From February 20th up to April 25th, 2010 the CCCS: Contemporary Culture in Florence will house the exhibition Gerard Richter and the disappearance of the image in contemporary art.Staged in collaboration with the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the exhibition presents the work of Gerhard Richter, one of the best-known...

From February 26th to July 18th, 2010 the Palazzo Pitti in Florence will run the exhibition De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte, Balthus. A look into the invisible.Starting from the fundamental exhibition organised in Zurich, Berlin and Munich in 1997, Boecklin, De Chirico, Ernst. Eine Reise ins Ungewisse...

From March the 25th to June the 6th 2010 at the Museo degli Argenti at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the exhibition "Precious and Beautiful: Cameos and Intaglios of the Medici" will take place.Gem collecting was one of the most fascinating aspects of the rediscovery of antiquity which characterised...

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18 April Santo Spirito Square  9am to 7pm 

The 8th Firenze Tango Festival - from April 22nd to 25th 2010 - is one of the most attended yearly tango events for tangodancers and lovers of the authentic culture of argentine tango.The main tango nights begin on Friday 23rd April with the Tango-Show on the stage of the Saschall-Theater. The protagonists...

2010, International Arts and Crafts expo, has reached it's 74th edition and will happen at the Fortezza da Basso in Florence from Friday, April 24th to Sunday, May 2nd, 2010. ART 2010, Organized by FirenzeFiera, in collaboration with Artex, is one of the most prestigious showcases for the Artistic Arts...

Mario Biondi will present his latest album "If" at the Teatro Verdi in Florence on April 27th, 2010. During the "Spazio Tempo tour" the italian black voice will play with: Lorenzo Tucci and Fabio Nobile (drum), Andrea Satomi Bertorelli (keyboards), Andrea Celestino  (bass guitar),...

From April 30th to October 3rd, 2010, at the Porcelain Museum in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Paola Staccioli's Living Ceramics exhibition will take place.The ceramics of Paola Staccioli are one-off pieces in terms of shape and decoration.The articles displayed in the show combine reduced dimensions...

Florence's springtime all-night party has been set for April 30. According to the city's culture superintendent, Guiliano Da Empoli, the concept behind the evening is â˜creative insomnia.' Instead of high-profile, outdoor concerts and shows of the sort the city mounted for New Year's Eve,...

02 May 2010  from 8 am to 19 pm 

from 06th May 2010 at 01:30 p.m. to 09th May 2010 at 08:30 p.m.The fact that over 18.000 visitors came to the past edition of The Fragrances of Boboli (I profumi di Boboli) only confirms the cultural, social and tourist importance of this fair, the only event in the history of the Boboli Gardens...

from 06th May 2010 at 06:00 p.m. to 25th May 2010 at 11:59 p.mWith this 2010 edition Fabbrica Europa completes the three-year cycle on artistic and cultural relations between Europe and the other continents. After the 2008 edition "Europa <-> Mediterraneo <-> Africa" and that of...

The exhibition entitled “As Soon As Possible – Acceleration in contemporary society” - from May 14th to July 18th, 2010 at the CCCS: Contemporary Culture in Florence - explores the theme of time in our so-called "high-speed society", a lifestyle characterised by rapid...

From the 22nd of May to the 10th of October 2010 at the Palatine Gallery and at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the exhibition "Caravaggio and the Caravaggesques in Florence" will take place.Florence and Caravaggio:sound like a gamble?Did Caravaggio actually come through Florence?Did...

Thanks to the outstanding Florentine legacy of works by Caravaggio, a nucleus of Caravaggesque paintings, and numerous loans, two of the most important state museums of Florence - the Uffizi Gallery and the Palatine Gallery - will host the Caravaggio and Caravaggesque exhibition in Florence, on the occasion...

From 28 tol 31 may 2010 live on the major square in Florence

Fireworks along Arno river  

From July 20th, 2010, to May 15th, 2011, at the Museo degli Argenti at Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the exhibition "Vinum Nostrum: art, science and myths of wine in ancient Mediterranean civilisations" will take place.From Mesopotamia to our tables, from the rite of communion to...

From the 10th of September 2010 to the 10th of January 2011, at the Bargello National Museum in Florence, the exhibition "The Large Bronzes of the Baptistery: Leonardo and Rustici" will take place.This is the first exhibition ever dedicated to Giovanfrancesco Rustici. Born in Florence...

From September 24th, 2010 up to January 23rd, 2011 the Palazzo Pitti in Florence will house the important exhibition Bronzino. Artist and Poet.One of the greatest painters of the sixteenth century, Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino (1503-1572), embodied the fullness of the ‘modern manner’...

On October 12th and 13th, 2010 the italian rock singer Vasco Rossi will be in concert at the Mandela Forum in Florence for the Europe Indoor Tour “Vasco indoor”.Tickets: from 40 to 60 euros

Florence Marathon takes off again! The enrollment lists are officially open for the 27th International Marathon in Florence, scheduled for 28 November. This is ever more an extraordinary showroom for Florence, thanks to its ability to unite a grand sports event and tourism.A certain number of initiatives...