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Discover America at Palazzo Strozzi
America and Florence have always been closely bound by history and affection. Already by the end of the 19th century, Americans considered Florence their own. Hundreds of painters took up residence in Paris while still others studied in Germany but, no matter where else they studied, for most of them Italy was an inescapable magnet. Florence, Venice and Rome had been at the heart of the grand tour for centuries and had become legendary for all modern artists eager to study the art of the past. On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the death of the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, Palazzo Strozzi explores American painters’ relationship with Italy. Americans in Florence. Sargent and the American Impressionists focuses on John Singer Sargent, and on the Florentine circle around the influential young Italo- American collector Egisto Fabbri. The exhibition takes a close look at the influence Italy had on American painting in the second half of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. It also looks at the impact of the Americans - fresh, young and boisterous - on Tuscan culture. A second exhibition, in the Palazzo Strozzi’s Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS), American Dreamers, takes a look at new trends in American contemporary art.
In 2012, America is there to be discovered at Palazzo Strozzi!
Information: Tel. + 39 055 26 45155
Combined ticket
€10.00 per person
Buy on-line
Groups
Educational tour of both exhibitions
€ 100.00 (max. 25 people). Tour lasts two hours. Reservations required.
Cost of guided tour does not include the cost of admission to the exhibitions.
Schools
Combined ticket
€ 5.00 per student.
Educational tour of both exhibitions € 72.00 (max. 25 students). Tour lasts two hours. Reservations required.
Cost of guided tour does not include the cost of admission to the exhibitions.
Reservations
Sigma CSC
Monday to Friday
9.00-13.00; 14.00-18.00
Tel. +39 055 2469600
Fax +39 055 244145
prenotazioni@cscsigma.it
Visit the Americans in Florence website
Visit the American Dreamers website
