Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 364,073 inhabitants in 2024, and 990,527 in its metropolitan area.
Salvatore Ferragamo was an Italian shoe designer and the founder of luxury goods high-end retailer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. An innovative shoe designer, Salvatore Ferragamo established a reputation in the 1930s. In addition to experimenting with alternative materials such as fish skin, Ferragamo drew on historic inspiration for his shoes.
Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy.
The House of Strozzi is the name of an ancient Florentine family, who like their great rivals the House of Medici, began in banking before moving into politics. Until its exile from Florence in 1434, the Strozzi family was by far the richest in the city, and was rivaled only by the Medici family, who ultimately took control of the government and ruined the Strozzi both financially and politically. This political and financial competition was the origin of the Strozzi-Medici rivalry. Later, while the Medici ruled Florence, the Strozzi family ruled Siena, which Florence attacked, causing great animosity between the two families. Soon afterward, the Strozzi married into the Medici family, essentially giving the Medici superiority.
Roberto Capucci is an Italian fashion designer.
Liu Xiaodong is a contemporary Chinese artist.
Lorenzo Bini Smaghi is an Italian economist and banker who served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank from 2005 to 2011. He has been chairman of Société Générale since 2015.
The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.
Via de' Tornabuoni, or Via Tornabuoni, is a street at the center of Florence, Italy, that goes from Antinori square to Ponte Santa Trinita, across Santa Trinita square, distinguished by the presence of fashion boutiques.
Palazzo dello Strozzino is a Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. The stone Renaissance facade is located on Piazza degli Strozzi, diagonal to the Southeast corner of the imposing Palazzo Strozzi. The Northern façade on Via dei Anselmi houses the entrance to the Cinema Odeon.
Niccolò di Noferi del SodoGrosso, also known as Il Caparra for his habit of asking for payment in advance, was one of the few Renaissance ironsmiths that we can identify. He was born in Florence and his most important works are on the exterior of Palazzo Strozzi there, even though those are just copies and the originals were moved. These include a lantern in the shape of a classical temple and stands for flag-poles and torches featuring elaborate imaginary animals. It is said that Messer Filippo Strozzi had found Grosso near the construction site selling onions, and hired him out of pity. He also made the lanterns, torch-holders and iron rings on the floor of the Palazzo Sigre. Grosso was praised by Giorgio Vasari as the best of ironsmiths.
Ugo Capocchini was an Italian artist. He won many awards throughout his career, and became a Professor at the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence in the 1960s. In his birthplace, Barberino Val d'Elsa, a square and a community hall have been named after him.
Luigi Catani is an Italian painter of frescoes during the neoclassical period, active in Tuscany.
Bruno Sacchi was an Italian architect and collaborator of Giovanni Michelucci. He is known for his work on the Museo Marino Marini at the former church of San Pancrazio in Florence, the Museo Marino Marini at the TAU Convent in Pistoia, collaborations with Giovanni Michelucci and designs of private houses.
Beatrice Trussardi is an Italian businesswoman and Founder and President of the Beatrice Trussardi Foundation. Since 1999 she has been President of the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi. Since 2009 she has been on the executive committee of Aspen Institute Italy and President of the Friends of Aspen.
Polina Vladimirovna Kanis is a Russian artist, winner of the Kandinsky Prize (2011) and the Sergey Kuryokhin Prize (2016). She graduated from the Rodchenko Art School (Moscow) in 2011. Her work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions, film festivals and film screenings, including a solo exhibition at the Haus der Kunst Munich (2017)., the VISIO program at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence (2019), the parallel program of the Manifesta 10, in 2015 at the Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, the VI Moscow International Biennale of Young Art (2015), the Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, the Hamburg Short Film Festival (2019) and many others. Her films are in the collections of numerous museums and foundations, including the Fonds régional d'art contemporain Bretagne, Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome, Foundation Kadist, Paris, etc. Kanis was an artist-in-residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten programs in Amsterdam (2017-2018) and ISCP New York (2020).
UFO was a design and architectural group founded in Florence, Italy, active between 1967 - 1978. A major part of the Radical architecture and design movement of the late 1960s, they studied under Umberto Eco at the University of Florence. Fellow alumni included the founders of Superstudio and Archizoom Associati.
The Fondazione Ranieri di Sorbello (FRS) is a not-for-profit organisation with an office in Perugia. It fosters knowledge of Italy's cultural heritage with a special focus on the region of Umbria. The organization was created in memory of Uguccione Ranieri Bourbon di Sorbello.
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo is an Italian contemporary art collector, patron and private museum owner, known for her extensive collection, support of young artists, and her role in transforming cultural spaces. She is the president of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
