Exhibitions and events at Firenze

Palazzo Strozzi: Two Major Exhibitions in 2027 Dedicated to the California Imaginary and Jean-Michel Basquiat

The Palazzo Strozzi Foundation announces the 2027 exhibition program for the Piano Nobile, featuring two major exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art: in the spring, *California Dreaming* will explore the myth and contradictions of California, whi...
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An exhibition in Florence on Artemisia Gentileschi and her time in Florence

From October 21, 2026, through April 4, 2027, the Museo degli Innocenti in Florence will host a monographic exhibition entirely focused on the Florentine period of Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome, 1593 – Naples, after 1564). The exhibition aims to...
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Florence, Marino Marini at Forte Belvedere: Five Sculptures in Dialogue with Paolo Canevari

From July 16 to October 16, the Forte Belvedere in Florence will host “No Heroes,” an exhibition dedicated to Marino Marini that constitutes the second chapter of “Drama: Four Acts,” an exhibition project conceived and curated by Sergio Risaliti. Spo...
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Lamberto Pignotti: An Exhibition in Florence to Mark His 100th Birthday

Florence is celebrating the 100th birthday of Lamberto Pignotti (Florence, 1926) with a major exhibition that traces over sixty years of artistic and theoretical work by one of the most innovative figures of the Italian Neo-Avant-Garde. From June 29 ...
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Jean-Marie Appriou’s Roses at the Bardini Garden: a sculpture inspired by a fairy tale that invites reflection

From July 4 to August 23, 2026, the Bardini Garden in Florence will host *The Briar Rose* (Rosa x centifolia), a bronze sculpture by French artist Jean-Marie Appriou. The initiative, sponsored by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation and the CR Firenze Foun...
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Gianni Pettena's participatory installation in Florence: the public transforms "Paper/Cosmic Breeze"

Following its Italian debut during Milan Art Week and Milan Design Week 2026, *Paper/Cosmic Breeze* by architect and artist Gianni Pettena (Bolzano, 1940) arrives at Manifattura Tabacchi in Florence. The installation, hosted in the MOTEL spaces under...
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Florence: Forte Belvedere Reopens with Four Months of Exhibitions, Music, and Events

From June 24 to October 16, 2026, Florence’s Forte Belvedere will once again become one of the city’s hubs for summer cultural programming with the new Belvedere Firenze project, which combines contemporary art, music, public events, guided tours, an...
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Palazzo Strozzi dedicates major exhibition to the fragment, from archaeology to contemporary art

Palazzo Strozzi announces its next exhibition: it will be titled Broken. The Power of the Fragment and will be dedicated to the theme of the fragment from archaeology to contemporary art, with the aim of investigating the symbolic, aesthetic and evoc...
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