From classical to contemporary art, famous galleries and beautifully curated venues, Florence offers a range of art exhibits throughout the year.
Here we explore the best art exhibits in Florence in 2024: classical statues at the Uffizi Gallery, Art Nouveau at the Innocenti Museum and contemporary artists’ exhibitions at Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Novecento.
LAST UPDATE: July 2024
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Top Art Exhibits in Florence in 2024
PALAZZO VECCHIO – Giovanni Stradano | until 18th February 2024
Palazzo Vecchio commemorates the eclectic Flemish artist Jan Van der Straet (known as Giovanni Stradano) who was active in Florence in the 16th century. He worked extensively for the Medici family, collaborating with Giorgio Vasari for the decoration of Palazzo Vecchio, with paintings, tapestries and decorative panels. Titled ‘The Strangest and Most Beautiful Inventions in the World’, the exhibit showcases a selection of 80 paintings, drawings, prints, books, tapestries from this inventive multi- talented artist, who made Florence his home.
INNOCENTI MUSEUM – Alphonse Mucha | until 7th April 2024
The father of Art Nouveau, Alphonse Mucha, is at the Innocenti Museum in Florence until 7th April 2024. With his iconic images and famed advertising posters, this Czech illustrator and painter created a new style of communication. He drew his inspiration from the natural world and Slavic tradition, and his women with flowing hair and sinuous decorative details of plants and flowers have become eternal symbols of his style.
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 from 12th December 2023 to 30th June 2024. A unique occasion to admire the Uffizi collection of ancient Roman and Greek statues close-up – including the celebrated Medici Venus usually guarded in the Tribuna – and appreciate all their details and life-like quality. 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, surely one of the top art exhibits in Florence in 2024.
Highlights of the Uffizi Exhibition: the Medici Venus, the Wrestlers, the Dancing satyr reunited with the Nymph to recompose the group of the ‘Invitation to Dance’, one of the masterpieces of Hellenistic statuary.
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Did you know? The original nucleus of the Uffizi Gallery was the vast collection of art put together by the Medici family, including statues from Greek and Roman times acquired throughout the centuries. Most of these statues were originally placed in the Medici residences and villas.
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 addresses controversial themes and taboo of recent history – notably the war and Nazi regime – Kiefer presents some of his historical and new artworks at Palazzo Strozzi, engaging an interesting dialogue with Renaissance architecture.
MUSEO NOVECENTO – Ritorni. Da Modigliani a Morandi | 23rd March – 15th September 2024
An exhibits that brings to Museo Novecento in Florence 15 works by great Italian masters of the 20th century: the famous Amedeo Modigliani’s Self-Portrait, Morandi’s metaphysical Still Life, Carrà’s Camera Incantata and Guttuso’s great Crucifixion among the artworks on display.
MUSEO NOVECENTO – Alessandra Ferrini | 17th February – 28th April 2024
“Unsettling Genealogies” is the title of the solo exhibition dedicated to Italian, London-based contemporary artist Alessandra Ferrini. A multifaceted project, a critical investigation into the history of Italian cultural institutions, and their links to colonialism.
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PALAZZO MEDICI-RICCARDI – Roberto Innocenti | 22nd February – 26th May 2024
“I get lost when dealing with words; images are my world”, it’s the motto of Italian illustrator Roberto Innocenti received the Hans Christian Andersen Award – the most prestigious international award for authors and illustrators of children’s book – in 2008. This year Medici Riccardi Palace hosts an exhibit dedicated to his work.
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.
PALAZZO STROZZI – Helen Frankenthaler | 27th September 2024 – 26th January 2025
Palazzo Strozzi presents the poetic abstractions of one of the most significant American artists of the twentieth century, in “Helen Frankenthaler: Painting without Rules“. Her work spans across six decades, from the 50ies onwards. The exhibit underlines her contribution to abstract expressionist painting, her innovative techniques and use of colours, and shows Helen Frankenthaler’s artistic affinities with select works by some of her contemporaries, including Morris Louis, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko.
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” | 22nd 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.
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