"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
Christ Blessing by Spinello Aretino
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Christ Blessing by Spinello Aretino

07/08/2018, Daniela Parenti
Apoxyomenos (Athlete with a Scraper), Roman Art
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Apoxyomenos (Athlete with a Scraper), Roman Art

07/08/2018, Vincenzo Saladino
Sleeping Ariadne, Roman Art
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Sleeping Ariadne, Roman Art

07/08/2018, Fabrizio Paolucci
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
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
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
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
School/Work programmes at the Uffizi Galleries. Diary of an experience in progress
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School/Work programmes at the Uffizi Galleries. Diary of an experience in progress

“Art Ambassadors” is the group name for the School/Work programmes proposed by the Uffizi Galleries and which, after two years of growth and experi...
31/07/2018, Silvia Mascalchi
A 16th-century masterpiece enters the Uffizi's collection: "Elijah in the desert"
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A 16th-century masterpiece enters the Uffizi's collection: "Elijah in the desert"

The Uffizi Galleries have purchased a rare painting by Daniele da Volterra, collaborator and friend of Michelangelo
18/07/2018
The new room of Leonardo da Vinci
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The new room of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raffaello in the new arrangement on the second floor of the Uffizi
09/07/2018
Riding through the time. Man and Horse, a Pas de Deux
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Riding through the time. Man and Horse, a Pas de Deux

25/06/2018, a cura di Eike Schmidt
Fritz Koenig in Florence
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Fritz Koenig in Florence

21/06/2018
Florence and the Middle East. A Cultural Arabesque
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Florence and the Middle East. A Cultural Arabesque

What is widely known in the Western world as Arabesque refers of an artistic representation of the interminable order and unison of nature that lea...
19/06/2018, by Natalia Martinez Alcalde and Accessibility and Inclusion Department
A new digital season
Glaux. Notes from the Director

A new digital season

The new website opens a brand new season for the Uffizi Galleries: a new stage in which the public can finally enter into direct contact with the i...
27/09/2017, by Eike Schmidt
Branding for the Uffizi Galleries
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Branding for the Uffizi Galleries

A white sheet of paper. It always begins this way, by asking yourself how and when, but there’s a question that’s more important, more pressing, mo...
26/09/2017, by Elio Carmi and Alessandro Ubertis
The Uffizi Galleries: a new, user-friendly website
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The Uffizi Galleries: a new, user-friendly website

By placing humans at the center, mirroring the founding principle of historic humanism, the development and design of the website focused on the us...
25/09/2017, by Matteo Papadopoulos / Cantiere Creativo
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