Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 5:30 PM Eastern Time. Please click this link to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89519505109. No password is necessary to access the webinar. This lecture will explore the sometimes violent, often bizarre, and always fascinating representations of saints and martyrs in Italian art by artists such as Michelangel...
READ MORERenaissance Art Conversations XII - Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi: Restoration, History, and Meaning. Dr. Emily Fenichel. Sunday - October 21, 2018. 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Boca Raton Museum of Art - In Mizner Park - 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, FL 33432. RSVP 561-392-2500 Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi from the Uffizi Gallery is an unfinished altar...
READ MOREApril 23, 2017 ~ 3:00 p.m. With Emily Fenichel, Ph.D. Tickets Available Through Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real ~ Boca Raton or [email protected]. Non-Member of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery ~ $10.00. Seating is Limited ~ Reservations are Recommended One of the most enduring relationships in Michelangelo's life was his pe...
READ MOREContemporary artist Bill Viola has donated his video work, "Self Portrait, Submerged," created earlier this year, to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The donation was made possible through the joint efforts of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery, based in Palm Beach, Florida, and their sister organization in Florence, Amici degli Uffizi. V...
READ MOREThe Times of London named the Uffizi Gallery, located in Florence, Italy, the "world's greatest gallery." In South Florida, the restoration of artworks found at the Uffizi Gallery is supported by the Palm Beach-based Friends of the Uffizi Gallery. Since their inception in 2006, the organization has fully funded, or contributed to the...
READ MORESunday, September 27, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Michelangelo and Judaism Sunday, November 22, 2015 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: Artistic Competition in Renaissance Florence Sunday, January 1, 2016 | 3:00 to 4:00 pm: The Madonna's of the Uffizi Gallery In an effort to enhance our educational schedule of events, the Friends of the Uffizi Galler...
READ MOREEvery two years, The Friends of the Uffizi Gallery organize the Florentine Weekend, a weekend of VIP, art-focused activities at the Uffizi Gallery and in nearby locations throughout the City of Florence. This is an exclusive, invitation-only and behind-the-scenes tour of one of the world's most prestigious museums and the surrounding cultural commu...
READ MOREYou are cordially invited to attend the Friends of the Uffizi Gallery Annual Champagne BrunchSunday, February 15, 2015 - 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Palm Beach County Convention Center650 Okeechobee Boulevard - West Palm Beach, Florida FEATURINGFrom a Docent's Perspective - The Uffizi Gallery BRUNCH CHAIRPERSONSRobert Silvani & D...
READ MORECalled "the most thrilling art discovery of our time," the saga of Leonardo da Vinci's lost work, the Salvator Mundi, is an intriguing tale. The poignant oil painting, which depicts Christ making the sign of the blessing, was last recorded in the collection of King Charles I in 1649. And then it seemed to have vanished. That is, until it w...
READ MOREThis Sunday, February 16, 2014, Robert B. Simon, Ph.D., will be the guest lecturer at the annual brunch for Friends of the Uffizi Gallery, which will be held at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antiques Show. Dr. Simon will provide information about his discovery of Leonardo da Vinci's, "Salvator Mundi" painting in a lecture titled, "Leonardo Lost...
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