***FOR THE ISSUE OF MAY 15***
Florence is blooming right now of the 12 months, and guests can expertise a particular view of the town from the Collegio alla Querce resort or get pleasure from Tuscan conventional meals on the Irene restaurant overlooking the crowded Piazza della Repubblica.
Right here’s an inventory of a few of the new scorching spots within the metropolis:
Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Assortment
Auberge Resorts Assortment has opened its newest vacation spot in Italy situated just a few steps away from the town heart of Florence: Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Assortment. Drawing its identify from the oaks which encompass it, the Sixteenth-century constructing was beforehand a non-public, all-boys faculty for the Florentine elite since 1868.
Based on the imaginative and prescient of the proprietor Analjit Singh, additionally proprietor and founding father of hospitality agency Leeu Assortment, after a conservative restoration, the property is now a resort with 49 rooms, 28 suites and 6 grand suites. Friends can calm down within the resort spa, Aelia and spend time within the not too long ago opened 35 meters swimming pool.
The complete renovation challenge was entrusted to the Spanish architectural studio Esteva i Esteva, the inside design was curated by the Florentine studio ArchFlorence, and the panorama gardener Francesca Watson designed the outside areas.
The meals providing is led by Nicola Zamperetti, who was named govt chef of the 2 eating places, La Gamella and Il Conservatorio and likewise of Café Focolare and Bar Bertelli.
Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Assortment in Florence.
Courtesy of Auberge Resorts Assortment
Collegio alla Querce, Auberge Resorts Assortment
Through delle Forbici, 21B – 50133
Tel. 05-54-04-9000
aubergeresorts.com
Jil Sander
Luxurious model Jil Sander has landed in luxurious procuring road Through de’ Tornabuoni with its first retailer in Florence, spanning 1,350 sq. toes. The doorway is carved out of stone and the flooring and partitions are comprised of a silver-blue travertine.
Primarily based on the design developed by the structure agency Casper Mueller Kneer (CMK) for the model’s flagship in London and in Tokyo’s Ginza district, the area options monochrome blocks of marble, brass architectural components and timber items.
Tables and seats had been sourced from recycled plastic from compact disc circumstances whereas the ceiling is fabricated from picket elements and stone moldings. The shop carries the ladies’s and males’s runway and pre-collections, ready-to-wear, sneakers, purses and equipment.
Inside Jil Sander retailer in Florence.
Courtesy of Jil Sander
Jil Sander
Through de’ Tornabuoni, 47R/49R – 50123
Tel. 05-52-05-2798
jilsander.com
Hermès
Just lately Hermès has expanded and relocated its historic retailer from Piazza Antinori to Through degli Strozzi, 16. The brand new flagship covers about 10,800 sq. toes over two flooring and it’s set inside a Renaissance constructing, rigorously restored with a view to preserve its traditional Florentine options. Parisian structure company RDAI was in command of the shop design.
The principle room options the signature Faubourg sample and carries the ladies’s and males’s silk collections and jewellery. Menswear and the house line are additionally displayed on the primary flooring together with perfumes and sweetness merchandise. An elliptical curved marble staircase results in the second flooring the place beneath a copper lacquered ceiling there are the ladies’s footwear, ladies’s ready-to-wear and a non-public salon, along with jewellery, watches and leather-based items.
The shop shows a collection of artworks from the Émile Hermès assortment, photographs of pure landscapes from the Hermès assortment of latest images, and an Etruscan and a Luristan vase from the eighth century B.C. Adorning the leather-based items space there’s the Paperole, a specifically commissioned wooden panel by Anglo-Japanese artist Christian Hidaka, a Twenty first-century interpretation of a carriage with a coachman on the reins together with his horses. The window shows had been entrusted to Italian designer Andrea Mancuso who portrayed a horse and a carriage — all references to the model’s equestrian imagery.
Inside Hermès retailer in Florence.
Courtesy of Hermès
Hermès
Through degli Strozzi, 16 – 50123
Tel. 05-52-38-1004
hermes.com
‘Tracey Emin. Intercourse and Solitude’ Exhibition
Till July 20, Palazzo Strozzi is internet hosting the primary institutional solo exhibition of the British artist Tracey Emin in Italy. The present is dubbed “Tracey Emin. Intercourse and Solitude” and was curated by Arturo Galansino, director common of Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi.
It options over 60 of the artist’s works together with work, drawings, movie, images, embroidery, appliqué, sculptures, and neon installations. Guests are welcomed by a site-specific work created for the present: a big neon sign up vivid blue on the facade of Palazzo Strozzi with the visible declaration “Intercourse and Solitude.” It introduces the totally different themes of the present that are physique, sexuality, solitude and vulnerability and which might be explored by way of Emin’s works.
Every room shows a most important paintings that represents a stage within the artist’s life — for instance, the “Exorcism of the final portray I ever made” explores a traumatic interval for Emin within the early Nineties, marked by an abortion.
Gucci, the principle sponsor of the exhibition together with Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, devoted a particular screening to Emin’s video artwork as a part of the “Controluce. Tales of Magnificence” challenge.
“Tracey Emin. Intercourse and Solitude,” Palazzo Strozzi.
Photograph Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio © Tracey Emin. All rights reserved, DACS 2025.
Palazzo Strozzi
Piazza degli Strozzi – 50123
Tel. 05-52-64-5155
palazzostrozzi.org
‘Caravaggio e il Novecento. Roberto Longhi, Anna Banti’ Exhibition
Till July 20, Fondazione CR Firenze presents at Villa Bardini “Caravaggio e il Novecento [Twentieth Century]. Roberto Longhi, Anna Banti” exhibition. Curated by Cristina Acidini and Claudio Paolini, it’s in collaboration with the Fondazione Roberto Longhi which promotes the event of artwork historical past research.
The exhibition unfolds 12 sections and showcases greater than 40 works together with work, drawings, watercolors, authentic images and archival paperwork which testify the couple’s relationships with poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, writers Giorgio Bassani and Vasco Pratolini and extra. Among the many masterpieces featured, there are Caravaggio’s “Ragazzo morso da un ramarro [Boy Bitten by a Lizard]” portray, Jusepe de Ribera’s “Apostles” and 10 work by the Bolognese artist Giorgio Morandi.
One other part is devoted to Banti, a author, translator and artwork historian, celebrated by a collection of the big variety of drawings that Longhi fabricated from her and by a collection of images portraying them within the rooms of Villa Il Tasso.
Inside “Caravaggio e il Novecento. Roberto Longhi, Anna Banti” exhibition.
Courtesy Picture/antoniomulas
Villa Bardini
Costa S. Giorgio, 2 – 50125
Tel. 05-52-00-66233
villabardini.it
Irene Restaurant and Bar Artemisia at Resort Savoy
Resort Savoy celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary with the opening of two new areas on Piazza della Repubblica: the Irene restaurant and the Artemisia bar. The previous not too long ago underwent a serious renovation of the inside areas and its outside veranda. The brand new design pays homage to Woman Irene Forte, mom of the proprietor Sir Rocco Forte.
The culinary providing stays true to the Tuscan custom and company are welcomed into an intimate eating space with walnut panelling and black-and-white marble flooring, accented with crimson particulars. Materials within the upholstering are by Loro Piana, the bespoke seating is by Cinelli, and the chandeliers are from the Venetian custom. The kitchen is led by chef Fulvio Pierangelini.
Bar Artemisia pays homage to artist Artemisia Gentileschi who impressed the area’s design the place the bar counter stands out, crafted from the identical wealthy wooden as the doorway doorway. Furnishings and supplies had been chosen by Olga Polizzi, head of design at Rocco Forte Lodges, and the lighting was conceived by the design studio C14.
Created by Salvatore Calabrese and Federico Pavan, head of mixology at Rocco Forte Lodges, the drinks menu affords a reinterpretation of the standard Florentine aperitivo, with cocktails and a curated vary of native wines complemented by Tuscan-inspired dishes crafted by celebrated chef Pierangelini.
Irene restaurant at Savoy Resort in Florence.
Courtesy of Rocco Forte Lodges
Resort Savoy
Piazza della Repubblica, 7 – 50123
Tel. 05-52-73-5891
roccofortehotels.com
Onde Restaurant and Bar Berni at 4 Seasons Resort Firenze
The 4 Seasons resort has launched two new locations: the Onde restaurant and the Berni bar. The fish restaurant is led by the chief chef Paolo Lavezzini who, collectively together with his sous chef Giacomo Cavicchi, the restaurant supervisor Roberto Pennacchiotti and the meals and beverage director Alessio Anedda, needed their company to expertise conviviality.
The meals provide consists of crudités, oysters, plates from the standard delicacies and a big collection of Champagnes and white wines.
The bar, named after Bernardo Del Nero, is the brand new all-day eating and vermouth bar of the resort. The bar supervisor Antonello Palermo and his crew have created a collection of cocktails fully based mostly on vermouth, devoted to the seven islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.
Berni Bar at 4 Seasons Resort Firenze.
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4 Seasons Resort Firenze
Through Gino Capponi, 46 – 50121
Tel. 05-52-62-6450
fourseasons.com
