MILAN (AP) — The German director of Florence’s Galleria dell'Accademia has succeeded in drawing visitors’ attention to masterpieces beyond Michelangelo’s towering David, while winning landmark court ...

Michelangelo’s magnificent “David” epitomizes the creativity that flowed in Florence, Italy, during the Renaissance, and nothing quite compares to seeing his much-celebrated sculpture up close without ...

For 25 years, Friends of Florence has worked to conserve and protect the city’s priceless art and architecture, raising ...

FLORENCE, Italy — The Uffizi Galleries, the most-visited museum in Italy, is open after three months of covid-19 lockdown, delighting art lovers who don’t have to jostle with throngs of tourists ...

Over the next month, visitors to the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, eager for a view of Michelangelo’s towering David, might find their eye drawn to another, arguably more adorable, ...

FLORENCE, Italy — A Dutch still-life painting, stolen by retreating Nazis and sent by a German soldier as a present to his wife, came back to a Florence museum on Friday, thanks largely to a ...

Mass tourism has turned the Italian city of Florence into a “prostitute,” the director of Galleria dell’Accademia has said, sparking anger and calls for her to step down. Although Cecilie Hollberg has ...

The Associated Press German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass (left) and Italian Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli watch the unveiling of the “Vase of Flowers” painting by Jan van Huysum, at the Pitti ...

Where to stay in style in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, from Florence's Hotel Savoy just steps from Il Duomo to a coastal hotel near the theater where Federico Fellini saw his first movie. By Jordan ...

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass, left, and Italian Culture Minister Alberto Bonisoli watch the unveiling of the "Vase of Flowers" painting by Jan van Huysum, at the Pitti Palace, part of the Uffizi ...