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Women photographers: Alinari Archives to Contemporary Perspectives Video by Olga Makarova Villa Bardini, one of the exhibition’s venues – together with Forte di Belvedere – provided an evocative backdrop to the show which brought together female greats of the past and contemporary Italian women photographers. Curated by Emanuela Sesti and Walter Guadagnini, it ran from June 19 to October 2, 2022. Organised and promoted by the Alinari Foundation for Photography and the Fondazi

Florence-based conservators and restoration scientists spent one year studying and safeguarding Artemisia Gentileschi’s Allegory of Inclination at Casa Buonarroti. In this new 12-minute video by filmmaker Olga Makarova, the project’s restoration team shares process highlights, shedding light on the skill and the thrill of working with Artemisia UpClose. WATCH THE VIDEO The Artemisia UpClose project, organised and hosted by Casa Buonarroti Museum and Foundation, was sponsor

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

Women Filmmakers: Trailblazers A woman wanders the streets of Florence: she is an explorer from a faraway place, making her way to the 'Festival dei Popoli' cinema festival. Who is she and where does she come from? What message does she bring? She is the protagonist of the cover of The Curators' Quaderno Issue 3 and posterchild for the 65th edition of the oldest international documentary film festival in Europe. What is it like to be a French filmmaker documenting the return

Louise Bourgeois in Florence The late works of twentieth-century sculptor and painter Louise Bourgeois on the theme 'Maternity' at two Florentine museums. PRESS IMAGE TO FLIP THROUGH Second in a series that began with Lola Costa: An Artist at Il Palmerino , the September issue, Louise Bourgeois in Florence , invites readers to visit two of Florence’s most iconic museum spaces, Museo Novecento and Museo degli Innocenti to explore the French-born US artist’s ‘site-specific’ scu