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Artist Francesca Alexander and her parents moved from Boston to Florence in 1853 and became part of the city's thriving international community. At 5.30 pm on November 26, 2025, join us at Il Palmerino Cultural Association, in the Colonica di Villa Il Palmerino, for a lecture by US writer and professor Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, entitled: The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander (1837 - 1917) , after her recently published book by the same name. She was a largely self-taught

A tribute to pan-African documentary filmmaker Sarah Maldoror for portrayal of women and revolution. PRESS THE IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH Enjoy the seventh issue of The Curators’ Quaderno , ‘Revolution on Film’, created in conjunction with the 66 th  edition of Europe’s earliest documentary film festival, Festival dei Popoli (November 1 to 9 2025), whose diamond-point event is a multi-screening tribute to filmmaker Sarah Maldoror. According to tribute curator Ludovica Fales, “This

The Curators' Quaderno - Issue 6, ph. Claudio Ripalti Thirteen contemporary artist band together to reconstruct the history of an ancient convent in the center of future, soon to be a new museum. PRESS IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH Museo Sant’Orsola is celebrating its final show prior to the complex’s restructuring and renovation: ‘The Rose that Grew from Concrete’, curated by Morgane Lucquet Laforgue. The exhibition showcases site-specific works by 13 international contemporary arti

An interview by Linda Falcone Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine Spring/Summer 2025 - Issue 7 Come autumn 2025,...

Contemporary art for a former convent turned Future Museum in Florence The exhibition The Rose that Grew from Concrete, curated by Morgane Lucquet Laforgue, r uns from 5 September 2025 to 4 January 2026. It represents the latest stage in Museo Sant'Orsola's cultural reactivation, and it stands as an ideal bridge between the former convent’s past and its future vocation as a museum and contemporary art centre. The future museum will officially open its doors in 2026, followin

La Rocca’s work has left a lasting impact, and this landmark exhibition brings her bold, witty and thought-provoking vision to a wider audience, though her career was cut short by her untimely death at the age of 38, From September 10 to December 21, 2025, the Estorick Collection in London will present the first UK museum exhibition dedicated to Ketty La Rocca (1938–1976), a trailblazing figure in Italian conceptual and feminist art. Ketty La Rocca My Words and You-2, 1971, p