The Uffizi with its new extraordinary rooms dedicated to Caravaggio and 17th century painting.

Caravaggio: Medusa, 1598 Oil on canvas on convex shield. Uffizi Gallery Florence “Corallina” (particular) by Beatrice Brandini On Monday 17 February, eight new rooms were inaugurated in the prestigious Uffizi Museum, wing of the Levante, dedicated to Caravaggio and 17th-century painting. Eight rooms characterized by evocative names such as: “Caravaggio: the Medusa”, “Caravaggio: the Bacchus”, […]

Capucci Dionisiaco, Drawings for the theater: the magnificent fantasy of a great master.

Costume for theatrical representation, drawing by Roberto Capucci (2009) “Rita Rainbow” by Beatrice Brandini I have already dedicated a post to Roberto Capucci (January 21st 2014), but such an important and complete figure would deserve many others. This time the occasion is a beautiful exhibition that I had the privilege of seeing together with the […]

The 82nd edition of Pitti Filati with the excellence of Italian and international spinning

MILLEFILI set up “Guendalina” by Beatrice Brandini The number 82 edition of Pitti Filati ended, the fair recorded a small growth by foreign buyers, confirming the overall data of the last winter edition. Pitti Filati presented the collections of the most prestigious spinning mills for the 2019 summer season, for this reason, despite being an […]