Last fall, with the Medici Chapel in Florence operating on reduced hours because of Covid-19, scientists and restorers completed a secret experiment: They unleashed grime-eating bacteria on the artist’s masterpiece marbles.
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Conservationists Cry Foul After Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence Put at Risk
The Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence is considered a seminal example of 20th-century architecture. But the new American owner of the soccer team there says it no longer does its job.
A High-Tech Twin for a Renaissance Masterpiece
A copy of Michelangelo’s David printed in 3-D will be the centerpiece of the Italy Pavilion at the next world fair.
Uffizi Prods Germans to Return Painting Stolen in World War II
A German family has the artwork, and refuses to give it back. The Italian museum has mounted a publicity campaign in an effort to get German authorities to intervene.
The Saturday Profile: The Man Who Brought Leonardo and Galileo Into the 21st Century
Since the dawn of the internet age, Paolo Galluzzi has worked to make the writings and ideas of the two Tuscan geniuses to the widest possible audience.