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LA SPECOLA Museum of Natural History has reopened this week after 400 days of closure in a much awaited event to mark the 250th anniversary of the first opening of this science museum. This mu...

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The end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024 has seen enough important Florence Museum news to warrant a dedicated article. From the opening of the municipal collection’s deposits to an all-new...

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Continue reading The Architecture of Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library at ArtTrav.

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IN 2023, I TOOK A SABBATICAL. It wasn’t quite like a normal sabbatical, in that it didn’t take exactly one year, and I didn’t entirely stop working, nor did I study or write a book like ...

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NAPLES and I were not immediate friends. When I first visited 25 years ago in a study abroad class, we were so severely cautioned and tutored against the city’s supposed criminality that we ...

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Last year I abandoned Florence’s concrete suburbs and moved to the charming historical center of FIESOLE, THE ROMAN HILL TOWN THAT OVERLOOKS FIRENZE. Fiesole maintains a charming small-town ...

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Continue reading 4 day trips from Palermo up the Tyrrhenian coast at ArtTrav.

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Continue reading A Copenhagen itinerary: good design, art and architecture at ArtTrav.

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A while ago a cousin visited and I had an hour with her before we went to dinner. After that, she’d be on her own in Florence for a few days and, as a resident recovering art historian, I fe...

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Continue reading Florence Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide for Women at ArtTrav.

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Continue reading Fall in Florence 2022: revenge art? at ArtTrav.

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Continue reading The English Cemetery in Florence that welcomed everyone at ArtTrav.

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As a long-time blogger about living in Italy, I frequently receive emails and messages from people who want to MOVE TO ITALY. Maybe you are one of them! People ask me for advice about working ...

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PALAZZO STROZZI AND THE BARGELLO MUSEUMS PRESENT “DONATELLO, THE RENAISSANCE”, a historic international exhibition in Florence. The title is printed in non-serif all caps on posters around...

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If you live in Italy you probably already have your fornitore (supplier) of extra virgin olive oil who, around this time of year, takes orders for the new harvest’s “liquid gold”, or sim...

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Continue reading Why you should visit the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice at ArtTrav.

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Continue reading Jeff Koons “Shine” at Palazzo Strozzi at ArtTrav.

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Continue reading Michelangelo’s Pietà: Restoring his final masterpiece at ArtTrav.

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VENICE is a rare city that, despite being rather small and at the edge of a country, attracts international attention on a regular basis. Not only for its precarious ecological position and we...

https://www.arttrav.com/it/2021-venice-biennale-di-architettura/