‘Michelangelo verso il mito. Dal restauro nuova luce su Tiberio Titi’, produced by the Casa Buonarroti Foundation and Opera Laboratori, will take place on Monday 30 March at 11am at Casa Buonarroti. Speakers will include: Cristina Acidini, President of the Fondazione Casa Buonarroti; Alessandro Cecchi, Director of the Fondazione Casa Buonarroti; Simonetta Brandolini d’Adda, President … More
To mark the 550th anniversary of Michelangelo’s birth, the Fondazione Casa Buonarroti is organising a series of lectures dedicated to his role as an artist, poet and man of letters, with the aim of presenting to the public the lesser-known aspects of his personality, his cultural interests and his political passion. The meetings, designed with … More
Florence, Casa Buonarroti, 24 September 2025 – 7 January 2026 The exhibition, promoted by Fondazione Casa Buonarroti in collaboration with Vatican Museums and Regione Toscana, was strongly supported by the president of the Fondazione, Cristina Acidini, and the director, Alessandro Cecchi, to inaugurate the restored and redesigned exhibition rooms on the ground floor of the … More
On the occasion of the Celebrations for the 450th anniversary of the death of Cosimo I dei Medici and Giorgio Vasari, the Fondazione Casa Buonarroti is organising a round table on the theme Giorgio Vasari and the Medici between art and politics. Alessandro Cecchi, Federico Giglio and Laura Overpelt will discuss the topic, also in … More
Given the interest shown by the public for the cycle of conferences organised by the Casa Buonarroti to highlight the most important sheets of its collection of Michelangelo’s drawings, it has been decided to continue with the appointments in the autumn and winter months of 2024 and 2025, offering the opportunity to get to know … More
by Cristina Acidini e Alessandro Cecchi “Buonarrotiana. Studi su Michelangelo e la famiglia Buonarroti”, vol. 4 Officina Libraria 2023 The restoration of the Inclination by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most famous artist of the Italian and European 17th century, involved not only conservation work on the painting but also an extensive diagnostic campaign using the most … More
Carocci editore 2024 This volume offers a new perspective on Michelangelo’s poetry that, by combining historical-philological rigour with a topical perspective, highlights the themes of subjectivity, creativity and identity that lie at the heart of the artist’s rhizomatic writing. From the reading of Buonarroti’s poems emerges an anxious questioning of the danger and the possibilities … More
Vittoria Colonna Carteggio Vittoria Colonna, the poetess who was Michelangelo’s friend and inspiration in his mature years, did not conceive of her letters as literary works, to be selected, corrected and published. Yet her correspondence – which responds to different instances, to which correspond different tones, styles and languages: brief family communications, pages of administrative … More
Exhibition curator: Alessandro Cecchi Florence, Casa Buonarroti, 26 September 2023 – 8 January 2024 The restoration of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Inclination, originally placed on the ceiling of the Galleria Buonarrotiana, generously financed by Calliope Arts and Christian Levett, has allowed a reinterpretation and appreciation of the work that was unthinkable before the intervention, and further discoveries … More
Casa Buonarroti is organising a cycle of conferences dedicated to the most important folios in its collection of Michelangelo’s drawings for the autumn of 2023. The lectures are part of the project to refurbish the museum room dedicated to the temporary exhibition of drawings, which will be carried out in 2023 to complete the renovation … More
Art historian Costantino D’Orazio, curator of the upcoming exhibition dedicated to Artemisia Gentileschi at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, will illustrate documents related to the rape trial brought in Rome in 1612 by Orazio Gentileschi against Agostino Tassi. The affair presents many issues that are still unresolved today, which D’Orazio will address with the help … More
Do Michelangelo’s sculptures, frescoes and poems reflect Catholic orthodoxy, or are they rather the work of a follower of the Reformation forced into secrecy? The question of Michelangelo’s religiosity is still debated, often favouring all too one-sided perspectives. The volume Capricci luterani? Michelangelo artista e poeta nel contesto del dibattito religioso del Cinquecento, edited by Christine … More
The seven museums of the Welcome network – Museo e Istituto Fiorentino di Preistoria, Museo della Casa Buonarroti, Museo Horne, Museo Fondazione Scienza e Tecnica, Museo Galileo, Il Giardino di Archimede e il Sistema Museale di Ateneo – tell the story of Florence from Prehistory to the Modern Age from their collections and activities. The speakers … More
After the long break due to the pandemic emergency, the usual programme of summer concerts in the courtyard of the Casa Buonarroti resumes. Two concerts will be held in June 2023, organised in collaboration with the Associazione Giotto in musica. The first concert will be held on 20 June, the second on 27 June, both … More
Marco Ciatti and Marco Collareta present the volume Michelangelo: the early works New acquisitions edited by Cristina Acidini and Alessandro Cecchi (Officina Libraria 2022) Introduced Father Giuseppe Pagano and Alessandro Cecchi May 23, 2023 – 5:30 p.m. Hall of the Chapter of Santo Spirito – Florence The volume Michelangelo. Early Works. New Acquisitions is devoted … More
A Comet to the East Celestial signs and prophecy in the habitus spiritual of Michelangelo and the artists of his Florentine circle Lecture by Sergio Taddei Thursday, April 13, 2023, 5 p.m. Florence, Casa Buonarroti, via Ghibellina 70 The presentation is open to the public up to the maximum capacity allowed by security regulations Sixteenth-century … More
Bruce Edelstein and Elena Fumagalli present the volume by Vincenzo Sorrentino A Patron Family Between Renaissance Florence, Rome, and Naples (Routledge 2022) Introduced by Cristina Acidini and Alessandro Cecchi February 27, 2023 – 5:00 p.m. Casa Buonarroti – via Ghibellina 70 Florence The presentation is open to the public up to the maximum capacity allowed … More
FROM 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 TO 20 FEBRUARY 2022, THE BUONARROTI HOUSE WILL HOST A SECTION OF THE EXHIBITION ON JENNY SAVILLE, ONE OF THE GREATEST LIVING PAINTERS AND A LEADING VOICE ON THE INTERNATIONAL ART SCENE http://www.museonovecento.it/en/mostre/jenny-saville/
In 2019 the Fondazione Casa Buonarroti launched the series “Buonarrotiana. Studi su Michelangelo e la famiglia Buonarroti”, dedicated to original research on the identity themes of the Institution, entrusted to specialists of various disciplines and tackled in a perspective of comparison between different visions and approaches. The series was inaugurated by the volume Michelangelo … More
Presentation of the volume Michelangelo e la “maniera di figure piccole” by Marcella Marongiu, with essays by Marcello Abbiati, Barbara Agosti, Elena Calvillo, Alessandro Cecchi, Laura Gianesini, Federica Kappler, Massimo Romeri. Edifir 2019. Monday, February 8, 2021, 5:00 p.m. – Teams Platform. Carlo Falciani talks about the book, with the participation of Marcella Marongiu, Alessandro … More
APRIL 3RD – MAY 15TH 2019
