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The Search for Violante "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 the burgeoning of the English Community in Florence – comprised of English speakers of all nationalities – and Violante achieved considerable acclaim in the

By MARGIE MACKINNON This article was first published in Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 7, Spring 2025   View of the exhibition,...

BY MARGIE MACKINNON This article was first published in Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 7, Spring 2025   Harriet Loffler,...

On 9 April 2025, as part of our 'garden project', nature lovers had the opportunity to stroll through the grounds of La Foce, thanks to a special tour with estate manager and co-owner Katia Lysy, whose new book, La Foce: Paradise in Tuscany , recounts the 'garden within a garden' that her grandparents Antonio and Iris Origo built, whilst working to reclaim large swathes of the Val d'Orcia, for agriculture. Iris Origo, well-known for books like Images and Shadows or War in Va

14 May 2025, 10am, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital Elizabeth Wicks and Marina Vincenti restoring Ferroni's artwork, ph. F. Cacchiani, 2020...

Here’s a glimpse of Il Palmerino, thanks to shared photos by Sara Papini. On a stormy day in mid-March, a brave group of ‘garden project’ aficionados enjoyed of visit of the home and garden of English author Vernon Lee and English painter and poet Lola Costa. These two women whose cultural contributions to early-twentieth-century Florence remain little known but hugely significant today. Il Palmerino, a cultural centre, family home and working farm is a garden oasis for moder

A 'living memory' event At 11am on April 9, author and La Foce manager Katia Lysy  will accompany our guests through the garden of her...

Thursday, March 13 at 4.30pm, Via Il Palmerino 6   Join us at Il Palmerino (Via Il Palmerino 6) on Thursday, March 13 at 4.30pm  for a...

Elizabeth Von Arnim, author of  The   Enchanted April pens a green space of her own. Join us on March 11, 2025 , for a lecture in Italian...

Art sleuth and artisan Poiret Masse searches for Violante Siries Cerroti’s ‘voice’ Interview by Linda Falcone Article Source: Restoration...

At 4pm Friday, January 24 as part of MK GALLERY’s Conference on Vanessa Bell Megan Hunter will read from her forthcoming,...

View a PDF of the full programme calendar, by clicking the icon below. Programme PDF available above On January 24, 2025, starting at...

Exhibition catalogue, Silvana Editoriale, 2024 This photographic journey is marked by events that placed the city of Trieste at the center of the international scene. The Wulz photographers captured the milestones of their city's economic, demographic, social and cultural development, through a privileged lens, while running their Trieste photography studio (1868-1981) for more than a century. This volume presents nearly three hundred images, including photographic prints, ne

The Innocenti Institute's Historical Archive, Ph. Marco Badiani, 2025 Little Meteors: The Girls Restoring Tokens at the Innocenti Institute   By Linda Falcone   This article was first published in Restoration Conversations Magazine Issue 7, Spring 2025   The Innocenti Hospital’s historical archive comprises more than 13,000 documents and objects from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, including ‘tokens’ that parents left with their foundling children, as proof of iden

Conservator recounts Violante Siriès’ restoration By Elizabeth Wicks This article was originally published in Restoration Conversations ...