Here we explore the best art exhibits in Tuscany in 2024: classical statues at the Uffizi Gallery, contemporary artists’ exhibitions at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Pisa Palazzo Blu and more.
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Top Art Exhibits in Tuscany this year
FLORENCE, UFFIZI- Masterpieces of Classical Sculpture | 12th Dec 2023 – 30th June 2024
‘Divina Simulacra. Masterpieces of Classical Sculpture from the Uffizi Gallery’ is on at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence until 30th June 2024. This is a unique occasion to admire the Uffizi collection of Roman and Greek statues close-up – including the celebrated Medici Venus – and appreciate all their extraordinary details. The statues, that are usually spread out in different rooms of the historic gallery, are now reunited in the Uffizi’s ground floor rooms, where visitors can admire them in all their beauty. For classical art lovers, this is surely one of the top art exhibits in Tuscany in 2024.
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FLORENCE, PALAZZO STROZZI – Anselm Kiefer | 22nd March – 21st July 2024
Palazzo Strozzi hosts “Fallen Angels”, a major exhibition dedicated to German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer. Renowned for his impactful works that address controversial themes and taboos of recent history – notably the war and Nazi regime – Kiefer presents some of his historical and new artworks at Palazzo Strozzi, engaging in an interesting dialogue with Renaissance architecture.
FLORENCE, PALAZZO STROZZI – Helen Frankenthaler (27th Sept 2024- 25th Jan 2025)
Painting without Rules is the exhibit dedicated to Helen Frankenthaler, a presentation of the poetic abstractions of one of the most significant American artists of the twentieth century.
FLORENCE, PALAZZO PITTI – Uzbekistan Avant-guardes (16th April – 30th June 2024)
For the first time in Italy, a great exhibition dedicated to the avant-gardes that flourished in the first decades of 20th century in Uzbekistan.
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PISA, Palazzo Blu | The Avant-Gardes (until 7th April 2024)
With 40 artworks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Palazzo Blu in Pisa explores the world of the 20th century avant-gardes. What do artists such as Chagall, Dalí, Kandinsky, Miró, Picasso, Matisse, Mondrian, Klee, have in common? And how did they change the course of art history, using forms and colours to reflect about reality and the human condition.
Palazzo Blu in Pisa is the top gallery for contemporary art -> Check out all the current exhibits.
SIENA, Santa Maria della Scala | Aleardo Paolucci (12th April – 9th June 2024)- “Between Pienza, Siena and Rome on the trail of Pius II”
Made up of 54 works, the collection tells the life and most significant episodes linked to the historical figure of Pope Pius II – the Renaissance Pope who created a model of ‘ideal city’ in Pienza – freely reinterpreted by Italian artist Aleardo Paolucci (1927-2013) through various artistic techniques.
SAN GIMIGNANO, Galleria Continua
‘TENSIONE CONTINUA’, by various contemporary artists, reflects upon the contrast between form and matter, between the material world and abstraction, and exposes the tensions which are alive in our society.
The Galleria Contina Contemporary Art Gallery in San Gimignano is nicely laid out, a must see for anyone who loves contemporary art => see what’s on: official site.
FLORENCE, Palazzo Medici Riccardi | “Orpheus Enchantment”, until 8th September 2024
60 works or art celebrating one of the most intriguing figures of Greek mythology, Orpheus – paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations from antiquity to the present day.
FLORENCE, Museo Innocenti | “Yokai Japanese Monsters” (13th June – 3rd November 2024)
Monsters, spirits, and other ghouls in Japanese Prints – a glimpse into the fantastic world of traditional Japanese monsters through stunning works from the 18th and 19th centuries, including ancient prints, rare books, masks and weapons -> See official site for more info.
FLORENCE, Museo Novecento | Louise Bourgeois, ” Do not abandon me” (22th June to 20th October 2024)
Artworks from the great contemporary French-American artist best known for her big scale art and installations. Her works arrive in Florence for the first time, building a meaningful relationship with the setting.
FLORENCE, Palazzo Pitti | Carlo Maria Mariani (8th October to 1st December 2024)
Carlo Maria Mariani. Arte beyond time” is the title of the exhibition hosted in the Andito degli Angiolini in Palazzo Pitti until 1st December 2024. The exhibition consists of sixteen works by the Italian contemporary master, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 90. His paintings are rooted both in neoclassicist theory and modernism.
FLORENCE, INNOCENTI MUSEUM | Impressionists in Normandy (21st November 2024 – 4th May 2025)
From 21st November 2024 to 4th May 2025, the Museo degli Innocenti hosst a major exhibition dedicated to impressionism, in the year of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the movement which has become one of the fundamental cornerstones of art history. Includes works by Monet, Bonnard, Corot, Courbet
FLORENCE, Medici Riccardi Palace | (October 2024 to 17th February 2025)
The handsome Palazzo Medici Riccardi hosts an exhibit dedicated to Italian painter Felice Carena, who lived and worked in Florence in the first half of the 20th century – see official site.
LUCCA La Cavallerizza “Antonio Canova e il Neoclassicismo” | until 29th September 2024
In the space La Cavalerizza in Lucca’s historic centre => An exhibit dedicated to Antonio Canova, the Italian sculptor who was active at the end of the 18th century, one of the greatest exponents of Neoclassicism famous for his graceful marble sculptures. His artworks – sculptures and paintings – are displayed side by side some of his contemporaries (Tuscany-born artists such as Tofanelli and Batoni) and more famous international artists like Goya and Francesco Hayez.
PISA, Piazza dei Miracoli and other locations | Alexey Morosov (from 7th July to 15th September 2024)
Contemporary Sculptures by Russian painter and sculptor Morosov (the artist has chosen nearby Lucca as his home) interact with Pisa’s historic sights.
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PISA, Palazzo Blu | Hokusai (from 24th October 2024 to 23rd February 2025)
With more than 200 works, including never-before-exhibited masterpieces, the HOKUSAI exhibition at Palazzo Blu in Pisa is a great opportunity to learn about the greatest exponent of the Ukiyo-e genre of the Edo Period. The famous painter and printmaker left us some iconic prints, like the iconic The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
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