{"id":24791,"date":"2026-09-21T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T16:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/?page_id=24791"},"modified":"2026-09-21T17:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:01:35","slug":"biaf-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/biaf-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Home BIAF 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\tBIAF XXXIV Edition
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A Tribute to Florence <\/b>\n

\n\nFor our gallery this edition \nof BIAF is intended as \na tribute to the magnificent \ncity that hosts us: Florence. \nFlorentine sculpture and \nworks of art will be presented \nin a stand specifically designed \nas a space where each \nindividual work can reveal \nits very essence and purpose.<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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26 september – 4 october, 2026 BIAF XXXIV EditionPalazzo Corsini Firenze A Tribute to Florence For our gallery this edition of BIAF is intended as a tribute to the magnificent city that hosts us: Florence. Florentine sculpture and works of art will be presented in a stand specifically designed as a space where each individual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24791","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24791"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24961,"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24791\/revisions\/24961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walterpadovani.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}