Jeff Koons' Pluto & Proserpina in Florence

Jeff Koons's Pluto and Proserpina has been the first work to be hosted in the famous square of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, between uncertainties and discussions. The event has determined a break from a past marked by narrow-mindedness and rejection towards contemporary art, always considered inadequate if compared to the historical wonders already present in the site.

Since that day, a new relationship between Florence and contemporary art has started thanks to the ''golden idol" (as historian Tomaso Montanari defined it). But now the question is: after the period of exposure in the square, where will Koons' work end?

The best hypothesis at moment is the work will be moved inside a courtyard of the old town, in order to make it stay in the same area and be protected, considering the high price of its insurance premium, which is said it's also likely to change according to the varation of its location.

In short, regardless of where Koons' work will end up in, I think that the latter has been for Florence a small step forward, as a gesture of open-mindedness towards new trends that actually shake what has been left unchanged for centuries, under the cover of its majestic past.