This week, as the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence present a study by Donatello, one of the greatest masters of the Italian Renaissance, we chat with Arturo Galansino, General Director of the Strozzi, and Paola D’Agostino , director of the Bargello Museum, on the show.

The Biennale of Sydney in Australia has just opened, on the theme of rīvus, which means stream in Latin. José Roca, artistic director of the Biennale, and Alessandro Pelizzon, co-founder of the World Alliance for the Rights of Nature, discuss the concept of the Biennale, bringing together rivers and other “aquatic beings”, as Roca call them and his fellow Conservatives. with artists, architects, designers, scientists and communities. What does it mean if you grant rights to rivers and other natural forms?

And this episode’s Work of the Week also explores nature, ecology, and the relationship between humans and natural phenomena. We talk to curator Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz about Photosyntheticsan installation by Eduardo Navarro in rooted beingsthe final exhibition of the Wellcome Collection in London.

• Donatello: the RenaissanceFondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence, from March 19 to July 31. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, September 2-January 8, 2023. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London will present its version of the exhibition in 2023

• The Biennale of Sydney: Rīvus continues until June 13. And José and Alessandro will participate in a roundtable on May 10 entitled Reclaiming Rivers’ Rights

• rooted beings, Wellcome Collection, London, March 24-August 29

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