Here we explore the best art exhibits in Tuscany in 2025: contemporary and Renaissance artists’ exhibitions at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Pisa Palazzo Blu and more.
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Top Art Exhibits in Tuscany this year
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 STROZZI – Tracey Emin (16th March – 20th July 2025)
Palazzo Strozzi hosts a major exhibition dedicated to Tracey Emin, the contemporary British artist famous for her constant experimentations and autobiographical themes. She works with various media- drawing, sculpture, video, installation, photography – with a strong focus on physicality, and relationship between bodies and existence.
FLORENCE, PALAZZO STROZZI – Beato Angelico (26th September 2025 – 25th January 2026)
Beato Angelico, famous for his beautiful fresco ‘Annunciation’ in the San Marco Museum, is one of the founding fathers of Renaissance art in Florence. Spread across two venues—Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco—this exhibition will explore the production, development, and influence of Fra Angelico’s work in dialogue with some of his contemporaries, masters such as Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Luca della Robbia.
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.
AREZZO, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea | Giorgio Vasari (until 2nd February 2025)
Arezzo, ‘the city of Vasari‘, dedicates a great exhibition to one of his most famous sons, Giorgio Vasari. Renaissance painter, architect and art historian, he was the one who frescoed Florence’s Cathedral Dome and designed the Corridoio Vasariano. More than 100 of his works come back to his hometown for this great exhibition that celebrates his genius.
SIENA, SANTA MARIA DELLA SCALA MUSEUM | Italian Art 1915- 1960 (until 30th March 2025)
“Constellations” is the title of this exhibition that takes you on a journey through XX century Italian art – in the period between the years of World War II and the early Sixties: from the “Novecento” to Déco, and the role of art as fascist propaganda, from the Roman School to realism, abstraction and informal art.
FLORENCE, Museo Novecento | Stories of Italian anti-fascist Resistance (Until 2nd April 2025)
Alberto Della Ragione Collection of testimonies concerning the relationship between artists and the fascist regime. The exhibition’s core are the works of masters who suffered or opposed the policies of Fascism and who were loved and protected by Della Ragione, including Scipione, Mario Mafai, Renato Guttuso, Renato Birolli.
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 – 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.
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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.
Palazzo Blu in Pisa is the top gallery for contemporary art -> Check out all the current exhibits.
* Top Art Exhibits in Florence in 2025
Last Update: January 2025
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