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TF Press and The Florentine are very proud to announce that the PBS television special INVISIBLE WOMEN was named a finalist for an Emmy in the best Historical/Cultural Program category by the regional National Academy of Tel…
We had a surprise visit at the office of The Florentine the other day. Helene Brandt, one of the two women cited in our book Art by Women in Florence who is still alive, came to see us and pick up a few copies of the book.
Brandt, born 1936, is known f…
In early April we held a conference, in Italian, to celebrate the work of 19th-century female sculptor De Fauveau. The conference was exceptionally well attended both by scholars and by the curious public.
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The Vasari Corridor hosts a renowned series of self-portraits by master painters from the sixteenth to the twentieth-first century. Arranged chronologically, this collection was started by Cardinal Leopoldo de’ Medici in the mid-sev…
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On Sunday, April 14 – 4.30pm, spend an afternoon in Fiesole spotlighting women artists past and present. Associazione Culturale Il Palmerino’s presentation of Art by Women in Florence: A Guide through Five Hundred Years with authors Ja…
The city of the Renaissance makes room for the nineteenth century. On April 4 and 5, Florence’s most renowned nineteenth-century scholars will gather together to present a lecture series called Félicie de Fauveau: the workshop of a Frenc…
You’re invited to the launch of our latest book, Art by Women in Florence: Monday October 15, 2012 at noon, at the Cenacolo of Santa Croce. The authors, Jane Fortune and Linda Falcone, will be present, as will Prof. Alessio Assonitis,…
Art by women is a largely undiscovered part of the city’s heritage—why not change that?
At 12pm on Monday, October 15, 2012 there will be the presentation of a new book published by The Florentine Press called Art by Women in Florence:…
The wine tasting event of the year is back in Florence on September 21-22, 2012, and The Florentine, as media partner, has 10 WineCards to give away. Read on to find out more about the event and how to win a WineCard and participate free to the ev…
The results of recent testing on the eastern wall of the Salone de’ Cinquecento seem to support the theory that Leonardo da Vinci’s fabled painting, Battle of Anghiari, is indeed located in the exact place Dr. Maurizio Seraci…
