Uffizi - Finestre sull'Arte

Florence, Vasari Corridor reopens, accessible to all for the first time

The Vasari Corridor, one of the most fascinating and historically rich places in Florence, from tomorrow, December 21, 2024, finally reopens to the public, and becomes accessible, for the first time to all, with a special ticket. This aerial passagew...
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Uffizi Diffusi, new year with call: municipalities can apply for exhibitions

The Uffizi Galleries and the Fondazione CR Firenze have announced the launch of the new Uffizi Diffusi exhibition program, a project that aims to take art out of the big museum circuits and enhance small museums in the Tuscan territory. The new agree...
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Vasari Corridor reopens: the Uffizi's overhead tunnel accessible again Dec. 21

At last, after eight long years of closure, the Uffizi Vasari Corridor, one of Florence's most fascinating and historic attractions, reopens in Florence : the date to be set on the calendar is December 21, 2024. This "aerial tunnel," built in 1565 by...
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Uffizi, new light for Sala della Niobe, where the great Roman horse returns

After nearly two decades in storage, the great Roman horse from the 1st-2nd century AD is back to occupy the center of the Sala della Niobe at the Uffizi in Florence. The ancient sculpture, part of the famous Niobe group, has been restored and reloca...
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Uffizi opens three new rooms dedicated to masterpieces by Andrea del Sarto and Fra Bartolomeo

An artistic journey through the "modern manner" of the Florentine Renaissance opens today at the Uffizi Gallery, with the inauguration of three new rooms dedicated to great masters such as Andrea del Sarto, Fra' Bartolomeo and the circle of artists a...
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Uffizi, refurbished Sale dei Fiamminghi and Sala dei Marmi Antichi

The Uffizi Galleries renew and expand with a double inauguration celebrating the refurbishment of two important spaces in the Florence museum. In the presence of the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, and the director of the Galleries, Simone ...
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In 2024, the Uffizi Diffusi at the Vittoriale with an exhibition on the link between D'Annunzio and Tuscany

The collaboration between the Uffizi and the Vittoriale degli Italiani had already been announced last spring, and now the Florentine museum is announcing what will be the project that will see the two institutions working together: in 2024, in fact,...
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The Uffizi according to Eike Schmidt. End-of-term mega-interview with German director.

Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi, will leave after eight years the museum he has directed since 2015. Schmidt, a German from Freiburg im Breisgau, born in 1968, is among the first cohort of directors of autonomous institutes created under the 201...
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