A Misura Duomo – Photographs by Massimo Pacifico

A school class poses for one of their own, who is playing official photographer. An elderly man sits down, worn out from walking and looking, and glances around to get his strength back. Guides gesture at their groups through microphones. All were shot inside the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, and the visitors are the subject.

Massimo Pacifico has spent ten years photographing people in museums for a project called Effetto Museo, and these 27 prints, 25 never shown before, are its Duomo chapter. You see the statues over someone's shoulder, or behind a motionless visitor reflected in their glass case. Antonio Natali, adviser to the Opera, compares Pacifico's eye to Edward Hopper's. It's the one show in Florence where the guide with the microphone is the exhibit.

ArtsLife called it a fine show. Entry is free, at the Libreria Brunelleschi, Piazza San Giovanni 7, Monday to Saturday 8:00 to 19:00 and Sunday 10:15 to 17:45, until 31 October. Go after the museum, when you'll know the rooms.