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Caravaggio's Wine: What Does the Goblet Offered by the Uffizi's Bacchus Signify?

One could almost say that Caravaggio’s*Bacchus* (Michelangelo Merisi; Milan, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610), now housed in the Uffizi Gallery, is a 20th-century painting: for more than three centuries, in fact, the painting depicting the Ro...
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Uffizi, 50 Million Investment: The Complex Will Be Transformed

In Florence, a total investment of approximately 50 million euros is set to profoundly transform the Uffizi Galleries over the next two years. This is the program of improvements outlined this morning by Director Simone Verde alongside museum officia...
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Uffizi: Venus vs. Spring—the two works face each other in the redesigned Botticelli galleries

The two iconic masterpieces of Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli ( Florence, 1445–1510), Venus and Spring, can now be viewed at the Uffizi Galleries in a completely revamped exhibition layout that places them face to face for the first ...
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Uffizi and Seoul National Museum, signed an agreement for cultural cooperation

A new cultural bridge between Italy and South Korea is taking shape in Florence. The Uffizi Galleries and the National Museum of the Republic of Korea in Seoul have in fact signed an agreement that marks the start of a collaboration designed to stren...
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Uffizi, clash between Montanari and Giuli around Cda appointments

The new governance phase of the Uffizi Galleries opens amid controversy. Just days before the formalization of the appointments of the new board of directors for the five-year period 2026-2031, Tomaso Montanari, rector of the University for Foreigner...
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Uffizi, acquitted activists who attached flood images to glass of Botticelli's Venus

The case against three Ultima Generazione activists who, on Feb. 13, 2024, had entered the Uffizi and attached images of theCampi Bisenzio flooding that had occurred the previous fall to the protective glass of Botticelli's Venus, using scotch tape, ...
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Uffizi lends some ancient sculptures to Vinitaly

Six ancient sculptures dedicated to the myth of Bacchus land in Verona on the occasion of Vinitaly 2026. The works, from the collections of the Uffizi Galleries and Palazzo Pitti, were transferred thanks to the contribution of Generali Italia and inc...
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Hackers at the Uffizi? Courier speaks of stolen data, museum denies

An alleged hacker attack on the computer systems of the Uffizi Galleries and its possible consequences for the security of the museum complex are at the center of a divergence between what Corriere della Sera reported in an article published this mor...
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