NEW YORK – USA 2015 / 2016 / 2017 / 2019 / 2022. Richard Castellana is from New Jersey but now lives in New York City with his wife Elisabeth Bisbing, the two both artists in residence here together in Fall 2022. This stay marks the couple’s fifth time working and residing here. Richard entered the art world in the 1960s at which time he studied painting and sculpture at the New York Studios School. In 1968, however, during his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree, he temporari

TORONTO CANADA 2015/2016/2017/2018/2020. We became friends with Daniel and his wife Martha Ladly immediately, and their presence at Il Palmerino has always been one of constant support. It is as if they have been around forever! They often return to engage in cultural endeavours and experience moments of artistic inspiration. Together, they have led us to enjoy many enriching cultural discoveries. Daniel was involved in two very creative experiences with us, in which he con

New York, USA 2016. ​ Artist Anthony Baus and his wife Allison were residence at Il Palmerino for three months during a winter that felt closer to early spring. During his stay, Anthony was intent on reinventing Italian classicism from the 17th and 18th centuries, by creating whimsical but exacting works with suggestive architectural elements and mythological themes.Thanks to his determination and meticulous study of details, he was able to reconstruct not

The 2020 exhibition catalogue 'Victoria Slichter: The Oltrarno Gaze', features evocative portraits by the US expat artist in Florence....

Eight authors contributed essays to this 2016 art catalogue which leads the reader on a literary journey that begins with the artists’...

Painters Lola Costa and Lea Colliva lived on either end of this ancient Roman footpath and did not know each other, even by reputation....