Francesca Giulia Tavanti is an art historian, lecturer and the Programme Leader of the Art Programmes at Istituto Marangoni Firenze. Francesca Giulia started her career in the art system attending a BA in Contemporary Art History – where she majored with Excellency – at the Università degli Studi di Firenze. Soon after graduating, she collaborated with several festivals and Florentine cultural institutions linked to the promotion and diffusion of contemporary art. She worked for the Education Department of CCC Strozzina (Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze).
She has been working along with Italian and international artists supporting their performance arts well as with international project dedicated to explore, analyse and promote the complex relations between contemporary art and cinema through films, videos, installations, training projects, residencies for international artists and artist films’ production and distribution
Istituto Marangoni Firenze is located in the heart of this historic city and is surrounded by masterpieces of art and culture. Firenze, the ‘Birthplace of the Renaissance’, also thrives on a modern vibe of fashion and contemporary art. Situated on distinguished Via de’ Tornabuoni, renowned for its luxury fashion boutiques and designer brands, the school is just steps away from the Gucci and Ferragamo museums, as well as historic artistic sites including Palazzo Strozzi, the Uffizi Gallery and Palazzo Pitti. In addition to a variety of both undergraduate and postgraduate level courses covering all areas of fashion, business, and styling, and programmes in Arts Curating, Art Management, Multimedia Arts, the School also offers an array of intensive and accredited programmes such as Luxury Accessories Design and Shoe Design, which incorporate learning first-hand about the production and manufacturing activities of top brands.
The school is characterised by the presence of professors who are also leading professionals, and highly-skilled specialists in the ‘art of making’. Firenze, with its large community of young students and its unique mix of history and tradition, art and fashion, is the perfect place for Istituto Marangoni to teach fashion and art in their most refined manifestations, educating the professionals of tomorrow to understand the past and transform the future.
