Uffizi, major contemporary art exhibition dedicated to Penone. Meanwhile, his maxi fir arrives in the city.

On March 25, on the occasion of Dantedì, a sculpture by Giuseppe Penone will be unveiled in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria: his maxi fir tree. About 22 meters tall, the sculpture will be the largest work ever housed in the historic center of the Tuscan capital.

This will be a preview of the contemporary art exhibition Alberi Inversi that the Uffizi Galleries will host from June 1 to Sept. 12, 2021, as part of the Dante celebrations. The title refers to Dante’s theme of the “tree that lives from the top” (Dante, Paradiso, 18: 28-30), a dialectical place where the corporeal and conceptual worlds, matter and idea, meet: it is to this borderland that a series of Penone’s drawings will refer in the exhibition.

The inauguration of Abete, this is the title of the sculpture, is organized by the Uffizi Galleries, is co-sponsored by the City of Florence and realized in collaboration with the Associazione Continua.

The director of the Uffizi Galleries Eike Schmidt, President of the Region of Tuscany Eugenio Giani, Mayor of Florence Dario Nardella, Councillor for Culture of the City of Florence Tommaso Sacchi, and Uffizi Galleries board member Valdo Spini will be present.

Uffizi, major contemporary art exhibition dedicated to Penone. Meanwhile, his maxi fir arrives in the city.

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