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'Contemporaneamente' is a celebration of Florentine art, design, artisan crafts and modern culture. This is the first event of its kind in the city and includes a rich and diverse program of events, all held in via Maggio, a street more famous for its antique dealers than for modern art.
On Thursday 18 December from 6.30pm, all of the 18 galleries taking part will simultaneously open their doors to host conferences, exhibitions, lectures, book presentations and shows. All the events are open to everyone, from art-lovers and collectors to curious passers-by.
The Gabinetto Scientifico Letterario G.P. Vieusseux is working alongside the event organisers and will be giving guided tours of the Bonsanti Archive and Palazzo Corsini Suarez. The tours will take place on Thursday 1st December 11am – 12.30pm, please call ahead to book a place on 055 290132.
All of the stores taking part in the event will also be raising money for FILE, the Fondazione Italiana Leniterapia, through the VIA MAGGIO PER FILE initiative.
Please find below our suggestions of what to see and do in via Maggio in order to get the most from the Contemporaneamente festival:
GABINETTO G.P.VIESSIEUX - ARCHIVIO CONTEMPORANEO BONSANTI, Palazzo Corsini Suarez, Via Maggio 42, Florence
ARCHIVIO CONTEMPORANEO BONSANTI – GUIDED TOUR
Gabinetto Viessieux has long collected and collated important information from the 19- and 20-centuries. On Thursday 1December from 11am to 12.30pm there will be a free guided tour to learn about contemporary culture through the Bonsanti Archive
ARCHIVIO CONTEMPORANEO BONSANTI – GUIDED TOUR
Gabinetto Viessieux has long collected and collated important information from the 19- and 20-centuries. On Thursday 1December from 11am to 12.30pm there will be a free guided tour to learn about contemporary culture through the Bonsanti Archive
Minimum participants: 10
Maximum participants: 25
Please call in advance to book a place by calling 055 290132 Mon-Fri fron 9am-12pm
GALLERIA MARLETTA Piazza San Felice 10r, Florence
LA PERSISTENZA DELL’IMMAGINE Paintings and graphics by Ladislao Nocentini
BANCA COOPERATIVA DI CAMBIANO Via Maggio 84r, Florence
LUCE E COLORE NELLA PITTURA DI SERGIO SCATIZZI (The use of light and colour in the paintings of Sergio Scatizzi)
Paintings by artist Sergio Scatizzi will be on display in the newly renovated Banca di Cambiano. The paintings are part of the bank's private art collection. This is a wonderful opportunity to admire the dramatic explosions of colour used by this important Florentine artist who has lived in via Maggio for some time.
LUCE E COLORE NELLA PITTURA DI SERGIO SCATIZZI (The use of light and colour in the paintings of Sergio Scatizzi)
Paintings by artist Sergio Scatizzi will be on display in the newly renovated Banca di Cambiano. The paintings are part of the bank's private art collection. This is a wonderful opportunity to admire the dramatic explosions of colour used by this important Florentine artist who has lived in via Maggio for some time.
NATALYA BAKLAROVA Via Maggio 80r, Florence
SANDRO GIULIANI – Paintings
Sandro Giuliani was born in 1948 and currently lives in the town of Pontassieve, just outside Florence. He studied at the Scuola Cappiello in Florence, taking courses taught by Canessa, Ammannati, Marsan and Poggiali. He worked designing graphics for several publishers such as Squillantini in Fiesole where he worked as a book illustrator. In order to further develop his artistic skills, he also travelled to the United States, Canada, around central Europe, Mexico, Greece and Crete. He has worked as a sculptor since 1991, also sculpting wood for printmaking for customers as far away as Japan and the United States. In fact, he has been highly successful both in Italy and all over the world, receiving many awards for his work. In recent years he has taken part in charity exhibitions in Florence at the Accademia, the San Marco Cloister and Palazzo Vecchio 2 to raise funds for muscular dystrophy. In 1996 he exhibited his work in Pontassieve as part of 'Toscanello d'Oro'.
SANDRO GIULIANI – Paintings
Sandro Giuliani was born in 1948 and currently lives in the town of Pontassieve, just outside Florence. He studied at the Scuola Cappiello in Florence, taking courses taught by Canessa, Ammannati, Marsan and Poggiali. He worked designing graphics for several publishers such as Squillantini in Fiesole where he worked as a book illustrator. In order to further develop his artistic skills, he also travelled to the United States, Canada, around central Europe, Mexico, Greece and Crete. He has worked as a sculptor since 1991, also sculpting wood for printmaking for customers as far away as Japan and the United States. In fact, he has been highly successful both in Italy and all over the world, receiving many awards for his work. In recent years he has taken part in charity exhibitions in Florence at the Accademia, the San Marco Cloister and Palazzo Vecchio 2 to raise funds for muscular dystrophy. In 1996 he exhibited his work in Pontassieve as part of 'Toscanello d'Oro'.
GALLERIA PTAH Via Maggio 53r, Florence
FEDERICO CARUSO – Sculpture
The PTAH Gallery will be holding a sculpture and design exhibition by the sculptor Federico Caruso. His work echoes 20th century ideals and has strong, classic design with a modern edge.
ASIAOCCIDENTALE Via Maggio 45r, Florence
NOT FOR SALE
This exhibition will preview a series of eco-rugs by Toxic and Libreria Orione, designed by architect Leopoldo Vezzoni and Chiara Battini. The rugs contain the Chinese 'shou', a Chinese symbol of longevity traditionally used on rugs. Toxic is a collection of modern rugs, made with vegetable dyes and natural materials such as linen, cotton and tree bark. The rugs have an innovative texture and are soft to the touch. The collections all contain exclusive designs.
NOT FOR SALE
This exhibition will preview a series of eco-rugs by Toxic and Libreria Orione, designed by architect Leopoldo Vezzoni and Chiara Battini. The rugs contain the Chinese 'shou', a Chinese symbol of longevity traditionally used on rugs. Toxic is a collection of modern rugs, made with vegetable dyes and natural materials such as linen, cotton and tree bark. The rugs have an innovative texture and are soft to the touch. The collections all contain exclusive designs.
TETHYS GALLERY Via Maggio 58r, Florence
ATLANTIDE 20 years
This photographic exhibition contains work by Stefano Amantini, Massimo Borchi and Guido Cozzi, all Florentine photographers who have been published by international publications such as the New York Times, National Geographic, Gente Viaggi, Condè Nast Traveller, Stern and Panorama Travel. The spectacular photos in the exhibition bring to life some fascinating and far-flung corners of the globe.
ATLANTIDE 20 years
This photographic exhibition contains work by Stefano Amantini, Massimo Borchi and Guido Cozzi, all Florentine photographers who have been published by international publications such as the New York Times, National Geographic, Gente Viaggi, Condè Nast Traveller, Stern and Panorama Travel. The spectacular photos in the exhibition bring to life some fascinating and far-flung corners of the globe.
OTTO-LUOGO DELL’ARTE Via Maggio 43r, Florence
GADGET
This exhibition celebrates the coming Christmas season with a collection of festive objects for the home designed by a series of artists and designers. These works of art will make the perfect Christmas gifts. Some of the artists involved also took part in Oh!Nirica, curated by Mauro Lovi and coordinated by Olivia Toscani Rucellai, as well as the Qubiue del Design Fair and the Berlin Artisan Fair in Berlin in October this year.
GADGET
This exhibition celebrates the coming Christmas season with a collection of festive objects for the home designed by a series of artists and designers. These works of art will make the perfect Christmas gifts. Some of the artists involved also took part in Oh!Nirica, curated by Mauro Lovi and coordinated by Olivia Toscani Rucellai, as well as the Qubiue del Design Fair and the Berlin Artisan Fair in Berlin in October this year.
BOTTICELLI ANTICHITÀ Via Maggio 39r, Florence
APPUNTI - Marco Fallani Klee – Paintings
This exhibition by artist Marco Fallani Klee is a collection of miniature works of art designed specifically to be shown in Botticelli Antichità. The artist creates his works of art using a delicate form of oil painting and a highly refined use of colour which brings his paintings to life with original images that also manage to reflect the artist's half-American, half-Florentine background. The paintings on display depict everyday objects in a modern, figurative style. These still life works of art reflect some of the themes that the artist holds dear.
APPUNTI - Marco Fallani Klee – Paintings
This exhibition by artist Marco Fallani Klee is a collection of miniature works of art designed specifically to be shown in Botticelli Antichità. The artist creates his works of art using a delicate form of oil painting and a highly refined use of colour which brings his paintings to life with original images that also manage to reflect the artist's half-American, half-Florentine background. The paintings on display depict everyday objects in a modern, figurative style. These still life works of art reflect some of the themes that the artist holds dear.
PANANTI CASA D’ASTA Palazzo Ridolfi, Via Maggio 15, Florence
ASTA DI OPERE DI ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA (Auction of modern and contemporary art) Grafica ed Edizioni
Works exhibited from December 3-9, from 10am-7pm
Auction on Saturday 10 December
ISTITUTO PER L’ARTE ED IL RESTAURO PALAZZO SPINELLI Palazzo Ridolfi, Via Maggio 13, Florence
PROBLEMATICHE E RIFLESSIONI SUL RESTAURO DELL’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Issues and considerations concerning the restoration of modern art)
Conference organised by Natalia Materassi.
Monday 5 December from 6pm to 7pm. Max 15 people. For information and to book, please call 055 213086. The Istituto per l'Arte ed il Restauro (the Institute for Art and Restoration) was set up in 1978 to protect international cultural heritage by promoting and organising initiatives to highlight specific items of historical and artistic importance.
PROBLEMATICHE E RIFLESSIONI SUL RESTAURO DELL’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA (Issues and considerations concerning the restoration of modern art)
Conference organised by Natalia Materassi.
Monday 5 December from 6pm to 7pm. Max 15 people. For information and to book, please call 055 213086. The Istituto per l'Arte ed il Restauro (the Institute for Art and Restoration) was set up in 1978 to protect international cultural heritage by promoting and organising initiatives to highlight specific items of historical and artistic importance.
TURCHI ANTICHITA’ Via Maggio 42r, Florence
SENZACORNICE – RIVISTA DIGITALE (No Frame – online magazine)
The 'Senzacornice' exhibition will be hosted in the historical Galleria Turchi inside Palazzo di Bianca Cappello. Senzacornice is an online modern art magazine founded by Alessandro Acocella and Caterina Toschi, two young Florentine art historians. The pair wanted to set up an online, and therefore global, art magazine which could become a platform for opinions that fall 'outside the frame' of traditional, institutional thinking about art. The magazine's aim is to provide a space for young art students and artists to contribute freely and to discuss artistic issues and research. The magazine comes out every three months and each edition examines a specific theme from various points of view, taking a multidisciplinary approach including modern art, architecture, cinema, anthropology, literature, philosophy and sociology. One of the magazine's co-founders will be present at the event.
TORNABUONI ARTE Via Maggio 40r, Florence
TRE PROPOSTE PER L’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA INTERNAZIONALE (Three ideas concerning international modern art)
Works of art by Enrico Benetta, Omar Ronda and Soly Cissè
SENZACORNICE – RIVISTA DIGITALE (No Frame – online magazine)
The 'Senzacornice' exhibition will be hosted in the historical Galleria Turchi inside Palazzo di Bianca Cappello. Senzacornice is an online modern art magazine founded by Alessandro Acocella and Caterina Toschi, two young Florentine art historians. The pair wanted to set up an online, and therefore global, art magazine which could become a platform for opinions that fall 'outside the frame' of traditional, institutional thinking about art. The magazine's aim is to provide a space for young art students and artists to contribute freely and to discuss artistic issues and research. The magazine comes out every three months and each edition examines a specific theme from various points of view, taking a multidisciplinary approach including modern art, architecture, cinema, anthropology, literature, philosophy and sociology. One of the magazine's co-founders will be present at the event.
TORNABUONI ARTE Via Maggio 40r, Florence
TRE PROPOSTE PER L’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA INTERNAZIONALE (Three ideas concerning international modern art)
Works of art by Enrico Benetta, Omar Ronda and Soly Cissè
FRASCIONE ARTE Palazzo Ricasoli Firidolfi, Via Maggio 5, Florence
SGUARDI CONTEMPORANEI (A modern point of view)
This exhibition includes both paintings and sculptures. The full title of the exhibition is 'Sguardi contemporanei – Artisti di oggi che guardano all'arte di ieri' (A modern point of view – Contemporary artists who take inspiration from the art of the past). Works of art on display include three sculptures by Belarghes, including the two metre high bronze 'Figliol Prodigo', paintings, photographs and photographic plates by the eclectic Massimo Pulini – an art historian, artist and professor at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna. Other artists whose work will be on show include Andrea Guastavino, whose work is a cross between painting and photography, Lorenzo Perrone and the American, Federico Uribe, who created the now famous art of 'pencilism'.
SGUARDI CONTEMPORANEI (A modern point of view)
This exhibition includes both paintings and sculptures. The full title of the exhibition is 'Sguardi contemporanei – Artisti di oggi che guardano all'arte di ieri' (A modern point of view – Contemporary artists who take inspiration from the art of the past). Works of art on display include three sculptures by Belarghes, including the two metre high bronze 'Figliol Prodigo', paintings, photographs and photographic plates by the eclectic Massimo Pulini – an art historian, artist and professor at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna. Other artists whose work will be on show include Andrea Guastavino, whose work is a cross between painting and photography, Lorenzo Perrone and the American, Federico Uribe, who created the now famous art of 'pencilism'.
GALLERIA BENVENUTI Via Maggio 11 r, Florence
LUIGI CALAMANDREI – Paintings
IL CALAMANDRILLO – Presentation
Both Luigi Calamandrei's paintings and his scholarly essay entitled 'Il Calamandrillo' will be presented at this exhibition. 'Il Calamandrillo' will be introduced by Professor Pier Francesco Listri. The artist was born in 1930 and studied at the Porta Romana Art Institute. After finishing his studies, a friend of his father's introduced him to the Ponziani brothers who ran the most important art restoration workshop in the city at that time. By studying the masterpieces that passed through the workshop almost daily and the restoration of these works of art from all over Italy, Calamandrei began to learn about the techniques and skills used by the old masters. Eventually, he opened his own art studio in a building owned by Contessa Fioretta Mazzei in via dei Serragli. It was around this time that ceramics painter Arnaldo Miniati asked him to work with him to paint a huge canvas for a church outside Prato. Through this friendship, Calamandrei gained membership of the 'Paiolo', an ancient group of Florentine artists. For many years he taught drawing and painting at the Institute of Art and Restoration in Palazzo Spinelli. He received a private commission from the Emir of Qatar but his love for Florence quickly drew him back home. He has given countless exhibitions, although he remembers his first best of all: it was at the beginning of the 1970s when Commendator Gonnelli displayed his paintings in the prestigious Saletta in via Ricasoli.
BORALEVI Via Maggio 16r, Florence
BACK TO THE FUTURE
This exhibition, organised by Daniele Boralevi showcases modern artefacts made with ancient artisan skills. It includes a collection of rugs created by modern designers and made in the Orient using ancient, traditional skills and techniques.
PIETRA DI LUNA Via Maggio 4r, Florence
SCAGLIOLA RESINE MARMO – ESPERIENZE DI RICERCA (Scagliola, resin and marble – a study)
This exhibition examines artefacts carved from scagliola, resin and marble from the 1950s alongside other more recent items.
CIANI Via Maggio 1r, Florence
PULSARE IL MODERNO
This exhibition of wrought iron pays homage to Giorgio de Chirico and his works of art. There is a hand-wrought iron sculpture by Enrico Ciani (2007). To open the exhibition there will be a wine tasting of Piccini red wines, aperitivo provided by Confetteria Conti in via dello Sprone and an official presentation.
