forges a bridge between...


An introduction to three ‘New Women’ photographers
Andrea Nelson is curator of the exhibition 'The New Woman Behind the Camera', and associate curator in the Department of Photographs at...


'The Innocents of Florence'
An interview with David Battistella A 600-year-old painting leads two art conservators in Florence on a journey uncovering the city's...


A is for Florence's Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
Throughout its multi-century history, there have been a considerable number of women painters at the AADFI, the first of whom was...


Life among the ruins
Margie MacKinnon interviews Mary Cochrane on restoration and rebuilding in Beirut, following the blast that damaged the Sursock family...