Museum treasures return to Florence for the 32nd edition, finally in the presence of BIAF International Biennale of Antiques. The best of great Italian art will be exhibited, from the Florentine Renaissance to the great Italian and international twentieth century
It is one of the oldest market exhibitions and an absolute point of reference for great Italian art. From September 24 to October 2, 2022 80 exhibitors will bring their “pearls” to the halls of Palazzo Corsini, a historic building overlooking the Arno. The set-up will be curated by the interior designer, set designer and director Matteo Corvino, at the head of the fair as chairman of the mayor Dario Nardella and as Secretary-General Fabrizio Moretti, assisted by a steering group.
The main characters are masterpieces from the Florentine Renaissance to the great Italian and international twentieth century, Roman, Etruscan and medieval sculptures and artifacts will be along with examples of Italian and international design that have shaped the taste of the new century. Great returns and important reaffirms from international merchants will bring the best of paintings from any era, drawings, sculptures, furniture, ceramics, jewels.
After two days reserved for the Vetting Committee and one for the press, BIAF will open its doors to everyone from 24 September. The inevitable agreement with Notte dei Fuochi on the evening of September 22, celebrating the official opening of the Biennale.
Among the initiatives that will animate the days of the exhibition is the preview of eternal memories, the first reality game in the world that intends to tell the younger generations about ancient art through a playful moment to bring them closer to this universe. Eternal Memories, which can be played in Italian and English, can be downloaded for free on all smartphones and iPads through the major APP platforms and aims to reach millions of players around the world among the audience of over 2 billion regular players. The game is produced for BIAF by Golem Multimedia, in collaboration with TuoMuseo and support from Consultinvest.
BIAF means great tradition for protection: with the donation of the magnificent altarpiece by Durante Alberti, representing the Trinity and the Saints Andrea, Maria Maddalena and Cristina (oil on canvas, 373 x 192.5 cm) by Fabrizio Moretti and Eleonora and Bruno Botticelli, in memory of their respective parents, to the cathedral of Sansepolcro, which compensates the church for a serious loss suffered a little earlier.
Thanks to the financial support of the Antiquities Biennale, the Richard Ginori Museum Archive Foundation in the Doccia Factory has launched an important restoration campaign of a significant core of precious wax models, severely damaged by moisture in the years following its closure. and the abandonment of the Ginori Museum, among these group depicting Apollo and Marsyas, taken from a work by Florentine sculptor Giovan Battista Foggini and the groups with Venus picking love and Leda with the swan, whose bronze archetypes are due to the invention of the late baroque sculptor Massimiliano Soldani Benzi.
As with all major fairs, the rest of the city will also come to life with the second edition of Florence art gallery: Maisons of Via Tornabuoni, the Galleries of Via Maggio, Via de Fossi, Borgognissanti and the shops of Ponte Vecchio will offer activities and events reserved for VIP cardholders.
The exhibitors of BIAF 2022
800/900 ARTSTUDIO – Livorno and Lucca
ON ART ANTONACCI LAPICCIRELLA – Rome
ALTOMANI & SONS – Milan and Pesaro
GIGLIO ANTIQUE – Milano
PAOLO ANTONACCI – Rome
GIOVANNI ASIOLI MARTINI ANTIQUARIO – Imola (Bologna)
BACARELLI ANTIKKEN – Florence
GIORGIO BARATTI ANTIQUARIUS – Milano
JEAN-LUC BARONI – London
BOTTEGANTICA – Milan and Bologna
BOTTICELLI ANTIQUE – Florence
MAURIZIO BRANDI ANTIQUARIUS – Naples
BROWN FINE ART – London and Milan
Butterfly – Lugano
CALLISTO FINE ARTS – London
ROBERTO CAMPOBASSO – Naples
ANTIQUE GALLERY OFFICE – Modena
CARETTO & OCCHINEGRO – Turin
MIRCO CATTAI FINE ART & ANTIQUE CARPETS – Milano
CECCHETTO ANCIENT ANTIQUES – San Vito di Altivole (Treviso)
ALESSANDRO CESATI – Milano
LUCIANO COEN CARPETS AND ANTIQUE CARPETS – Rome
COPETTI ANTIQUARI – Premiaracco (Udine)
NICOLAS CORTES GALLERY – Madrid
CORTONA FINE ART – Milano
DE JONCKHEERE – Geneva
ALBERTO DI CASTRO – Rome
ALESSANDRA DI CASTRO – Rome
MIRIAM DI PENTA FINE ARTS – Rome
ENRICO ART GALLERIES – Milan and Genoa
FONDANTICO by Tiziana Sassoli – Bologna
ENRICO FRASCIONE – Florence
FRASCIONE KUNST – Florence
CANESSO GALLERY – Paris, Lugano, Milan
BERARDI GALLERY – Rome
CONTINUE GALLERY – San Gimignano, Beijing and Habana
FREDIANO FARSETTI ART GALLERY – Milano
GOMIERO GALLERY – Montegrotto Terme (Padua)
MARLETTA GALLERY – Florence
POGGIALI GALLERY – Florence, Milan and Pietrasanta (Lucca)
RUSSIAN GALLERY – Rome
CARLO VIRGILIO & C. GALLERY – Rome and London
GALLO FINE ART – Milan and Solesino (Padua)
MICHELE GARGIULO “ANTIQUARIUS” – Naples
DARIO GHIO – Montecarlo
GIACOMETTI OLD MASTER PAINTINGS – Naples
IOTTI ANTIQUE –Reggio Emilia
MATTEO LAMPERTICO antique and modern art – Milano
CESARE LAMPRONTI OLD MASTERS PAINTINGS – London and Rome
LAOCON GALLERY – London and Rome
LION – Naples
LONGARI ARTE MILAN – Milano
SANDRO MORELLI – Florence
MORETTI – London, Monte Carlo and Florence
MAURIZIO NOBILE – Bologna, Paris and Milan
CARLO ORSI – Milano
ORSINI art and books – Milano
WALTER PADOVANI – Milano
A. PALLESI ART GALLERY – Montecarlo
PARRONCHI PAINTED ‘800-‘900 Srl – Florence
PIVA & C. – Milano
PORCINI – Naples
REVE ART – Bologna
ROBERTAEBASTA – Milan and London
ROBILANT + VOENA – London, Milan and St. Moritz
ROMANIC ART – Florence
ROMIGIOLI ANTIQUE – Legnano (Milan)
SALAMON & C. – Milano
SANTA TECLA – Padova
GIOVANNI SARTI – Paris
ITALIAN SCULPTURE by Dario Mottola – Milano
SECOL-ART ANTIQUITY by Masoero Davide & C. – Turin
THE ART FINDING – Viareggio (Lucca) and Milan
SPUR WESTWATER – New York
TETTAMANTI ANTIQUE – Florence
TORNABUONI ARTE – Florence, Milan and Forte dei Marmi (Lucca)
BIAF, International Biennale of Antiques
32nd edition, Palazzo Corsini
Via del Parione, 11 – 50123 Florence
From September 24 to October 2, 2022
Open to the public from 10.30 to 20.00
September 24, 2022
10.30 – Inauguration Ceremony at Palazzo Vecchio, Salone dei Cinquecento
The cultural program takes place from 26 to 30 September (at the Salone del Throne in Palazzo Corsini), and proposes a series of conferences and presentations of art volumes as well as the awarding of prizes.
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