Uffizi Galleries - Finestre sull'Arte

The Uffizi acquires a masterpiece by Giacomo Ceruti, the Moorish Beggar

An important acquisition for the Uffizi Galleries: in fact, a masterpiece by Giacomo Ceruti (Milan, 1698 - 1767), the Moorish Beggar, enters the collection of the Florentine museum. The artist, famous for his depictions of the poor and humble, create...
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At the Uffizi the exhibition "Wax Once": the lost art of wax sculpture

A fragile and forgotten art, suspended between sculpture and science, comes back to life after centuries of silence. From December 16, 2025 to April 12, 2026, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence presents the exhibition Wax Once. Sculptures from the Medici...
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Tetsuo Hara, father of Kenshiro, enters the Uffizi collection with his self-portrait

Florence welcomes a new and unexpected star to its artistic pantheon. Tetsuo Hara, celebrated Japanese mangaka and author of Ken the Warrior(Hokuto no Ken), has officially joined the Uffizi Galleries' collection of self-portraits, the largest in the ...
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Uffizi: Palazzo Pitti's Gallery of Modern Art becomes multisensory

From October 23, 2025, the Modern Art Gallery of Palazzo Pitti in Florence will be transformed into a multisensory museum with the project History between the Fingers, conceived by the Uffizi Galleries. The initiative proposes a new approach to the e...
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The Uffizi at Lucca Comics: renaissance wrestlers alongside Ken the Warrior

From 16th-century Florence to 1980s Japan, from the anatomical models of the Renaissance to the post-apocalyptic warriors of a cult manga: the link between distant eras finds a new declination at Lucca Comics & Games. Bridging the gap between two...
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Uffizi director: 'visitors who come for selfies are a problem, we will intervene'

No more selfies at the museum. Or, at least, curb this practice: this is what Simone Verde, director of the Uffizi, suggests after a tourist at the museum this morning damaged a painting by Antonio Domenico Gabbiani displayed in the rooms of the exhi...
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Uffizi, tourist takes selfie, trips and rips painting apart. Reported. Management: 'Slight damage'

At the Uffizi Galleries this morning a tourist, in order to take a selfie, tripped and damaged, falling over, a painting by Anton Domenico Gabbiani. It was the Portrait of Ferdinando de' Medici Grand Prince of Tuscany, a late 17th-century work by the...
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Summer at the Uffizi, special visits and tours for under-30s and families

With the arrival of summer, the appointment with R-summer with art is renewed!, the educational program promoted by the Uffizi Galleries in collaboration with Unicoop Firenze. Also for 2025, the Florentine museum complex confirms its commitment to op...
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