With a focus on the region of Tuscany.
Anyone who has ever been to Florence and visited the Uffizi will know how big the crowds in front of the museum can be. To keep the crowds of visitors in check even after the coronavirus crisis, museum director Eike Schmidt has devised a plan to simply divide the works of art across the region. Under the motto "Uffizi Diffusi", the masterpieces can be found in up to 100 different locations, most of them in the Tuscany.
Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt has already done a lot to minimize the rush for the valuable works of art. Before the pandemic, masses of people were queuing at the ticket office every day to take a look inside the museum and at the art treasures. To keep the crowds in check and focus attention solely on the art again, Schmidt advocates decentralizing the treasures. "Uffizi Diffusi", which means something like "Scattered Uffizi", brings him one step closer to his goal. "Art cannot only survive in large galleries" Schmidt told CNN. We need multiple exhibition spaces throughout the region - especially in the places where the art itself was born."
In future, selected art collections from the Uffizi will be on display at up to 100 different locations in Italy. However, the focus will still be on the Tuscany region. However, the new exhibition venues should not be chosen at random, but should be linked to the creation of the artworks. The aim is to boost new, slow tourism and create stable jobs in the region, as Schmidt CNN reports. According to the Uffizi director, the current strategy of the Italian media is too focused on overseas tourists.
The rush to the Uffizi Gallery was never surprising. Special works from the 13th to the 18th century can be found in the museum. Artists such as Botticelli, Corregio, Raffaelo, Caravaggio, da Vinci and Michelangelo are on display. In future, the treasures will be on display in Livorno and in two Medici villas on the outskirts of Florence. The Forte Falcone fortress on the island of Elba is also set to become an art venue.
It is not yet known when the project will start.
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