All set for the Florence Antiques Biennale: here's a selection of works

The Florence Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato, the “great exhibition of Italian art,” is at the starting ribbons. From Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, the 30th edition of the “Biennale dei Capolavori” will be presented in the historic venue of Palazzo Corsini with several new features. It is in particular the opening to the twentieth century that distinguishes this 2017 Biennale, which will host 3,000 works brought to the exhibition by more than 80 Italian and foreign galleries in a layout designed by Venetian designer and set designer Matteo Corvino, which will ensure greater visibility of the palace’s seventeenth-century architecture thanks to a glass ceiling for the central pathway. The extension in time will allow the viewer to observe works that reach back to the 1980s: an opening tocontemporary art that will result in the Urs Fischer art project, curated by Fabrizio Moretti (secretary general of the Biennale) and Sergio Risaliti. The Swiss artist will exhibit three works in the city(at this link, a detailed presentation).

But there are several initiatives that will open during the Biennale. There will be the exhibition An Encounter between Late Gothic and Contemporary: Pietro di Chellino and Pietro Annigoni, with works from the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary by presenting some works from its remarkable collection at Palazzo Corsini. Again, an agreement with Palazzo Strozzi will allow visitors to visit the exhibition The Sixteenth Century in Florence at a reduced price. Then, on Sept. 29, it will be the turn of thecharity event, a dinner in the Salone del Trono of Palazzo Corsini in favor of Engera - Africa Caring People ONLUS, which works to protect the health of the Ethiopian population: in particular, there will be an auction of objects offered by exhibitors, the proceeds of which will go to the organization. On October 1, on the other hand, there will be an event by the non-profit organization Firenze in Rosa, which spreads the culture of breast cancer prevention.

“The 2017 edition,” says Fabrizio Moretti, “expands its temporal boundaries to include the eighties of the twentieth century: a choice perfectly in line with the trend evident in all the major events in the sector at the international level and which intends to encourage a collecting that knows how to make a dialogue between works from even the most diverse periods, from archaeology to the contemporary, passing through all the great moments of universal art history.”

The Biennale will open daily from Sept. 23 to Oct. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. On Sept. 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admission: full 15 euros, reduced 10 euros. Information at www.biaf.it. Partners: Federalberghi Firenze, Fratelli Piccini, Pineider, Porsche and Centro Porsche Firenze, Stefano Ricci, Dr. Vranjes. Media partners: Antiques, Apollo, Artribune, Artslife.

We close with a selection of the works we will see at the 30th edition of the Biennale(more previews here):

Mino da Fiesole and workshop, Madonna and Blessing Child (terracotta bas-relief within painted wooden architectural tabernacle, 46 x 33.5 x 1.5 cm, painted wooden architectural tabernacle, 78 x 59 x 9 cm; Longari Arte Milano)

Benedetto Buglioni, Christ the Redeemer (terracotta, 56 x 50 x 23 cm; Botticelli Antichità)

Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, Saint George and the Dragon (oil on copper, 56.5 x 43.4 cm; Matteo Lampertico Arte Antica e Moderna)

Tintoretto, Study of a Manly Nude (pencil drawing on blue paper, 24 x 16 cm; Enrico Frascione)

Pietro Paolini, The actor Tiberio Fiorilli as Scaramouche with two other masks (oil on canvas, 92.5 x 121 cm; Galerie Michel Descours)

Livy Mehus, The Battle between Greeks and Trojans (oil on canvas, 149 x 222 cm; Llull Pampoulides)

Justus Suttermans, Portrait of Horace Piccolomini (oil on canvas, 127 x 96.5 cm; Henry Lumina)

Secret Denunciation Hole (Late 17th century-early 18th century; Verona marble slab with epigraph, 60.5 x 69.5 x 8.7 cm; W. Apolloni)

Giovanni Boldini, Señora Matías de Errázuriz Ortúzar, née Josefina Virginia de Alvear Fernández Coronel (oil on canvas; 153 x 98.5 cm; Bottegantica)

Antonio Mancini, Portrait of Amelia Almagià and Aldo Ambron(pastel on paper; 72 x 49 cm; Copercini and Giuseppin)

Cagnaccio di San Pietro, The Letter (1925; oil on canvas, 139 x 134.5; Francesca Antonacci - Damiano Lapiccirella Fine Art)

Fernand Léger, Polychrome Still Life (1949; oil on canvas, 33 x 45.8 cm; Frediano Farsetti Art Gallery)

Arman, Pic Nic (1960; silvered paper in vitrine, 45 x 33 x 12 cm; Sperone Westwater)

Agostino Bonalumi, Bianco (1967; shaped canvas and vinyl tempera, 80 x 80 cm; Cortesi Gallery)

All set for the Florence Antiques Biennale: here's a selection of works

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