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Independent curator and archivist Carla Danella speaks to author and art historian Vanessa Nicolson about her works and life. Tuesday, October 7, 2025, 6pm Il Palmerino Cultural Association, Via Il Palmerino 6 Reservations required: associazione@palmerino.it Vanessa Nicolson is an author and journalist, and a former art historian. Her most recent book, Angels of Mud , is a multi-generational novel set in London’s Italian/Irish neighbourhood of Clerkenwell in the aftermath of

A fresh look at portraits from the Gilded Age By Margie MacKinnon Originally published in RESTORATION CONVERSATIONS magazine...

Artist and Curator in conversation By Linda Falcone Originally published in Restoration Conversations magazine Issue 7, Spring-Summer...

The Search for Violante Conservators in Florence on a quest to confirm the attribution of three paintings to eighteenth-century artist Violante Siries PRESS IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH "Violante didn’t work under the auspices of a Grand Duchess, like Giovanna Fratellini before her. Yet, the lower echelons of Florentine nobility threw parties, hosted salons, organised art exhibitions and held festivals – all potential occasions in which to garner commissions. This period also saw th

The Wulz Studio: 8,000 Negatives The rediscovery and reorganisation of the archives of Italian photographers Wanda and Marion Wulz, who carry on the family tradition, starting from the 1920s PRESS THE IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH The Curators’ Quaderno  is a collection of notebook-style publications, conceived by Calliope Arts, in collaboration with The Florentine Press, to raise awareness of women’s contributions to the fields of art, science and culture. Issue 4 focuses on the new

Two women artists from the eighteenth century are restored and recognised thanks to the AWA Legacy Fund. The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, in via Orsanmichele 4, in Florence, will open its doors to scholars and the art-loving public, on June 3, for a half-day seminar where conservators, art historians and museum officials will reveal their original findings and share new insight into three newly restored works attributed to Violante Siriès at the Certosa di Firenze monast