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Florence, a new site-specific installation will transform the Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi into a sea

by Redazione , published on 08/04/2026
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In Florence, a new site-specific installation conceived for the Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi by the Danish collective SUPERFLEX. The project imagines a future scenario marked by rising seas, which will profoundly transform human life.

The Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, together with the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation, presents There Are Other Fish In The Sea, a new site-specific installation conceived for the Cortile di Palazzo Strozzi in Florence by the Danish collective SUPERFLEX, internationally known for projects that investigate the relationship between art and contemporary social, economic and environmental dynamics.

Curated by Arturo Galansino, director general of the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, the installation, which will be visible from April 14 to August 2, 2026, aims to create an original and evocative dialogue with the Renaissance architecture of the Courtyard. The project imagines a future scenario marked byrising seas, which will profoundly transform human life, and invites the public to reflect on new forms of coexistence between humans and nonhumans.

On the 60th anniversary of the flood that hit Florence in 1966, the installation also takes on an even stronger symbolic value: in fact, the Cortile becomes a space for reflection on the relationship between humans and the environment, questioning the anthropocentric view and suggesting a change in perspective.

The project SUPERFLEX. There Are Other Fish In The Sea is promoted and organized by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation, in collaboration with Kunsthal Spritten in Aalborg, Denmark. Special partners include the Henraux Foundation. The initiative is part of a program supported by public bodies-including the City of Florence, the Region of Tuscany, the Metropolitan City of Florence, and the Florence Chamber of Commerce-and major private supporters, such as Fondazione CR Firenze, Intesa Sanpaolo, and the Palazzo Strozzi Partners Committee.

Photo: SUPERFLEX
Photo: SUPERFLEX

Florence, a new site-specific installation will transform the Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi into a sea
Florence, a new site-specific installation will transform the Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi into a sea

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