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Italian politician

Tommaso Sacchi
Personal details
Born (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983 (age 41)
Milan, Italy
ProfessionPolitician, curator, artistic director, deputy mayor for culture, fashion and design of the city of Florence. Chairman of Fondazione Teatro della Toscana – Teatro della Pergola and Chairman of Stibbert Museum.

Tommaso Sacchi (born 20 January 1983) is an Italian politician, curator, artistic director, Deputy-Mayor for Culture, Fashion and Design of the City of Florence.

He is the Chairman of Fondazione Teatro della Toscana – Teatro della Pergola and the Chairman of Stibbert Museum.

Biography

Tommaso Sacchi was born in Milan in 1983. He graduated in Communication Sciences from the University of Milan and then he obtained the Master of Arts in Social and Cultural Theory at Staffordshire University in Great Britain.

Sacchi taught Communications and Journalism at the Accademia di Belle Arti "Aldo Galli" of Como and Exhibition Planning and Management at the European Institute of Design in Florence.

In 2011– 2013 he was Chief Advisor to the Department of Culture, Fashion and Design for the City of Milan during the mandate of Councilor Stefano Boeri (Italian architect and urban planner). Served as Chief Communications Officer for Stefano Boeri Architetti following the opening campaign of Bosco Verticale in Milan.

He was Founder and Curator of 'CROSS International Performance Award’ (an internationally recognised prize for Performing Arts) and a member of the Quality Jury Pool, along with (among years) Manuel Agnelli, Yuri Ancarani, Adrian Paci, Italo Rota.

He was Co-Curator and Co-Author of installations and talks at Venice Biennale for Contemporary Art, directed by Okwui Enwezor (2015); Berlin Biennale, directed by Juan Gaitan (2014); Architecture Venice Biennale, directed by Rem Koohlaas (2014).

In 2014 -2015 he was head of the Cultural Department Secretariat of the City of Florence and Art Director of Estate Fiorentina Festival "Florentine Summer" (2015–2019), the biggest Italian interdisciplinary cultural festival that lights up the city with events, artistic installations, musical productions and performances.

He was Co-cuarator of the biennal SUSAS _ Shanghai Urban Space Art Season (2017– 2018).

He is Co-Founder of the Tomorrow Editorial Project theTomorrow.net.

Provided art direction for several festivals in major Italian Theatres such as the Auditorium di Milano, Teatro Dal Verme and Università degli Studi di Milano.

Sacchi has curated numerous shows and been the artistic director of numerous festivals and events and publishes in the main national magazines and newspapers on culture.

References

  1. Valentina Silvestrini. "La nuova politica culturale di Firenze. Intervista a Tommaso Sacchi". Artribune.
  2. "Tommaso Sacchi è il nuovo presidente della Fondazione Teatro della Toscana". Comune di Firenze.
  3. Marzio Fatucchi, Sarà Sacchi il Presidente della Pergola, in "Corriere della Sera", 18 July 2019
  4. Fulvio Paloscia. "Firenze cultura, l'assessore Sacchi: "Rivoluzione al teatro della Pergola"". La Repubblica.
  5. "Tommaso Sacchi, Presidente del Museo Stibbert". Museo Stibbert.
  6. Valentina Sarmenghi. "Dal Lago Maggiore a Palazzo Vecchio: è cresciuto a Invorio il nuovo assessore di Firenze. Tommaso Sacchi, 36 anni, è stato scelto dal sindaco di Firenze Dario Nardella come assessore alla Cultura". La Stampa.
  7. ^ "Tommaso Sacchi: Commissioner of Culture for the city of Florence". La Pietra.
  8. Ernesto Ferrara. "Per Nardella un consigliere infiltrato tra i vip". La Repubblica.
  9. Marzio Fatucchi. "Ecco la nuova giunta Nardella". Il Corriere della Sera.
  10. "Tommaso Sacchi. Assessore alla Cultura, Moda e Design del Comune di Firenze". Wired Next Fest 2019 di Firenze.
  11. "Una Colonia Di Boschi Verticali Su Marte". Stefano Boeri Architetti.
  12. "Cross Project". Cross Project.
  13. Diego Vincenti. "Tommaso Sacchi: "Ecco il Festival dello Stupore". Il curatore della rassegna racconta Cross Award, regno del contemporaneo". Il Giorno.
  14. "Tommaso Sacchi". Arthouse.
  15. Giulia Gasparrini. "Tommaso Sacchi: a very special young man". florence is you.
  16. "Tommaso Sacchi". La Pietra Dialogues – New York University.
  17. Valentina Silvestrini. "La nuova geografia culturale dell'Estate Fiorentina. Intervista a Tommaso Sacchi". Artribune.
  18. "Tommaso Sacchi: Chief of the cultural cabinet". Bed Talks.
  19. "Non solo Uffizi, la Cultura è un servizio di base". Il Giornale dell'Arte.
  20. "Art, "Becoming Contemporary": Meeting with Tommaso Sacchi". 9colonne.
  21. Zaira Magliozzi. "L'Europa di domani secondo Stefano Boeri. Pronta al debutto online the Tomorrow, piattaforma virtuale di confronto per intellettuali, studiosi, artisti e scienziati". Artribune.
  22. "Tommaso Sacchi, Assessore alla Cultura, Arte, Moda e Design della Città di Firenze" (PDF). Comune di Firenze.
  23. "Tommaso Sacchi: "Felice di lavorare per Firenze. Le idee prima degli ideali"". La Repubblica.
  24. Chiara Zanini. "Intervista all'assessore alla cultura Tommaso Sacchi". Artribune.
  25. Giacomo Alberto Vieri. "Tommaso Sacchi: "Cara Cultura, andrà tutto bene perché lo faremo andare"". Icon.
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