My guest is Lisa Marie Conte Browne, President of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery—a Palm Beach-based membership organization dedicated to supporting the Florentine museum by raising funds for art preservation, restoration, and education. Conte Browne shares the organization’s origins, her personal Italian ties, and offers her vision for the future along with the legacy she hopes to leave. Florida, November 20, 2025
Tag: renaissance
BIAF | Florence 2022
My coverage of the 32nd edition of the Florence Biennial International Antique Fair (Biennale Internazionale dell'Antiquariato di Firenze, or BIAF) takes you to Florence, the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. About 80 galleries showcase their museum-quality art objects in Palazzo Corsini. I met three galleries representing three discrete periods -- from old masters (Giacometti Old Master Paintings, Naples), to 19th century (Berardi Galleria d’Arte, Rome), to modern (Tornabuoni Arte, Florence). BIAF even ventures into the metaverse with a virtual gallery in collaboration with Ernst & Young Italy. In conjunction with BIAF the city celebrates art by holding the Florence Art Week with a series of collateral events, among them: Olafur Elliason's exhibition "Nel tuo tempo" in Palazzo Strozzi, and Tony Cragg's exhibition "Transfer" in the Museo Novecente. I also had the pleasure of meeting the owner of Fratelli Piccini, the oldest goldsmith on Ponte Vecchio.
Boccara Gallery at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show 2019
Last but not least, one of the notable exhibitors this year at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show is the Parisian gallery “Boccara.” Art dealer Didier Marien has brought an impressive collection of tapestries ranging from antique to contemporary. They are unique because “there is not [sic] so many on the market, it’s museum quality,” says Marien. He likes to mix different epochs and styles. Thus, the Renaissance piece “Le repas de Psyché” (Dinner of Psyche) was part of the royal collection of Louis XIV. Among the featured modern artists are Wassily Kandinsky, Sonia Delaunay, Jean Lurçat and Victor Vasarely. In addition, Boccara represents contemporary sculpture and mixed media objects. Marien invites everyone to visit the Galerie Boccara in Paris. February 18, 2019
Steinitz Gallery at the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, 2019
One of the highlights of the Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show this year is the Steinitz Gallery, Paris, France. Benjamin Steinitz, the second generation gallerist of the famed Steinitz gallery founded by his parents, Bernard and Simone, in 1963, has brought an impressive collection of objets d'art ranging from Renaissance to the XIX century and set up "period paneled rooms" that are typical in his Rue Royale space in Paris. Welcome to the decadent dazzling world of Steinitz!
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