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In this episode of Restoration Conversations , explore the Innocenti Museum and Institute and its historical archive, which document and celebrate 600 years of history, as one of the world’s earliest foundling hospitals. Presenter and project coordinator Linda Falcone and museum director Arabella Natalini discuss the project ‘Girls in the Innocenti Archive: 1900-1921’, and the conservation, digitalisation and exhibition of 120 identity tokens tucked in the swaddling clothes o

On 9 April 2025, as part of our 'garden project', nature lovers had the opportunity to stroll through the grounds of La Foce, thanks to a...

Here’s a glimpse of Il Palmerino, thanks to shared photos by Sara Papini. On a stormy day in mid-March, a brave group of ‘garden project’...

From removing old varnish and reweaving tears, to using techniques that minimise canvas distortion… Watch the multi-faceted structural...

A (moving) picture is worth a thousand words. Thanks to the video below, join us for a 'tour' through the exhibition Fotografia Wulz:...

For restoration photographers the process is all about the skillful use of 'light and lens'. 'Accademia Women: Violante' continues with...

AWA Legacy Fund, SUF and AADFI document new restoration with 'Part 1' of video clip series What does it take to restore a painting from...

Festival de' Popoli and the 'Women Trailblazers in Documentary Cinema Project' The 65th edition of the 'Festival dei Popoli Cinema...

140 works at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes make up the venue’s newest exhibition: ‘Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour’, which...

Are you curious to see five samples representative of the wonderful outcomes of our project ’5,000 Negatives’? The project, designed to...

International Artists Portray Il Palmerino Fifty international artists from all over the world portray the garden of Il Palmerino, now a...

June 26, 2024 saw the opening of the exhibition ‘Return Home: Lola Costa at Il Palmerino’. “Lola Costa’s art does not protest the status...

Presenter Linda Falcone interviews National Central Library conservator Alessandro Sidoti and Natacha Fabbri, scientific curator from...

Safeguarding the Wulz sisters’ legacy at FAF at Art Defender Autumn 2023 marked the start of a new collaborative project called ‘5,000...

Italian artist Ilaria Margutti uses embroidery to capture the brilliance of Henrietta Leavitt, who was hired by Harvard University as a...

National Central Library of Florence, Dante Hall March 8 – June 8, 2024 Video courtesy of @museogalileo This exhibition, the first of its...

Florence-based conservators and restoration scientists spent one year studying and safeguarding Artemisia Gentileschi’s Allegory of...

If you are wondering about ‘The Big Reveal’, watch the virtual reconstruction of Artemisia Gentileschi’s censored nude figure in Allegory...

Florence-based Russian filmmaker Olga Makarova visits the ateliers of ‘Palace Women’ artisans in the Oltrarno and beyond, in this short...

On October 30, 2023, organisers Il Palmerino Cultural Association, the British Institute of Florence and Calliope Arts inaugurated the...