More music stars at the Uffizi: Franz Ferdinand and Ben Harper visit the museum

In Florence , the flow of music celebrities to the Uffizi Gallery does not stop: evidently rock stars and colleagues have well taken up the appeal of director Eike D. Schmidt, who has invited singers and musicians passing through the city to visit the great gallery. This time it was the turn of Franz Ferdinand, a celebrated Scottish indie band that performed in Florence on Thursday night, and Ben Harper, an American bluesman engaged in a date at the Pistoia Blues festival.

Franz Ferdinand were guided by Schmidt, and after taking a selfie with the director under the effigy of Pietro Leopoldo de’ Medici (who was the great-uncle of... Francesco Ferdinando), they began their tour of the Gallery, appreciating in particular the Tondo Doni (here a dense Finestre sull’Arte feature), Caravaggio’s Medusa, Artemisia Gentileschi ’s Judith and Holofernes, and Bernardo Buontalenti’s Tribuna.

Visit with Schmidt also for Ben Harper, who, however, granted his preferences to the art of the 15th century: in particular, he was captivated by Botticelli’s paintings (and not only by Venus and Primavera, but by all Botticelli’s works in the gallery) and was particularly curious. In short: the Uffizi is also becoming more and more... temple of music.

Pictured: the Franz Ferdinand with Eike D. Schmidt

More music stars at the Uffizi: Franz Ferdinand and Ben Harper visit the museum

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