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Fiesole celebrates Beato Angelico with a rich program of events

From Oct. 18, 2025, to Jan. 21, 2026, Fiesole offers an articulated program of events dedicated to Beato Angelico, the Renaissance master who found his spiritual and creative home in the Convent of San Domenico in the hills around Florence. The serie...
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All the Contradictions of Beato Angelico. What the exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi and San Marco looks like.

It is safe to assume that John Ruskin had not grasped the paradox inherent in the compliment he had intended for Blessed Angelico when he wrote that Fra' Giovanni da Fiesole formed a class of his own, meaning that "he was not an artist proper, but an...
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Fra Angelico in Florence reaches over 10,000 visitors in first week of opening

In its first week of opening, the Beato Angelico exhibition set up between Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco in Florence has already registered more than 10,000 visitors. The exhibition, produced in collaboration with the National Museums Tusca...
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Florence, major Beato Angelico exhibition presented between Palazzo Strozzi and Museum of San Marco

Opening to the public on Sept. 26, 2025, is the major exhibition Beato Angelico, presented today by the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco in Florence, dedicated to one of the most representative artists of 15th-centuryartand among...
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Florence, a major exhibition on Fra Angelico at Palazzo Strozzi and Museo di San Marco

From September 26, 2025 to January 25, 2026, Florence pays tribute to Fra' Giovanni da Fiesole, universally known as Beato Angelico, with a major exhibition spread between two venues: Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo di San Marco. The exhibition, titled...
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Fiesole, Beato Angelico's Crucifixion returns to view after major restoration

After a long and delicate conservation operation, Beato Angelico 's Crucifixion is finally back on view in the Convent of San Domenico in Fiesole (Florence). The work, of extraordinary artistic and spiritual importance, underwent a maintenance restor...
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Florence, Beato Angelico's Deposition shines again after restoration

An early Florentine Renaissance masterpiece is back to shine in the Museo di San Marco: Beato Angelico's Deposition of Christ, part of the Santa Trinita Altarpiece, is once again on view after complex restoration work. Thanks to the support of the Fr...
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Oxford's Ashmolean Museum acquires a masterpiece by Beato Angelico

The youthful Crucifixion by Beato Angelico (Giovanni da Fiesole, born Guido di Pietro; Vicchio, c. 1395 - Rome, 1455), a splendid work by the artist bridging the Gothic and Renaissance periods that had reappeared on the market in June 2023, has been ...
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