In 1974, fresh after graduating from the experimental studies programme at Syracuse University’s visual and performing arts department, Bill Viola moved to Florence to work at Art/Tapes/22, one of the first video art production studios in Europe
The Palazzo Strozzi mixes Viola's videos and installations with the Old Masters that inspired them
Milan’s mayor fails to drag Italian minister of culture into row
Isabella d’Este was not satisfied with an objet d’art and a drawing; she was determined to have Leonardo da Vinci paint her portrait
Catastrophe strikes as restorers use routine conservation method
Will Cavallini or Giotto reign supreme?
The unfinished fresco may lie under Vasari's contribution to the Palazzo
Director Cristina Aschengreen-Piacenti has pioneered the project, refusing to allow the residence of a great Anglo-Florentine collector to fade from memory
It is alleged that they were stolen from the collection of Cino Vitta, head of the Jewish community in Florence during the war
The second of the four volume series on the furniture of the Pitti Palace makes its debut
Beautiful art in the Beautiful Country
Progress on the “Uffizi advanced technology project” in Florence is going well.