While museums around the world are shuttered due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Apollo’s usual weekly pick of exhibition openings will be replaced by a selection of digital initiatives providing virtual access to art and culture.
The Uffizi has created a host of digital material to explore during lockdown, including its ‘Decameron’ project of social-media stories dedicated to the masterpieces in its collection. It also has a good line in ‘HyperCisions’ – curated, online-only displays that use artworks to consider a particular theme. The latest is a retelling of the Easter story through works by the likes of Perugino and Rogier van der Weyden – and at the end of last month, to mark Italy’s first annual celebration of Dante Day on 25 March, the museum released this exploration of the great Florentine poet’s relationship with art. It considers both the references to contemporary painting in his Commedia, and how Dante’s poems have in turn shaped the vision of artists for centuries since. You can find the exhibition on the Uffizi’s website.
Preview below | View Apollo’s Art Diary here
Screenshot of the Dante HyperVision
Dante (c. 1448–49), Andrea del Castagno. Uffizi Galleries, Florence
Nello at Pia’s Tomb (1851), Enrico Pollastrini. Pitti Palace, Florence
Screenshot of the Dante HyperVision