Presented the 2022 edition of the Florence Biennale of Antiques

It will be held from September 24 to October 2, 2022, the 32nd edition of BIAF - Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze (Florence International Antiques Biennial), which returns in attendance after three years at Palazzo Corsini, a splendid 17th-century residence overlooking the Arno River. As usual, the best of the world’s antiques will be on view, with works all for sale, of the highest quality (they often end up in the world’s best museums). BIAF is the oldest market exhibition in the world and the absolute benchmark for great Italian art, and it is also the only fair in the world to be held in a historic building of immense value.

In the prestigious rooms and halls of Palazzo Corsini, some 80 galleries will be welcomed from Sept. 24 to Oct. 2 with a new layout curated by interior designer, set designer and director Matteo Corvino, in a path through the various stands that aligns works from the Florentine Renaissance to the great Italian and international 20th century, but also Roman, Etruscan and medieval sculptures and artifacts alongside examples of Italian and international design that have shaped the taste of the most recent century. Plus, the best antiquarians of the globe, women and men who dedicate their lives to the research, restoration, and study of these wonders, with some notable returns and important reconfirmations of international dealers who will bring the best of paintings from every era, drawings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, and jewelry.

After two days reserved for the Vetting Committee, BIAF will open its doors to the press on the morning of September 22. The evening of September 22, with the Night of Fires, will instead celebrate the official opening of the Biennial. Among the initiatives that will enliven the days of the exhibition is the preview screening of Eternal Memories, the world’s first docu-game that aims to tell the younger generations about ancient art through a playful moment to bring them closer to this universe. Playable in Italian and English, Eternal Memories can be downloaded for free on all smartphones and iPads through the main APP platforms and intends to reach millions of players worldwide among the audience of more than 2 billion regular players. The game is produced for BIAF by Golem Multimedia, with the collaboration of TuoMuseo and the support of Consultinvest.

There is also room for patronage: with the donation of the splendid altarpiece by Durante Alberti, depicting the Trinity and Saints Andrew, Mary Magdalene and Christina (oil on canvas, 373 x 192.5 cm) by Fabrizio Moretti and Eleonora and Bruno Botticelli, to commemorate the memory of their respective parents, to the Cathedral of Sansepolcro, compensating the church for a serious loss suffered in the past. While thanks to the financial support of the Biennale dell’Antiquariato, the Fondazione Archivio Museo Richard Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia began a major campaign to restore a significant nucleus of precious wax models that had been severely damaged by moisture in the years following the closure andabandonment of the Museo Ginori, including the group depicting Apollo and Marsyas, taken from a work by Florentine sculptor Giovan Battista Foggini, and the groups with Venus Plucking Love and Leda with the Swan, whose bronze archetypes are due to the invention of the late Baroque sculptor Massimiliano Soldani Benzi. Unforgettable days in Florence at Palazzo Corsini and in the rest of the city with the second edition of Florence Art Week: The Maison of Via Tornabuoni, the Galleries of Via Maggio, Via de Fossi, Borgognissanti and the boutiques of Ponte Vecchio will offer activities and events reserved for VIP card holders. The Exhibition is placed under the Patronage of the Region of Tuscany, City of Florence, Metropolitan City, and Chamber of Commerce.

Below is the complete list of participating galleries: 800/900 Artstudio - Livorno and Lucca; Al Fine Art Antonacci Lapiccirella - Rome; Altomani & Sons - Milan and Pesaro; Antichità Giglio - Milan ; Paolo Antonacci - Rome; Giovanni Asioli Martini Antiquario - Imola (Bologna); Bacarelli Antichità - Florence ; Giorgio Baratti Antiquario - Milan; Jean-Luc Baroni - London; Bottegantica - Milan and Bologna; Botticelli Antichità - Florence; Maurizio Brandi Antiquario - Naples; Brun Fine Art - London and Milan; Butterfly - Lugano; Callisto Fine Arts - London; Roberto Campobasso - Naples; Cantore Galleria Antiquaria - Modena; Caretto & Occhinegro - Turin; Mirco Cattai Fine Art & Antique Rugs - Milan; Cecchetto Prior Antiquariato - San Vito di Altivole (Treviso); Alessandro Cesati - Milan; Luciano Coen Arazzi e Tappeti Antichi - Rome; Copetti Antiquari - Premiaracco (Udine); Nicolas Cortes Gallery - Madrid; Cortona Fine Art - Milan; De Jonckheere - Geneva; Alberto Di Castro - Rome; Alessandra Di Castro - Rome; Miriam Di Penta Fine Arts - Rome; Enrico Gallerie D’Arte - Milan and Genoa; Fondantico di Tiziana Sassoli - Bologna; Enrico Frascione - Florence; Frascione Arte - Florence; Galerie Canesso - Paris, Lugano, Milan; Galleria Berardi - Rome; Galleria Continua - San Gimignano, Beijing and ; Habana; Galleria D’Arte Frediano Farsetti - Milan; Galleria Gomiero - Montegrotto Terme (Padua); Galleria Marletta - Florence; Galleria Poggiali - Florence, Milan and Pietrasanta (Lucca); Galleria Russo - Rome; Galleria Carlo Virgilio & C. - Rome and London; Gallo Fine Art - Milan and Solesino (Padua); Michele Gargiulo “Antiquario” - Naples; Dario Ghio - Monte Carlo; Giacometti Old Master Paintings - Naples; Iotti Antichità - Reggio Emilia; Matteo Lampertico Arte Antica e Moderna - Milan; Cesare Lampronti Old Masters Paintings - London and Rome; Laocoon Gallery - London and Rome; Leone - Naples; Longari Arte Milano - Milan; Sandro Morelli - Florence; Moretti - London, Monte Carlo and Florence; Maurizio Nobile - Bologna, Paris and Milan; Carlo Orsi - Milan; Orsini Arte e Libri - Milan; Walter Padovani - Milan; A. Pallesi Art Gallery - Monte Carlo; Parronchi Dipinti ’800-’900 S.R.L. - Florence; Piva & C. - Milan; Porcini - Naples; Reve Art - Bologna; Robertaebasta - Milan and London; Robilant+Voena - London, Milan and St. Moritz; Romano Fine Art - Florence; Romigioli Antichità - Legnano (Milan); Salamon & C. - Milan; Santa Tecla - Padua; Giovanni Sarti - Paris; Scultura Italiana di Dario Mottola - Milan; Secol-Art Antichità di Masoero Davide & C. - Turin; Società di Belle Arti - Viareggio (Lucca) and Milan; Sperone Westwater - New York; Tettamanti Antichità - Florence; Tornabuoni Arte - Florence, Milan and Forte dei Marmi (Lucca).

For all info you can visit the BIAF website.

Presented the 2022 edition of the Florence Biennale of Antiques

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