Photographer Phillip Toledano will give an overview of his work over the last ten years. He’ll explain why he does what he does, where his ideas come from,and what it means to be an artist today.

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The EU has the world´s largest GDP, the world´s third largest population, and is among the highest ranking in the world for health, education and living conditions. Recently, the decision by British voters for the UK to leave the EU sent shock waves across the Union. Through NYU Florence´s Fall 2016 The EU in Focus series, students will learn more about what the EU is, how it works, and its role as an international actor. What will the long term impact of the British exit (Brexit) be? Join us this fall to be part of the discussion at this critical moment in Europe’s history. More information

The goal of LPD’s project “Mapping Contemporary Florence” is to find contemporary art in Florence and provide a resource for others to expand their cultural experience in the city beyond the Renaissance.

Interested in Contemporary Art? A great way to stay updated on events in Florence, submit your own work and see snapshots of Contemporary Florence is to follow the blog.

The Campus-wide Teach-In Race, Racism and Xenophobia in a Global Context took place on March 24th at the Odeon Cine Hall in downtown Florence. NYU Florence students performed, introduced and moderated panels with artists like Sheila Pree Bright, Elliot Brown, Yemane Demissie, Misan Sagay, and Igiaba Scego along with scholars from NYU and around Europe, who met at NYU Florence to discuss the critical issues surrounding how racism and discrimination operate in different geographical contexts, reflecting local tensions and prejudices and intersecting with issues of nationality, class, gender, religion, marginality, citizenship and globalization. Read more, watch the Video and see the Photogallery

2015-2016 Highlights: On November 8, 2015, a group of NYU Florence students were invited to address assembled mayors, municipal representatives, and distinguished guests at the City of Florence’s global mayor’s conference ‘Unity in Diversity’ in Florence City Hall’s historic Salone dei Cinquecento. The proceedings were projected for the general public onto a big screen in Florence’s central square Piazza della Signoria below. Read more

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg met this semester with a select group of NYU Florence students in the living room of the historic Villa La Pietra at NYU Florence. Students had the extraordinary opportunity to address questions to the Justice about everything from the Citizens United ruling, planned parenthood, income inequality and raising taxes on the rich, to eminent domain and the Black Lives Matter movement.