A list of upcoming arts events in Tuscany, ordered by province.
To help you plan ahead, here is a list of the major current and upcoming arts exhibits and events of interest in Tuscany through January 2011 (and beyond when possible).
Florence
20 July 2010 – 15 May 2011: Vinum Nostrum: Art, Science, and Myth of wine in Ancient Mediterranean Culture) – Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti.
November 18 2010 to May 2011 Ferragamo Museum: A regola d’arte
The Ghirlandaio Family. Renaissance Painters in Florence and Scandicci – until May 2011. Check out the Ghirlandaio itinerary.
November 20 2010 to May 2011 at Museo Bardini at Villa Bardini, Florence “Annigoni e il Novecento. La scoperta del Seicento”
CONTEMPORARY
Feb 19 to end April: “Sculture Sospese” group show at EX3 Florence
Feb 19 to May 1 2011: Emerging Talents (Contemporary art) at Strozzina
March 11-July 17, 2011: Angry young men: Picasso, Miró, Dalí: Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
March 8 to June 12: Figure, memorie, spazio. Disegni da Fra’Angelico a Leonardo , Drawings at the Uffizi (50/50 loan exhibit with British Museum).
May 21-July 17, 2011: Virtual Identities (Strozzina)
May 11 to September 18 2011: At the Bargello, Ammanati sculptor: water, stone, fire.
June 14 to October 30: at the Uffizi: Vasari, the Uffizi and the Duke.
September 24, 2011-January 22, 2012: Money and beauty. The bankers, Botticelli and the bonfire of the vanities: Palazzo Strozzi, Florence.
March 2-July 15,2012: Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists, Palazzo Strozzi.
Lucca
Ongoing: Contemporary artists on exhibit at LuCCA (Lucca Center for Contemporary Art)
Seravezza Photo (in the province of Lucca about 45 minutes by car from the city) until April 3 2011.
Prato and Pistoia
Michael Lin at Prato Pecci
Pecci center for contemporary art in Prato: 16 October 2010 -13 February 2011 – Michael Lin: The colour is Bright the Beauty is Generous
Prato Museo Tessile (textile museum): Ceramiche e Tessuti. Dialogo tra arti toscane del Rinascimento / Ceramics and Fabrics, Dialogue between two Renaissance Tuscan arts: November 20 2010 to February 28 2011.
Siena and area
Galleria Continua, San Gimignano: Michelangelo Pistoletto (see Pistoletto in Tuscany) Until 29 January 2011. Via Arco dei Becci 1, Tuesday-Saturday, 2-7pm
See also the San Gimignano arts itinerary!
Siena, Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala: Opening March 2011 an exhibit about the Risorgimento.
Coastal areas: Maremma, Versilia, Pisa
Nothing at the moment
