The exhibition Beato Angelico in Florence, open to the public until Jan. 25, 2026 in the two venues of Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco, has already reached more than 120,000 visitors-a record number two months after its opening. Produced in collaboration with the Regional Directorate National Museums Tuscany of the Ministry of Culture, the major exhibition project pays tribute to one of the protagonists of the Renaissance through more than 140 works including paintings, drawings, miniatures and sculptures, from major institutions such as the Louvre in Paris, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Vatican Museums, the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, as well as from libraries, private collections, churches, and other Italian and international venues.
The exhibition explores Beato Angelico’s artistic production, stylistic development and legacy, placing him in dialogue with painters such as Lorenzo Monaco, Masaccio, and Filippo Lippi, and with sculptors such as Lorenzo Ghiberti, Michelozzo and Luca della Robbia.
Curated by Carl Brandon Strehlke, Curator Emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, together with Stefano Casciu, Regional Director of National Museums Tuscany, and Angelo Tartuferi, former Director of the Museo di San Marco, the exhibition represents the first major Florentine retrospective dedicated to the artist seventy years after the historic 1955 monograph, giving rise to an unprecedented dialogue between institutions and territory. The fruit of more than four years of preparation, the exhibition has given rise to a project of the highest scientific and cultural value, also made possible by a vast restoration campaign and the opportunity to reunite, after more than two centuries, dismembered and dispersed altarpieces.
Beato Angelico is promoted and organized by Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Ministero della Cultura - Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Toscana - Museo di San Marco. Public supporters Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi: City of Florence, Region of Tuscany, Metropolitan City of Florence, Chamber of Commerce of Florence. Private supporters Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi: Fondazione CR Firenze, Fondazione Hillary Merkus Recordati, Committee of Partners of Palazzo Strozzi. Main Partner: Intesa Sanpaolo.
The Palazzo Strozzi venue will also remain open during the holidays, including Monday, December 8, Thursday, December 25, Friday, December 26, and Thursday, January 1, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; every Thursday the opening will be extended until 11 p.m. (last entry one hour before closing). Further details can be found at www.palazzostrozzi.org
St. Mark’s Museum will be accessible Tuesday through Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. (last admission 12:45 p.m.). In addition, on Saturday, December 6, it will be extraordinarily open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (last entry at 5:15 p.m.), while on the holidays of Monday, December 8, and Friday, December 26, it will maintain its usual hours of 8:30 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. The museum will be closed on December 25 and January 1. For more information see the St. Mark’s Museum website.
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