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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

from Florence Concierge n. 245

by Gruppo Editoriale srl

from Florence Concierge n. 245, page 154

GETTING AROUND IN FLORENCE AND...

PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO 104

From 13 to 16 June

Fortezza da Basso

The mens’ fashion fair returns to Florence’s Fortezza da Basso from 13 to 16 June. A packed programme of events, designers from all over the world and innovative ideas that are too good to miss.

FLORENCE’S PATRON SAN GIOVANNI IS CELEBRATED ON 24 JUNE WITH A TRADITIONAL PROCESSION, THE CALCIO STORICO FINALS AND A FIREWORK DISPLAY

SAN GIOVANNI

24 June

FIRENZE ROCKS 2023

17 and 18 June

Visarno Arena

One of Italy’s most loved rock festivals is back at the Visarno Arena from 17 to 18 June 2023. Since its launch in 2017 it has a racted more than 530,000 visitors, and brought countless Italian and international artists to the stage of one of the world’s most beautiful cities. This year’s lineup includes Maroon 5 and The Who with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra.

Florence’s patron San Giovanni is usually celebrated on 24 June with a traditional procession, the calcio storico ﬁnals and a ﬁrework display that lights up the whole city. Once upon a time, there was also the Palio dei Cocchi, a horse-drawn chariot race held in Piazza Santa Maria Novella on the eve of the saint’s day.

CALCIO STORICO FIORENTINO

10, 11 and 24 June

Piazza Santa Croce

Born right here in Florence in the 15th century, this combination of football, rugby and wrestling is played nowadays in historical costume. The four teams, from the four historical quarters of the city, are Santa Croce (blue), Santo Spirito (white), Santa Maria Novella (red) and San Giovanni (green). They play each other in two semi-ﬁnals and a ﬁnal to determine the winner. Piazza Santa Croce, in front of the Santa Croce church, has always been the venue for the game, also known as Giuoco del Calcio Fiorentino, or simply Calcio.

FESTIVAL DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO

Until 13 July

Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

May is the month of the Italy’s oldest Festival: a season of opera and orchestra with a busy calendar of classical music and opera. On the programme are Mozart’s Don Giovanni conducted by Zubin Mehtara from 30 April to 12 May, and Verdi’s Otello from 20 May to 3 June, also conducted by Zubin Mehta and directed by Valerio Binasco.

CLASSICAL CONCERTS

May

Church of Santo Stefano al Ponte

Music joins art, architecture and culture with the 2023 programme of the Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina. Do not miss out on the bassoon concert by Francesco Bossone on Sunday 14 and Monday 15 May, the concert of pianist Massimo Spada with the Elleboros Quartet on Thursday 18 May and Francesco Manara’s violin concert on the two evenings of Sunday 28 and Monday 29 May.

FOR MORE DETAILS AND RESERVATIONS, ASK YOUR “LES CLEFS D’OR” CONCIERGE

Dagli anni ‘60 agli inizi del XXI secolo, da Boetti a Schifano da Mirò a Basquiat

Keith Haring, Untitled, 1983 acrilico su pelle, cm. 112 x 150

FIRENZE

Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, Via Tornabuoni (Piazza Santa Trinita, 1) - +39 055 602030 www.collezionerobertocasamonti.com

FIRENZE info@collezionerobertocasamonti.com - prenotazioni@collezionerobertocasamonti.com

Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, Via Tornabuoni (Piazza Santa Trinita, 1) - +39 055 602030 www.collezionerobertocasamonti.com info@collezionerobertocasamonti.com - prenotazioni@collezionerobertocasamonti.com

FIRENZE

The place for carpets in Florence

REACHING FOR THE STARS. DA MAURIZIO CATTELAN A LYNETTE YIADOM-BOAKYE

Until 18 June

Palazzo Strozzi

A selection of works by major international contemporary artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, Lyne e Yiadom-Boakye and Rudolf Stingel. With painting, sculpture, installations, photography, video and performance, this project promotes the dialogue between Palazzo Strozzi and contemporary art.

Y.Z. KAMI. LIGHT, GAZE, PRESENCE

Until 24 September

Museo Novecento, Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Museo degli Innocenti and the Abbey of San Miniato al Monte

A journey into the pictorial universe of the famous Iranian-American artist, who has lived and worked in New York since the 1980s. His works focus more on close-up portraits of men and women immersed in an ethereal dimension, a place that is an evocation of memories or the a erlife.