The 32nd Edition of BIAF, Featuring over 90 Art Galleries – Palazzo Corsini, September 24- October 2, 2022

City Events

Florence, 23rd September 2022. The 32nd edition of BIAF (Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato di Firenze – The International Florence Biennal Antiques) opens tomorrow, taking place in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Corsini, overlooking the river Arno. This event will host about 80 Italian and international art galleries until Sunday, 2nd October, staging the essence of the greatest Italian art of all times, from Renaissance to the great Italian and international Twentieth Century. The event will also feature masterpieces of ancient art, Etruscan, Roman and medieval finds, and Italian and international design works.

For this triumphant return of the exhibition – the most ancient trade fair in the world, established in 1959 by antique dealers Bellini in Florence – after three years of absence, the exhibition itinerary relies on a new arrangement curated by interior designer, set deigner and film director Matteo Corvino. There will be room for conteporary arts with the preview screening of Eternal Memories, the first docu-game in Italian and in English, downloadable on all smartphones and iPads from the main APP platforms, aiming at telling new generations about ancient art thanks to a unique and unrepeatable playful moment.

BIAF is also synonimous with patronage. To mark the occasion, Fabrizio Moretti and Eleonora and Bruno Botticelli will donate the amazing altarpiece of the Trinity and Saints Andrew, Mary Magdalene, and Christine by painter Durante Alberti to the Cathedral of Sansepolcro to commemorate their respective parents.

Thanks to the financial support of the Biennale dell’Antiquariato, the Fondazione Archivio Museo Richard Ginori della Manifattura di Doccia embarked on an important restoration campaign of precious wax models, such as the groups with Venus plucking the wings of Cupid and Leda and the swan, whose bronze archetypes were made Foby sculptor Massimiliano Soldani Benzi.

(Fiamma Domestici)