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

If summer took you away from downtown Florence and you are back, don’t forget that ‘Louise Bourgeois in Florence’ is approaching its...

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

A new restoration at Europe’s earliest foundling hospital By Linda Falcone Autumn/Winter 2024-25, Issue 06 Restoration Conversations magazine A token left with one of the children, Ph. Marco Lanza, Courtesy of the Istituto degli Innocenti The cobalt blue and white roundels by Andrea della Robbia, which feature on the loggia of Brunelleschi’s Ospedale degli Innocenti – now home to the Innocenti Museum and Institute – depict babies who remain ‘forever young’, thanks to the gla

An age-old tradition continues On canvas or in clay?  How do women artists of the past inspire today’s creative personalities?  On...

From 2024 to 2026,  Calliope Arts Foundation  and the   Festival dei Popoli  Institute are launching a collaborative project ‘ Women...

'Women in art' talks From Florence’s Casa Buonarroti to London’s Burgh House The Burgh House in London, ph. Wikipedia Artemisia...

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...

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 ©...

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

Writers and readers share connections by Carol Annett, Ottawa, Canada Restoration Conversations magazine SPRING / SUMMER 2024, Issue 5...

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

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

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...

Safeguarding the Wulz sisters’ legacy at FAF at Art Defender Autumn 2023 marked the start of a new collaborative project called ‘ 5,000 Negatives’ , aimed at safeguarding the sisters legacy, through inventorying, restoration, digitalisation and archive accessibility of the Wulz Photographic Studio Archive of Trieste, a treasure trove of negatives, prints and archival documentation acquired by Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia (FAF) in 1986. This project, developed by FAF,

Italian artist Ilaria Margutti uses embroidery to capture the brilliance of Henrietta Leavitt, who was hired by Harvard University as a 'human computer' in the early twentieth century. She made ground-breaking discoveries as part of Edward Charles Pickering's all-women team employed to classify the stars. In short, Leavitt's research made it possible to calculate a star's distance from the Earth. Using an age-old technique Margutti creates 'Seven Canvases for Henrietta Leavit

National Central Library of Florence, Dante Hall Via Magliabechi 2, Florence 8 March – 8 June 2024 Curators: Natacha Fabbri, Caterina...

Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale holds exhibition inspired by early women astronomers "Women of the Sky: From Muses to Scientists" is...

National Central Library of Florence, Dante Hall March 8 – June 8, 2024 Video courtesy of @museogalileo This exhibition, the first of its kind in Italy, focuses on the role of women in astronomical research and on exploring the female images that most frequently feature in representations of the cosmos from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century. Drawing on the rich holdings of the Central National Library of Florence, this exhibition presents scientific, literary and

Florence-based Russian filmmaker Olga Makarova visits the ateliers of ‘Palace Women’ artisans in the Oltrarno and beyond, in this short video spotlighting the creative process of crafters Ilaria Ceccarelli and Ayako Nakamori (fabrics and natural cord), Kristie Mathieson (grès) Jane Harman (wood), Andrew Stone (watercolor woodblock prints), Negar Azhar Azari and Brenda Luize Roepke (jewelry). From September to December 2023, lectures, tours, original artisanship, music, an exh