That Florence is the cradle of the Renaissance is now a certainty, but it is also an unusual event to become the venue for the exhibition of contemporary avant-gardes. Artists from all over the world gather at the Fortezza da Basso for this independent and self-financed event, now in its ninth edition: the Florence Biennale. This year's theme is a real challenge: Ethics: DNA of Art, to reflect on the connections between art, aesthetics and ethics in the new millennium. It is the conception of Humanism, which we want to reinvent, reinterpreting the values ​​of which the (new) human being is the bearer and which must be transmitted through a painting, an installation, a video.
From November 30 to December 8, from 10 to 20, you can visit the exhibition in the Spadolini Pavilion of the Fortezza da Basso, but I suggest you consult the very rich program of collateral events: conferences, meetings with artists, workshops and workshops for children. The full ticket costs 10 €, but there is a reduction for all holders of ATAF city bus tickets, for students, for pensioners, for COOP members. The nations represented are many: most of the participants come from Italy, China, Mexico and the United States. The names of the winners with the “Lorenzo the Magnificent” award have already been revealed: Anish Kapoor, Franco Mussida and Henryk Jurkowski.
Eight events are also planned at the same time as the Fortezza event in eight places of the city: the Oblate Library, the Murate, the Borghese Palace, the Riccardiana Library, the former court of Piazza San Firenze, the crypt of Santa Croce. TO Fiesole and in Mugello you can then observe curious installations in the heart of the Tuscan countryside, between hills and olive trees. Precisely in the case of Fiesole, you can participate in a guided walk between art and discovery of the territory.
La Biblioteca delle Oblate will mainly host photographic works, while the music room of the old court it will become the Casino dell'Arte, with bizarre paintings and installations, including some of social denunciation. Buckets full of water in which faces appear, ancient photographs that are transformed into plates that reveal the human anatomy, human heads that emerge from the floor: in short, there is something for everyone! Here the entrance is free and if you are near Piazza della Signoria, I suggest you take a look, if only to admire the contrast between the baroque stuccoes on the ceiling of the room and the innovative works, which describe the contemporary.
An opportunity to talk about art and to reflect on the issues of today's world, for fans or curious minds.
