
Women Trailblazers in Documentary Cinema – FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI / 2024 to 2026
From 2024 to 2026, Calliope Arts Foundation and the  Festival dei Popoli Institute are launching a collaborative project ‘Women...

Tribute to director Judit Elek at the 65th Festival dei Popoli
2 to 10 November 2024 A tribute dedicated to Hungarian director Judit Elek is a highlight of the 65th edition of the international...


Open Day: Where Potter meets painter / 25th and 26 July 2024
An age-old tradition continues On canvas or in clay?  How do women artists of the past inspire today’s creative personalities?  On...


London event: ‘Art, Tea and Talks’
'Women in art' talks From Florence’s Casa Buonarroti to London’s Burgh House The Burgh House in London, ph. Wikipedia Artemisia...


Album: At the exhibition 'Return Home. Lola Costa at Il Palmerino'
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...

The Curators' Quaderno - Issue 1
Return Home: Lola Costa at Il Palmerino  Our first edition of The Curators’ Quaderno  explores the evolution of Lola Costa’s art over...


Two exhibitions for "Louise Bourgeois in Florence"
June 22 to October 20, 2024 – Louise Bourgeois, MOTHER AND CHILD, 2007, Fabric and thread, 27.3 x 66 x 36.8 cm, Ph. Christopher Burke ©...


Eggs and shades of gold
Painter Christiana Herringham, in focus Co-curator and scholar Elizabeth Prettejohn recounts pre-Raphaelite painter Christiana...


PERSONAL REFLECTIONS… on Florence Nightingale
Writers and readers share connections by Carol Annett, Ottawa, Canada Restoration Conversations magazine SPRING / SUMMER 2024, Issue 5...


Album: Curator and conservator speak of 'stellar women'
Presenter Linda Falcone interviews National Central Library conservator Alessandro Sidoti and Natacha Fabbri, scientific curator from...


Breaking into the Boys’ Club
Angelica Kauffman at the Royal Academy by Margie MacKinnon Restoration Conversations magazine Issue 05 Spring/Summer 2024 ‘Angelica...


Course: Women artists, educators, collectors and scientists
A New Course starting 18 March 2024: A Century of Women in the Arts (1866-1966) It’s time to discover Florence like never before. Join us...


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


Video: Seven Canvases for Henrietta Leavitt’s Sky
Italian artist Ilaria Margutti uses embroidery to capture the brilliance of Henrietta Leavitt, who was hired by Harvard University as a...


'WOMEN OF THE SKY. From Muses to Scientists': Exhibition in the spotlight
National Central Library of Florence, Dante Hall Via Magliabechi 2, Florence 8 March – 8 June 2024 Curators: Natacha Fabbri, Caterina...


'WOMEN OF THE SKY. From Muses to Scientists': An interview with co-curator Natacha Fabbri
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale holds exhibition inspired by early women astronomers "Women of the Sky: From Muses to Scientists" is...


Video: Women of the Sky. From Muses to Scientists - Intro
National Central Library of Florence, Dante Hall March 8 – June 8, 2024 Video courtesy of @museogalileo This exhibition, the first of its...


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


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


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