Florence
Bill Viola reimagines the Renaissance with a retrospective in Florence
The Palazzo Strozzi mixes Viola's videos and installations with the Old Masters that inspired them
Uffizi draws the line at Leonardo loan request for Milan Expo show
Milan’s mayor fails to drag Italian minister of culture into row
Books: Isabella d’Este's hunt for a Leonardo painting
Isabella d’Este was not satisfied with an objet d’art and a drawing; she was determined to have Leonardo da Vinci paint her portrait
Now you see it, now you don’t: restorers wash Leonardo drawing away
Catastrophe strikes as restorers use routine conservation method
Cavallini discovery reopens superiority debate between Quattrocento Roman and Florentine schools
Will Cavallini or Giotto reign supreme?
Palazzo Vecchio Leonardo discovery doubted
The unfinished fresco may lie under Vasari's contribution to the Palazzo
The rebirth of Florence's Villa Stibbert
Director Cristina Aschengreen-Piacenti has pioneered the project, refusing to allow the residence of a great Anglo-Florentine collector to fade from memory
Florentine seizure of war-theft paintings on loan from New Zealand
It is alleged that they were stolen from the collection of Cino Vitta, head of the Jewish community in Florence during the war
Furniture in the Palazzo Pitti, table tops take the palm
The second of the four volume series on the furniture of the Pitti Palace makes its debut
Italy turns to Modernism as Warhol goes on show in Rome and Florence galleries are revitalised
Beautiful art in the Beautiful Country
High-tech advances at the Uffizi to transform air conditioning, conservation, and data maintenance
Progress on the “Uffizi advanced technology project” in Florence is going well.