Florence, Patti Smith performed under Michelangelo's David

The free event featuring Patti Smith directly under Michelangelo’s David was held yesterday at the Accademia Gallery in Florence. Despite the controversy on the eve of the event (the clash between architect Fernando De Simone, who claimed that the event would cause harmful vibrations to the David’s fragile ankles, and the Gallery’s director, Cecilie Hollberg, who soundly denied it, saying that De Simone’s vision did not correspond to reality and that it would be a reading and not a rock concert), the event was held regularly.

“An unforgettable, unique event, the one with Patti Smith,” Hollberg said, “which closes the first part of David 140 in a spectacular way. We had many guest musicians, art historians and journalists who were able to pay tribute, each with their own knowledge, to the most famous of sculptures.” Patti Smith said she was very proud to be able to perform in the Accademia Gallery alongside the works of Michelangelo, an artist for whom she has never hidden her great passion. During the evening, titled An Evening Of Poetry And Music, Patti Smith performed with an acoustic lineup, accompanied by her two sons (Jesse on piano and Jackson on guitar) along with longtime friend Tony Shanaha on bass.

The rock priestess opened with The boy who loved Michelangelo, a poem of hers dedicated to Robert Mapplethorpe, followed by Greatful, then retracing the most famous songs that have marked her career to end with Because the Night and People have the Power. The audience at the Accademia Gallery accompanied the American singer, then closed with a choral Happy Birthday for her daughter Jesse, who was celebrating her birthday today.

Pictured is a moment from the concert

Florence, Patti Smith performed under Michelangelo's David

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