A man standing on the Uffizi terrace: it's Gormley's Event Horizon

On the edge of the balustrade of the Uffizi terrace above the Loggia dei Lanzi a man can be seen standing: it is Event Horizon, the fiberglass sculpture made by Antony Gormley, placed as part of the exhibition Being mounted in the Statues and Paintings Gallery from Feb. 26 to May 26, 2019.

Like Settlement, placed for the occasion in Room 43 on the second floor of the museum along with the famous Sleeping Hermaphrodite, and Another time, another human figure, Event Horizon constitutes a foretaste of the exhibition.

Event Horizon, located in complete safety at the terrace balustrade with a system that attaches it thanks to a sturdy metal frame to the structure of the Lodge, is among the London sculptor’s most famous works and has been, over the years, placed on top of some of the world’s tallest buildings, including the Empire State Building in New York, skyscrapers in London, Rio, São Paulo, and Hong Kong.

Meanwhile, just in these days the restoration of about 100 square meters of the floor of the Uffizi terrace was completed: the stones (made of pietra serena), had a deteriorated appearance, and in some cases were raised or hollowed out; they were therefore replaced with specimens of similar design, in the shape of roof tiles. “Almost half a century after the last arrangement, it was necessary to intervene, restoring the harmony of one of the most striking places in the entire museum complex,” said the curator of the architectural heritage of the Uffizi and the Vasari Corridor, Antonio Godoli.

A man standing on the Uffizi terrace: it's Gormley's Event Horizon

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