For 25 years, Friends of Florence has worked to conserve and protect the city’s priceless art and architecture, raising ...

Over the next month, visitors to the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, eager for a view of Michelangelo’s towering David, might find their eye drawn to another, arguably more adorable, ...

The Associated Press German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass (left) and Italian Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli watch the unveiling of the “Vase of Flowers” painting by Jan van Huysum, at the Pitti ...

The recently restored statue of Aphrodite housed in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (National Archeological Museum/the Museum) in Florence, Italy, was unveiled in a public celebration on September 11 ...

Mass tourism has turned the Italian city of Florence into a “prostitute,” the director of Galleria dell’Accademia has said, sparking anger and calls for her to step down. Although Cecilie Hollberg has ...

They commissioned and collected some of the most pivotal artworks of the Renaissance, building a collection of art that has now been transformed into one of the best known museums in the world. But ...

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Lockdown measures have started to ease in the European nations hardest hit by coronavirus. Across Italy, museums are opening their doors to the public again for the first time since March—though they ...