The works of Jan Fabre will be on display in Florence until October 2, 2016.The exhibition is promoted by the Comune di Firenze and is taking place in three impressive locations throughout the city.Jan Fabre is describedas one of the most innovative and important figures on the international contemporary art scene, who uses his art to depict and embody the power of imagination.This is the first time that a living artist will have his art exhibited in three venues of outstanding and historical importance at the same time.Around 100 of his works will be ondisplay including bronze and wax sculptures, works made of the iridescent cases of the scarab beetle and performance films ripe with humanity and universalism.Two new works specifically created for the occasion will join the open-air museum of Piazza della Signoria that will temporarily host the monumental work Searching for Utopia and the smaller The man who measures the clouds that proudly stands between copies of Michelangelo's David and Donatellos Judith outside the Palazzo Vecchio.The second location is the Palazzo Vecchio featuring a series of sculptures that will interact with the frescoes and artifacts tat are housed in the Quartiere di Eleonora, Sala dellUdienza and Sala dei Gigli, rooms that are open to the public.The third location is the Forte Belvedere which is the thematic heart of the Spiritual Guards exhibition, showcasing roughly 60 works of art.The Fortress was built to defend Florence from external attack, but also to protect the Medici family in troubling times and was, therefore, a stronghold for both external and internal defense, highlighting the need for protection and vulnerability. Seven bronze scarabs are placed on the forts outlook posts, which represent angels of metamorphosis and guardians who symbolize the transition between earthly dimension and the afterlife with their ceaseless movement.Continuing on the first floor of the villa, open to the public for the first time in many years are a series of was sculpture and films of the artists performances. These works of art all being in the magnificent setting that is Florence.The exhibitions motto and device, Spiritual Guards, should be interpreted as an encouragement to live a heroic life, be it in war or unarmed in defense of the imagination and of beauty.