Toulouse-Lautrec Exhibition at Museo degli Innocenti in Florence

The Museo degli Innocenti in Florence presents 'Toulouse-Lautrec. Un viaggio nella Parigi della Belle Époque,' a major exhibition celebrating Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Featuring exceptional loans from the Wolfgang Krohn Collection and the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec in Albi, the show runs until February 22, 2026. It focuses on Lautrec's graphic work, elevating posters to art, and includes paintings, Art Nouveau furniture, and works by contemporaries to reconstruct Belle Époque Paris. The exhibition highlights Lautrec's role as a pioneer of modern advertising and an antecedent to European avant-gardes like the Munich and Vienna Secessions and Berlin Expressionism. His depictions of dancers, prostitutes, and nightlife reveal the era's contradictions. The display, while slightly spectacular, avoids kitsch and offers insights into the cultural milieu that inspired Lautrec.