Should Italian museums return works of Renaissance art to the churches for which they were originally made? Eike Schmidt, the director of the Uffizi gallery in Florence, has been making that case—and ...
Improving that experience is precisely the goal of the deafening jackhammers, towering cranes and grinding cement trucks now transforming the palazzo built in 1560 by the Medici duke Cosimo I. They ...
In a puzzling move, Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, renowned for its unparalleled collection of Italian Renaissance masterpieces, has accepted the donation of a piece by contemporary British street artist ...
Eike Schmidt, the director, says it is “very important to get the dust off and to show what is relevant.” The museum has been working toward that end. By Robin Pogrebin FLORENCE, Italy — Walking past ...
As one of the oldest museums in the world, Florence's Uffizi Gallery houses remarkable 13th to 18th century works from the likes of Botticelli, Correggio, da Vinci, Raffaello, Michelangelo, and ...
The damage to a centuries-old painting in the Italian museum was just one of many tourist incidents raising ire on the continent. By Amelia Nierenberg A reviled crane used during the expansion of the ...
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More than 73 years after the last guns stopped firing in World War II, people still are sorting out the mess. These days, the armies are lawyers meeting in court, arguing about artworks that were ...
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MILAN (AP) — The director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence is urging Germany to return a Dutch masterpiece stolen by Nazi troops during World War II, dramatizing its absence by hanging a black and ...
MILAN – The Uffizi Gallery in Florence was struck by lightning before dawn Thursday, setting off alarms that drew both firefighters and anti-terror police. No ...