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How to make Florence’s 'Museum of Tourism', the Uffizi, enjoyable again, according to its new director
Simone Verde cannot reduce visitor numbers, so he means to spread them out over new delights
Ex-Uffizi chief Eike Schmidt loses bid to become Mayor of Florence
Sara Funaro, a local councillor with the centre-left Democratic Party, reportedly took more than 60% of the vote
National Portrait Gallery should become a dispersed museum
The gallery—and the other big London museums—should be sending their vast collections around the country instead of hiding them in basements
Botticelli’s Venus as ‘influencer’ in tourism campaign faces widespread ridicule
The use of a computerised mascot of the Renaissance figure to promote Italian culture has been described as “humiliating” and “grotesque”
Uffizi’s ticket price hike sparks row
As the Italian museum responds to rising energy bills, culture minister says institutions’ entrance charge increases are justified
Hic! Row erupts over loan of Caravaggio’s Bacchus to wine festival
Uffizi's plan to show the painting at Vinitaly has been described as “absurd” and “unacceptable”
Italy's Uffizi Galleries forced to stay shut over public holiday due to staff shortage
Culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano criticises museum for not opening on the Monday before All Saints Day but director Eike Schmidt says government must step in to find "reinforcements"
Minneapolis to host 'most comprehensive US show of Botticelli' with major loans from the Uffizi
The exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art features more than 45 works from the Florentine museum
Climate activists gluing themselves to masterpieces are honouring art's longstanding reverence of nature—and they deserve our support
The actions of Just Stop Oil and other groups might seem extreme—but their demands are anything but
Uffizi loan of self-portraits to the Bund One Art Museum opens ten-exhibition series in Shanghai
Show of works by 48 artists, from Bernini to Chagall, is first in a five-year programme worth €6m to the Florence museum
Uffizi Gallery announces €50m project to return Boboli Gardens to its former Medici-era glory
Planned for completion in 2030, the revamp will include redeveloping the neoclassical Pagliere building for temporary exhibitions and storage
Climate activists glue themselves to Botticelli masterpiece in Italy
Officials at the Gallerie degli Uffizi in Florence say that the 15th-century painting was not damaged thanks to protective glass cover
Italian government plans to halt digital sales of masterpieces from its major museums
Move follows €240,000 sale of NFT of Michelangelo work, with Uffizi taking a share of the profits
Italian culture sector divided on whether museums should impose tougher sanctions on Russia or continue dialogue
Former Uffizi gallery director calls for cultural sanctions against Russia saying it "would be a huge slap in the face [for] the regime"
Eternal return: Italian museums to sell digital copies of masterpieces by Leonardo, Caravaggio and Modigliani
Replicas of works from four institutions, including the Uffizi, will be sold as NFTs by Unit London gallery
Business as usual for European museums operating in China, despite genocide ruling
A London panel has assembled the largest cache of evidence on the concentration camps in Xinjiang, but museums will not say if they have examined it
Italy’s museums move to stop ticket touts’ post-Covid comeback
The Uffizi and Galleria dell’Accademia are among those finding ways to prevent re-sellers from inflating ticket prices
Uffizi gets down with the kids, lowering Renaissance masterpieces to children’s eye level
The new initiative also involves a team of museum guards tasked with responding to tiny tots' niggling queries
Elba, Napoleon's Italian exile island, hosts bicentenary exhibition on the controversial French emperor
Uffizi Galleries in Florence among major lenders to show marking 200 years since his death
A fatal Mafia bombing shook Florence in 1993—now the Uffizi is fixing damage to its famous Vasari corridor with memorials of the attack
Work on the 760m-long Renaissance passageway, which has been closed for safety since 2016, will be completed in May next year
Crowds flock to revamped Uffizi Galleries
Florence museum unveiled new exhibition space and recent acquisitions
'Stuffy and dusty' no more: Uffizi builds on new-found social media savviness with Clubhouse appearance
Florence museum director Eike Schmidt will discuss the fate of museums in the wake of Covid-19 on the audio app following successes on Facebook and TikTok
'Complete ignorance': Uffizi director Eike Schmidt hits back at German journalist for criticising Dante
Arno Widmann wrote that the 13th-century Italian author, best known for the Divine Comedy, was antiquated and difficult to understand
Uffizi Galleries' Botticelli masterpieces—currently kept in storage—are bound for Medici villa in the Tuscan hills
The Uffizi Diffusi project aims to "scatter" works from the Florence museum's collection around overlooked sites across Tuscany on short term loans
Uffizi acquires first 'street art' work—a mash-up of Gilbert & George and a crotch-grabbing Mark Wahlberg
Mixed-media montage by UK artist Endless was donated to the Florence museum
Art history with a side of mayonnaise: Uffizi Galleries launches new Facebook cooking show
Weekly video series “Uffizi da mangiare” invites Florentine chefs to present recipes inspired by the Italian museum's collection
Remembering Dante—Uffizi unveils online exhibition of 'Divine Comedy' drawings by Federico Zuccari
Florence gallery also planning vast exhibition dedicated to the poet in Forlì featuring works by Michelangelo
Uffizi director Eike Schmidt has contracted coronavirus
Museum chief is asymptomatic and says he will continue working in quarantine
As US blocks TikTok, Italy's Uffizi claims the platform has doubled its number of young visitors
Experts predict that alternative platforms such as Byte App and Dubsmash will now go mainstream and museum's director says it is "ready to jump onto new social media"