The museum’s former director, Eike Schmidt, is toying — somewhat mischievously — with entering the race to become Florence’s mayor. By Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo reported from Rome and ...

The damage to a centuries-old painting in the Italian museum was just one of many tourist incidents raising ire on the continent. By Amelia Nierenberg A reviled crane used during the expansion of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." One of Italy’s most famous museums is getting tougher when it comes to selfies. The Uffizi in Florence, ...

Workers renovating the Uffizi Galleries in Florence have discovered two centuries-old hidden frescoes while expanding the museum’s galleries. The hidden gems, which depict former Grand Dukes ...

As one of the oldest museums in the world, Florence's Uffizi Gallery houses remarkable 13th to 18th century works from the likes of Botticelli, Correggio, da Vinci, Raffaello, Michelangelo, and ...

Workers at the famed Italian museum discovered two long-lost 16th-century frescoes while conducting renovations. Pictured here, a life-sized portrait of Grand Duke Cosimo II de’ Medici depicts the ...

MILAN (AP) — The German director of Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia has succeeded in drawing visitors’ attention to masterpieces beyond Michelangelo’s towering David, while winning landmark court ...

Botticelli, Leonardo and Michelangelo will be coming soon to a theatre near you, or alternately into your home. Pan-European pay-TV operator Sky and Italy’s Nexo Digital on Tuesday world-preemed their ...

FLORENCE (Reuters) - Italy's Uffizi gallery is opening new rooms dedicated to 16th and 17th century painters, following nearly a year of renovation carried out with the help of private donors. The 14 ...

Visitors to Shanghai’s Bund One Art Museum will be treated to an international exhibition courtesy of the Uffizi Galleries this fall. “Self-Portraits: Masterpieces from the Uffizi,” which opens on ...