Piero Tosi on Display Palazzo Pitti’s Costume Gallery is currently paying tribute to notable exponents of twentieth-century fashion. The exhibition Tribute to the Maestro Piero Tosi: The art of stage costumes from the Tirelli bequest comes in the wake of the Honorary Governors Award given to Tosi in 2013 in recognition of his …
Sam Henken The 50 Days of Cinema film festival is back in Florence, celebrating its eighth year at the Odeon Theater with the overarching theme of “Future.” The festival lasts until December 14 and brings a wide variety of films to Florence, spanning many genres and countries. Created in 2007 as a …
Gastronomy takes over Florence for 21 days with the Florence Food & Wine Biennale from November 10–30. Born from the desire to promote traditional Florentine cuisine in the context of history and art, the event is staged across restaurants, shops, piazzas and historic buildings with a full program of dinners, wine-tastings, presentations, shows, food …
In Santa Croce from Dec 3-21 Florence’s Christmas markets bathe the city’s piazzas and buildings in a warm wintery glow once again from the end of November, as Piazza Santa Croce transforms into a German Christmas market from December 3–21. Fifty-five wooden house-shaped kiosks take over the piazza, with stalls selling products from various …
Guido Reverdito In questi due mesi che concludono l’anno solare l’attività dello storico cinema Odeon, da sempre sinonimo di cinema in lingua originale proposto soprattutto per la nutrita comunità anglofona presente in città, ruoterà interamente intorno alla ricca kermesse del festival «50 Giorni di Cinema», in programma dal 29 ottobre al 14 dicembre. Per …
Comedian-director Roberto Benigni has recently announced that he is returning to film after nearly a decade. His last film, The Tiger and the Snow was released in 2005. “Television and film are mediums that are very very distant [from each other], even if new television series have a completely new style created by …