july 1–15, 2025

Books

  • Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon’s Daughter
  • Marco Vichi, Death in Florence, translated by Stephen Sartarelli
  • Marco Vichi, Death in August, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
  • Marco Vichi, Death and the Olive Grove, trans. Stephen Sartarelli
  • Walker Percy, The Second Coming

Exhibits

  • Galleria d’Arte Moderna G. Carandente, Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
  • “Roberto Fassone: Concerto,” Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
  • “La nuova debolezza: fotografie dalla Collezione Attolico,” Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
  • “Chiara Camoni: Inizio fine. Rotondo. Tutte le cose del mondo,” Palazzo Collicola, Spoleto
  • Cenacolo di Ognisanti, Firenze

Films

  • The Bank Dick, directed by Edward Cline
  • Cowboy in Sweden, dir. Torbjörn Axelman
  • Tea with Mussolini, dir. Franco Zeffirelli

june 16–30, 2024

Books

  • David Cronenberg, Consumed
  • Caroline Moorehead, Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d’Orcia
  • Dino Buzzati, The Singularity, translated by Anne Milano Appel
  • Magdalen Nabb, The Marshal and the Murderer
  • Percival Everett, Frenzy

Exhibits

  • Museo Horne, Firenze
  • Museo Bandini, Fiesole
  • Museo Civico Archeologico, Fiesole
  • Museo di San Marco, Firenze

may 16–31, 2024

Books

  • Ron Carlson, Five Skies
  • Nathanael West, The Day of the Locust
  • Raymond Queneau, Zazie in the Metro, translated by Barbara Wright
  • Brigid Brophy, The Finishing Touch
  • Nathanael West, The Dream Life of Balso Snell
  • Nathanael West, Miss Lonelyhearts
  • Nathanael West, A Cool Million

Films

  • Hundreds of Beavers, directed by Mike Cheslik
  • Tokyo Days, dir. Chris Marker

Exhibits

  • Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto, Firenze
  • Cenacolo di Fuligno, Firenze
  • Museo Stefano Bardini, Firenze
  • Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Firenze
  • Cenacolo di Sant’Apollonia, Firenze
  • Fondazione Salvatore Romano, Firenze
  • Cappella Brancacci, Firenze 

april 16–30, 2024

Books

  • Avram Davidson, The Investigations of Avram Davidson
  • The Avram Davidson Treasury, edited by Grania Davis & Robert Silverberg
  • Byung-Chul Han, The Agony of Eros, translated by Erik Butler
  • Iris Murdoch, A Year of Birds

Films

  • Mon chat et moi, la grande aventure de Rroû (Vita da gatto), dir. Guillaume Maidatchevsky
  • My Morning with Magic Mike, dir. John Wilson

Exhibits

  • “South West Bank: Landworks, Collective Action and Sound”, Magazzino Gallery, Venezia
  • “Nigeria Imaginary,” Palazzo Canal, Venezia
  • “Lydia Ourahmane & Daniel Blumberg: Sync,” Biennale Library, Venezia
  • Museo delle Cappelle Medicee, Firenze
  • Il Tesoro dei Granduchi, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
  • Museo dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Firenze
  • Museo della Moda e del Costume, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
  • Museo delle Icone Russe, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
  • “Uzbekistan: l’avanguardia nel deserto. La luce e il colore.” Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

april 1–15, 2024

Books

  • David Leavitt & Mark Mitchell, In Maremma: Life and a House in Southern Tuscany
  • Percival Everett, James
  • Percival Everett, The Water Cure
  • Gilbert Adair, Love and Death on Long Island
  • Dante, Inferno, translated by C. H. Sisson

Films

  • Le meraviglie (The Wonders), directed by Alice Rohrwacher

Exhibits

  • Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze
  • “Ambienti 1956-2010: Environments by Women Artists II”, MAXXI, Roma
  • Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
  • Chiesa e Museo di Orsanmichele, Firenze

march 16–31, 2024

Books

  • Mat Johnson, Pym
  • Mark Haber, Saint Sebastian’s Abyss
  • Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History
  • Herman Melville, Redburn: His First Voyage
  • Mathias Énard, Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants, translated by Charlotte Mandell

Films

  • Waiting for Guffman, directed by Christopher Guest
  • Repo Man, dir. Alex Cox
  • Drive-Away Dolls, dir. Ethan Coen
  • You Hurt My Feelings, dir. Nicole Holofcener
  • รักที่ขอนแก่น (Cemetery of Splendor), dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  • Le pupille, dir. Alice Rohrwacher
  • Le quattro volte, dir. Michelangelo Frammartino

Exhibits

  • Museo archeologico nazionale di Firenze, Florence
  • “Namsal Siedlecki: Endo,” Museo Novecento, Florence
  • “Alessandra Ferrini: Unsettling Genealogies,” Museo Novecento, Florence
  • “André Butzer: Liebe, Glaube und Hoffnung,” Museo Novecento, Florence
  • “Jannis Kounellis: La stanza vede. Disegni 1973–1990,” Museo Novecento, Florence
  • “Ritorni. Da Modigliani a Morandi,” Museo Novecento, Florence

march 1–15, 2024

Books

  • Iris Murdoch, The Unicorn
  • Ryan H. Walsh, Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968
  • Iris Murdoch, Acastos: Two Platonic Dialogues
  • Philip Roth, Goodbye, Columbus

Films

  • Mars Attacks, directed by Tim Burton
  • Holy Motors, dir. Leos Carax
  • Showing Up, dir. Kelly Reichhardt
  • La primavera della mia vita, dir. Zavvo Nicolosi
  • The Man Who Wasn’t There, dir. Joel Coen

Exhibits

  • Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze