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From here you can access our press releases on the Institute's research projects, events, exhibitions and current agenda. We ask for your kind cooperation, however, by only using the downloadable images for media reporting of the events they are intended to illustrate.
Apart from the press releases, we are also making available, on request, high-resolution photographic material for your use. Please contact us about this. The Institute's press office & public relations department will in any case be glad to help you with any further information you require or questions you would like to ask.
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut Public Relations & Communications Astrid Müller M.A. Tel.: +39 055 24911-90 Fax: +39 055 24911-55 E-mail: khi-presse@khi.fi.it
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Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai An Online Exhibition by the Photo Library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 14 June - 17 October 2010
Comunicato Stampa 8 luglio 2010 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 8. Juli 2010 (pdf)
Press Release 8 July 2010 (pdf)
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Award of the Jacob Burckhardt Prize Third edition The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut and the Verein zur Förderung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (Max-Planck-Institut) are to present the third Jacob Burckhardt Prize on 18 May. Dr. Rebecca Müller, research assistant at the Art-historical Institute of the Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main, is being awarded the Prize for her research in the field of Italian Art. The Prize, which comes with a cash award of 10,000 Euro, was endowed by Irene and Rolf Becker, Munich, and will be conferred at a public prizegiving ceremony in Florence on 18 May 2010.
Comunicato Stampa premio Burckhardt 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung premio Burckhardt 2009 (pdf)
Press Release premio Burckhardt 2009 (pdf)
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 > Award of the Jacob Burckhardt Prize > Further information to the Jacob Burckhardt Prize

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Natural artifizio - artifiziosa natura: Grottos of the Early Modern Age in Italy An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 22 February - 13 June 2010
Comunicato Stampa 5 marzo 2010 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 5. März 2010 (pdf)
Press Release 5 March 2010 (pdf)
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Opening of the Photo Library in the Palazzo Grifoni Via dei Servi 51, 50122 Florence 2 March 2010
Comunicato Stampa 19 febbraio 2010 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 19. Februar 2010 (pdf)
Press Release 19 February 2010 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > Inauguration of the Photo library in the Palazzo Grifoni > Further information to the Photo library in the Palazzo Grifoni

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Mapping Futurism Study day organised by Lisa Hanstein and Jan Simane 15 - 16 February 2010
Comunicato Stampa 11 febbraio 2010 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 8. Februar 2010 (pdf)
Press Release 11 February 2010 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > Study day "Mapping Futurism - The role of Italian Futurism within the broader context of international avant-garde movements" > Evening lecture of Linda Dalrymple Henderson ("Boccioni, Futurism and the Energies of Modernism") > Information to the Database "Pro Firenze futurista - A digital Research Archive for Futurism in Florence"

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Florence Declaration Recommendations for the Preservation of Analogue Photo Archives A Project of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut 31 October 2009
Pressemitteilung 13. November 2009 (pdf)
Comunicato Stampa 13 novembre 2009 (pdf)
Press Release 13 November 2009 (pdf)
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Sigilli An Online Exhibition by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 19 October 2009 - 21 February 2010
Comunicato Stampa 19 ottobre 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 19. Oktober 2009 (pdf)
Press Release 19 October 2009 (pdf)
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Photo Archives and the Photographic Memory of Art History, Part II An International conference on the connection between photography and the history of art in collaboration with the Courtauld Institute of Art, London 29 - 31 October 2009
Comunicato Stampa 19 ottobre 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 19. Oktober 2009 (pdf)
Press Release 19 October 2009 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "Photo Archives and the Photographic Memory of Art History - Part II" > Information to the Research project "Photography as a Tool and Medium of Art History"

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The Cloister of Monreale An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 22 June - 18 October 2009
Comunicato Stampa 22 giugno 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 22. Juni 2009 (pdf)
Press Release 22 June 2009 (pdf)
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Crossing Boundaries, Creating Images: In Search of the Prophet Muhammad in Literary and Visual Traditions An International conference organised by Avinoam Shalem 16 - 18 July 2009
Comunicato Stampa 8 luglio 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 8. Juli 2009 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > Conference "Crossing Boundaries, Creating Images: In Search of the Prophet Muhammad in Literary and Visual Traditions" > Information to the Research projects of the Max Planck Fellow

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Kunstgeschichten. Parlare dell'Arte nel Trecento An International conference organised by Gerhard Wolf 4 - 6 June 2009
Comunicato Stampa 25 maggio 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 25. Mai 2009 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "Kunstgeschichten. Parlare dell'Arte nel Trecento"

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Cimelia Photographica An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz 23 Fabruary - 21 June 2009
Comunicato Stampa 23 Febbraio 2009 (pdf)
Pressemitteilung 23. Februar 2009 (pdf)
Press Release 23 February 2009 (pdf)
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 > go to Online Exhibition > Information to the Research project "Cimelia Photographica"

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Inside Out in the Piazza: Shaping Space, Defining the City An International symposium organised by the research group "Piazza e monumento": Alessandro Nova, Cornelia Jöchner, Niall Atkinson, Brigitte Sölch, Stephanie Hanke and Frithjof Schwarz 6 - 9 November 2008
Pressemitteilung 30. Oktober 2008 (pdf)
Press Release 3 November 2008 (pdf)
Comunicato stampa 3 novembre 2008 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "Inside and outside: How Does the Square Shape the City?" > Information to the Research projects of the group "Piazza e monumento"

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Casa Vasari in Florence An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 27 October 2008 - 22 Fabruary 2009
Pressemitteilung 27. Oktober 2008 (pdf)
Press Release 27 October 2008 (pdf)
Comunicato stampa 27 ottobre 2008 (pdf)
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Le tecniche del disegno rinascimentale: dai materiali allo stile An International conference organised by Marzia Faietti, Lorenza Melli and Alessandro Nova 22 - 23 September 2008
Pressemitteilung 10. September 2008 (pdf)
Comunicato stampa 10 settembre 2008 (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "Le tecniche del disegno rinascimentale: dai materiali allo stile"

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Georgia - Medieval Monuments An Online Exhibition by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 7 July - 26 October 2008
Pressemitteilung 7. Juli 2008 (pdf)
Press Release 7 July 2008 (pdf)
Comunicato stampa 7 luglio 2008 (pdf)
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 > go to Online Exhibition > Information to the Research project "Medieval Georgia in a Cross-Cultural Perspective"

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Das Mittelmeer 1860-1960 - Poesie und Politik eines Raumes An International conference by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut in collaboration with the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz 4 - 5 July 2008, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Das Mittelmeer 1860-1960 - Poesie und Politik eines Raumes (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "The Mediterranean: Poetics and Politics 1860-1960" > Information to the Research project "Das Mittelmeer/al-bahr al-Mutawassit/akdeniz/il mediterraneo/la méditerranée. Poetik und Politik eines Raumes 1860-1960 - litora II"

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Gli studi anatomici di Leonardo An International conference organised by Alessandro Nova and Domenico Laurenza 30 - 31 March 2008
Gli studi anatomici di Leonardo (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "Gli studi anatomici di Leonardo" > Information to the Research project "Leonardo da Vinci und die Anatomie"

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Views of Florence from the print collection of the Photothek An Online Exhibition by Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 28 April - 6 July 2008
Florentiner Ansichten aus der druckgraphischen Sammlung der Photothek. Eine Online-Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (pdf)
Florentine Views from the Print Collection of the Photo Library. An Online Exhibition by Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
Vedute fiorentine dalla Raccolta grafica della Fototeca. Una mostra Online del Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
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Die Vite Vasaris. Entstehung - Topoi - Rezeption An International conference organised by Charles Davis, Katja Lemelsen and Alessandro Nova 13 - 17 February 2008
Die Vite Vasaris: Entstehung - Topoi - Rezeption (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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 > International Conference "Le Vite di Vasari: Genesi - Topoi - Ricezione" > Information to the German translation of the 'Vite' of Giorgio Vasari

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Photography as a Tool and Medium of Art History Series of lectures by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut
Fotografie als Instrument und Medium der Kunstgeschichte (pdf)
La fotografia come strumento e medium della storia dell'arte (pdf)
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 > Lecture of Peter Geimer ("Kunstgeschichte mit und ohne Farbe. Malerei und Fotografie im 19. Jahrhundert") > Lecture of Kelley Wilder ("Photography and the Archive") > Lecture of Pascal Griener ("La résistance à la photographie en France au XIXème siècle: les publications d'histoire de l'art") > Lecture of Dorothea Peters ("'Das Schwierigste ist eben ... das, was uns das Leichteste zu sein dünkt - nämlich das Sehen'. Kunstgeschichte und Fotografie am Beispiel Giovanni Morellis (1816-1891)") > Lecture of Heinrich Dilly ("Weder Grimm, noch Schmarsow, geschweige denn Wölfflin... - Zur jüngsten Diskussion über die Diaprojektion um 1900") > Information to the Research project "Photography as a Tool and Medium of Art History"

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ZANG TUMB TUUM... - 100 works of the futurism An Online Exhibition by the library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 28 January - 27 April 2008
ZANG TUMB TUUM... - 100 Werke des Futurismus. Eine Online Ausstellung der Bibliothek des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (pdf)
ZANG TUMB TUUM... - 100 opere del futurismo. Una mostra online della biblioteca del Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
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 > go to Online Exhibition > Information to the Database "Pro Firenze futurista - A digital research Archive for Futurism in FLorence

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Assisi 1997 An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 26 September 2007 - 27 January 2008
Assisi 1997 - Eine Online Ausstellung der Photothek des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (pdf)
Assisi 1997 - An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
Assisi 1997 - Una mostra online della fototeca del Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
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Jacob-Burckhardt-Preis 2007 / Stipendium des Vereins zur Förderung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz e.V. Die Direktoren und der Verein zur Förderung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz e.V. vergeben den Jacob-Burckhardt-Preis 2007 an Johannes Myssok (Universität Münster). Das Stipendium des Vereins zur Förderung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz e.V. erhält 2007 Eckhard Leuschner (Universität Passau).
Pressemitteilung premio Burckhardt 2007 (pdf)
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Hilde Lotz-Bauer in Florence An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 25 June - 25 September 2007
Hilde Lotz Bauer in Florenz - Eine Online-Ausstellung der Photothek des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (pdf)
Hilde Lotz-Bauer in Florence - An Online Exhibition by the photo library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
Hilde Lotz-Bauer a Firenze - Una mostra online della fototeca del Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
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Inaugural Lecture of Alessandro Nova "La dolce morte": i disegni anatomici di Leonardo e il valore cognitivo delle immagini 12 June 2007
Inauguralvortrag von Alessandro Nova (pdf)
Conferenza inaugurale di Alessandro Nova (pdf)
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> Inaugural Lecture of Alessandro Nova ("'La dolce morte': i disegni anatomici di Leonardo e il valore cognitivo delle immagini")

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Casa Zuccari. An artist's house in Florence An Online Exhibition by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 2 April - 24 June 2007
Casa Zuccari. Ein Florentiner Künstlerhaus - Eine Online-Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (pdf)
Casa Zuccari. An artist's house in Florence - An Online Exhibition by Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
Casa Zuccari. Una casa d'artista a Firenze - Una mostra online del Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
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Contrappunti Arte contemporanea alla Casa Zuccari Nel giardino delle Esperidi – Arance per HvM Erwin Wortelkamp 18 November - 10 December 2006
Nel giardino delle Esperidi - Arance per HvM (pdf)
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The Flood of 1966 An Online Exhibition by the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut 4 November 2006 – 31 March 2007
L'alluvione 1966 - Una mostra online del Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz (pdf)
Die Flut 1966 - Eine Online-Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Instituts in Florenz (pdf)
Die Flut 1966 - Bilder (zip)
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Berufung von Alessandro Nova zum Direktor am Kunsthistorischen Institut in Florenz Max-Planck-Institut
Berufung Alessandro Nova (pdf)
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Il mare. Scambi e cofini An International conference organised by Hannah Baader and Gerhard Wolf 16 - 18 June 2006
Il mare. Scambi e confini. - Das Meer, der Tausch und die Grenzen (pdf)
Program (pdf)
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Das Digitale Archiv zur Kunsttopographie italienischer Städte A project by the library of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz - Max-Planck-Institut
projekt_topographie (pdf)
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 > Information to the Research project "Digitales Archiv zur Kunsttopographie italienischer Städte: Florenz"

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