The Uffizi Galleries and Napoleon's 250th Birthday
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The Uffizi Galleries and Napoleon's 250th Birthday

Two events to remember the important and controversial leader
12/08/2019
"The Flower Vase" by Jan van Huysum has returned to Pitti Palace!
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"The Flower Vase" by Jan van Huysum has returned to Pitti Palace!

The painting stolen by a German soldier during the Second World War has finally been recovered and returned to Italy on 19 July 2019
19/07/2019
Director Eike Schmidt invites rockers at the Uffizi!
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Director Eike Schmidt invites rockers at the Uffizi!

#UffiziRocks: video-message of the Uffizi Galleries' Director on social media to invite Tool, Ed Sheeran, Eddie Vedder, The Cure and all their fans...
10/06/2019
New Rooms for the 16th-century painting at the Uffizi
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New Rooms for the 16th-century painting at the Uffizi

14 new rooms for Venetian and Florentine masters, 105 paintings offering over 1,100 square metre of pure art
30/05/2019
Factories of Stories
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Factories of Stories

Multicultural story telling at the Uffizi
10/05/2019
The diagnostic campaign of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure on the first landscape by Leonardo
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The diagnostic campaign of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure on the first landscape by Leonardo

The most important news from the latest diagnostic surveys: the evidence of the painter's ambidexterity and the discovery of a second landscape on ...
08/04/2019
12 free admission days as an opportunity to reflect on cultural heritage
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12 free admission days as an opportunity to reflect on cultural heritage

In 2019 important novelties concerning free admission days to enhance the cultural heritage and traditions of Florence
05/03/2019
The project for the rearrangement of the Vasari Corridor is ready!
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The project for the rearrangement of the Vasari Corridor is ready!

Presentation to the press on February 18th of the operational planning involving one-and-a-half year works and amounting to 10 million euros.
18/02/2019
Germany return the painting stolen by the Nazis to Florence
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Germany return the painting stolen by the Nazis to Florence

Director Eike Schmidt's plea. The "Flower Vase" by Jan van Huysum was stolen by Nazi soldiers during WWII but it belongs to Pitti Palace
01/01/2019
"Today a Saviour has been born to you"
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"Today a Saviour has been born to you"

The HyperVision dedicated to the Nativity and Epiphany
20/12/2018
Figures and symbols in the art of Tesfaye Urgessa on show at the Andito degli Angiolini in Pitti Palace
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Figures and symbols in the art of Tesfaye Urgessa on show at the Andito degli Angiolini in Pitti Palace

The rooms of the Andito degli Angiolini in Pitti Palace confirm their vocation as a space for contemporary works at the Uffizi Galleries by hosting...
13/12/2018
“Flora Commedia”: the solo exhibition of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi
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“Flora Commedia”: the solo exhibition of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi

The Uffizi Galleries open to contemporary art in a more and more steadfast and innovative way with “Flora Commedia”, the solo exhibition of Chinese...
09/11/2018
A new painting by Giuseppe Bezzuoli has entered the Uffizi Galleries' collection
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A new painting by Giuseppe Bezzuoli has entered the Uffizi Galleries' collection

"Eve tempted by the snake" enriches the 19th-century collection of the Gallery of Modern Art at Pitti Palace.
11/10/2018
The upcoming restoration of the Room of Bona's wall paintings
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The upcoming restoration of the Room of Bona's wall paintings

The extraordinary largess of an American donor and the know-how of the “Opificio delle Pietre Dure” will make Bernardino Poccetti’s painting shine ...
05/10/2018
Apoxyomenos (Athlete with a Scraper), Roman Art
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Apoxyomenos (Athlete with a Scraper), Roman Art

07/08/2018, Vincenzo Saladino
Christ Blessing by Spinello Aretino
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Christ Blessing by Spinello Aretino

07/08/2018, Daniela Parenti
When Art Takes Centre Stage
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When Art Takes Centre Stage

Uffizi Live and live performance arts as a means to capitalise on museum resources
07/08/2018, Simone Rovida
Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple by Niccolò di Buonaccorso
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Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple by Niccolò di Buonaccorso

07/08/2018, Elvira Altiero
Maestra Elisabetta Sirani “Virtuosa del Pennello”
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Maestra Elisabetta Sirani “Virtuosa del Pennello”

Baroque painter and printmaker Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) was one of Bologna's most innovative and influential artists, especially on the wome...
07/08/2018, Adelina Modesti - La Trobe University
Traces of the “Museo Firenze com’era" in the Uffizi: the archive of Piero Aranguren (Prato 1911- Florence 1988), donated to the Library
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Traces of the “Museo Firenze com’era" in the Uffizi: the archive of Piero Aranguren (Prato 1911- Florence 1988), donated to the Library

Piero Aranguren (Prato 1911-Florence 1988) was the architect who brought back the “Museo Firenze com’era (Museum of Florence as it was)”, after a l...
07/08/2018, Carla Basagni e Pablo López Marcos
Crucifixion by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
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Crucifixion by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini

07/08/2018, Daniela Parenti
Sleeping Ariadne, Roman Art
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Sleeping Ariadne, Roman Art

07/08/2018, Fabrizio Paolucci
An online database for the conservation and study of the Uffizi ancient sculptures
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An online database for the conservation and study of the Uffizi ancient sculptures

The idea of digitising the restoration documents for the ancient sculptures in the Uffizi, using SICaR goes back to 2014. SICaR is an open-source s...
02/08/2018, Elvira Altiero, Federica Cappelli, Lucia Lo Stimolo, Gianluca Matarrelli
The forgotten Grand Duke. The series of Medici-Lorraine busts and their commendation in the so-called Antiricetto of the Gallery of Statues and Paintings
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The forgotten Grand Duke. The series of Medici-Lorraine busts and their commendation in the so-called Antiricetto of the Gallery of Statues and Paintings

The article reconstructs the significance and structure of the theory behind the Medici-Lorraine busts which have been on display in the antiricett...
31/07/2018, Alessandro Muscillo
Imagines è pubblicata a Firenze dalle Gallerie degli Uffizi. Direttore responsabile: Eike D. Schmidt. Redazione: Dipartimento di Comunicazione Digitale. ISSN 2533-2015