{"id":502791,"date":"2026-06-16T16:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502791\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:38:09","slug":"sandro-botticellis-masterpieces-repositioned-at-uffizi-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502791\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandro Botticelli’s masterpieces repositioned at Uffizi Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILAN (AP) \u2014 Sandro Botticelli\u2019s masterpieces \u201cThe Birth of Venus\u201d<\/a> and \u201cPrimavera\u201d<\/a> have been repositioned at the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence, the latest effort to reshape how visitors experience two of the Italian Renaissance\u2019s most celebrated masterpieces.<\/p>\n

Starting Tuesday, visitors to Italy\u2019s most popular museum will be able to view \u201cThe Birth of Venus\u201d in one room and then turn around to see \u201cPrimavera\u201d in an adjoining space on the opposite wall. <\/p>\n

The update by Uffizi director Simone Verde, who took over in January 2024, marks a new phase in the ongoing renovation of the museum. <\/p>\n

The Botticelli rooms \u201cseek to present visitors with the Uffizi of the future, while keeping its feet firmly on the ground and its roots deeply planted in the history of this extraordinary museum,\u201d Verde said.<\/p>\n

Most recently, \u201cThe Birth of Venus\u201d and \u201cPrimavera\u201d were displayed on adjacent walls<\/a>, allowing visitors to view both paintings at once. In previous decades, they hung on opposite walls in the same room, contributing to crowding and a difficult viewing experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILAN (AP) \u2014 Sandro Botticelli\u2019s masterpieces \u201cThe Birth of Venus\u201d and \u201cPrimavera\u201d have been repositioned at the famed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,5601,305,306,308,93,1595,61,60,102,2283,186738,215014,178039,268],"class_list":["post-502791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-general-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-italy","tag-painting","tag-sandro-botticelli","tag-simone-verde","tag-uffizi-gallery","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}