Florence's Christmas Art Guide: From Kapoor to Mucha

Florence presents a rich holiday art program, headlined by Anish Kapoor's 'Untrue Unreal' at Palazzo Strozzi, curated by Arturo Galansino, featuring historical and recent works that challenge perception. The Museo Novecento hosts Robert Mapplethorpe's 'Beauty and Desire' (40 years after his 1983 Florence show), Cecily Brown with over 30 mostly unseen works, and Namsal Siedlecki's installation 'Endo'. At Palazzo Medici Riccardi, 'Cavalcata Fantastica' showcases Fortunato Depero's futurist works, alongside paintings by Federigo Angeli and the exhibition 'Viaggio di luce' pairing Claudio Parmiggiani and Abel Herrero. The Museo degli Innocenti presents Alphonse Mucha's Art Nouveau, including his 'Slav Epic'. Joana Vasconcelos installs three monumental works at Palazzo Pitti in 'Between Sky and Heart', curated by Eike Schmidt and Demetrio Paparoni. Olivo Barbieri's 'Pensieri diversi' at Villa Bardini surveys two decades of his photography. The Green Line festival transforms the city center into a 'Winter Garden' with videomapping by Stefano Fake & The Fake Factory on Ponte Vecchio and Francesco Cacchiani's 'HELLO!' on Palazzo Vecchio, among other light installations. Heritage walks celebrate the 1982 UNESCO listing of Florence's historic center. In Lucca, the Fondazione Ragghianti presents 'Pensiero video', linking drawing and electronic arts from the 1940s to today, featuring Lucio Fontana, Jackson Pollock, Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, and others.