cover art from the brochure of the Operetta The Carp

The Carp: World Premiere Now Available to Watch

November 4, 2026

On October 16, I Tatti hosted the world premiere of The Carp, an original operetta created by composer Martin Brody and art historian Dario Gamboni.... Read more about The Carp: World Premiere Now Available to Watch

I Tatti Mourns the Passing of Professor Paolo Galluzzi

November 2, 2026

The I Tatti community is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Paolo Galluzzi on October 29, 2026.... Read more about I Tatti Mourns the Passing of Professor Paolo Galluzzi

2026 Nov 24

Seminar: Techniques of Describing the World as a Series of Proximate Landscapes in Early Modern Travel Narratives

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Pinturicchio, The Departure of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini for the Council of Basel (detail), Piccolomini Library, Siena Cathedral, 1502–08

Speaker: Niall Atkinson (I Tatti / University of Chicago)... Read more about Seminar: Techniques of Describing the World as a Series of Proximate Landscapes in Early Modern Travel Narratives

2026 Dec 03

International Conference. Off the Wall: Materials, Technique, and Style of Mural Painting in the Early Modern World

(All day)

Location:

I Tatti (with live Zoom access)

Agnolo Bronzino, The Adoration of the Bronze Serpent (detail), Chapel of Eleonora di Toledo, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, 1542–43

An International Conference Organized by Maria Gabriella Matarazzo and Katharine Stahlbuhk

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2026 Dec 10

Thursday Seminar: Florentine Renaissance Weaving and Embroidery Techniques

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Silk Velvet with Gold in Pomegranate Pattern (detail) Italy, possibly Florence Cleveland Museum of Art, 1450–1500

Speaker: Aurora Pellizzi (I Tatti)... Read more about Thursday Seminar: Florentine Renaissance Weaving and Embroidery Techniques

Now Available to Watch: “Lines Through Time”

October 20, 2026

The recording of Lines Through Time: György Kurtág in Dialogue with the Past, presented at I Tatti on September 22, 2026, is now available to watch online.... Read more about Now Available to Watch: “Lines Through Time”

cover of the book The State Drug: Theriac, Pharmacy, and Politics in Early Modern Italy

I Tatti History Series Volume Wins the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize

October 15, 2026

We are delighted to announce that The State Drug: Theriac, Pharmacy, and Politics in Early Modern Italy (Harvard University Press, 2025) by Barbara Di Gennaro Splendore,... Read more about I Tatti History Series Volume Wins the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize

2026 Nov 05

Thursday Seminar: How Renaissance Artists Died in the Nineteenth Century

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Octave Tassaert, "Death of Correggio" 1834

Speaker: Marc Gotlieb (I Tatti / Williams College and Clark Art Institute)... Read more about Thursday Seminar: How Renaissance Artists Died in the Nineteenth Century

2026 Oct 01

International Conference: Semper in Italy

Thu - Fri, Oct 1 to Oct 2, 2:15pm - 6:00pm

Location:

I Tatti (with live Zoom access)

Gottfried Semper, Der Stil, vol. II, details of the roof of San Miniato al Monte, Florence, 1863

An International Conference Organized by Mari Hvattum, Alina Payne & Caroline Van Eck

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2026 Oct 15

Thursday Seminar: Exploring "Global" Florence: Reflections on the Francesco Carletti Project and Exhibition

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Urbano Monti, Map of the World, 1587. David Rumsey Map Collection.

Speakers: Paula Findlen (Stanford University), Brian Brege (Syracuse University) and Giorgio Riello (EUI)... Read more about Thursday Seminar: Exploring "Global" Florence: Reflections on the Francesco Carletti Project and Exhibition

2026 Oct 22

Thursday Seminar: The Immediate Reception of the Theatre of Pierre Corneille in 17th Century Italy: Between Editions and Unpublished Manuscripts from Italian Libraries

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti

Giuseppe Cesari (Cavalier d’Arpino), Combat of the Horatii and the Curiatii, 1612–13. Musei Capitolini, Rome.

Speaker: Jean-Luc Nardone (University of Toulouse II / I Tatti)... Read more about Thursday Seminar: The Immediate Reception of the Theatre of Pierre Corneille in 17th Century Italy: Between Editions and Unpublished Manuscripts from Italian Libraries

2026 Nov 12

Term Fellows' Presentations II: Thursday, November 12, 2026

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Dosso Dossi, Melissa, c. 1518, Oil on canvas, Galleria Borghese, Rome

Join us as our Term Fellows give informal presentations of their research projects and discuss their work in progress.... Read more about Term Fellows' Presentations II: Thursday, November 12, 2026

2026 Sep 24

Term Fellows' Presentations I: Thursday, September 24, 2026

5:30pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Map of Tenochtitlan and the Gulf of Mexico, 1524, Woodcut, Newberry Library, Chicago

Join us as our Term Fellows give informal presentations of their research projects and discuss their work in progress.... Read more about Term Fellows' Presentations I: Thursday, September 24, 2026

2026 Oct 08

Thursday Seminar: L’arte che cura e ridà la vita: Asclepio nel Rinascimento fra poeti e pittori

6:00pm to 7:30pm

Location:

I Tatti / Zoom

Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting. Source: Wellcome Collection.”

Speaker: Lina Bolzoni (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa / I Tatti)... Read more about Thursday Seminar: L’arte che cura e ridà la vita: Asclepio nel Rinascimento fra poeti e pittori

Villa I Tatti with tulips in the foreground

Applications are Now Open for I Tatti’s 2027/28 Fellowships

September 3, 2026

Applications are now open for I Tatti’s 2027/28 Fellowships.... Read more about Applications are Now Open for I Tatti’s 2027/28 Fellowships

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International Conference: Semper in Italy

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Term Fellows' Presentations I: Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Thursday Seminar: L’arte che cura e ridà la vita: Asclepio nel Rinascimento fra poeti e pittori

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Applications are Now Open for I Tatti’s 2027/28 Fellowships

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