OTB, Salvatore Ferragamo Scoop Up The ‘Corporate Art Awards’

Style PATRONS: OTB Group and Salvatore ferragamo factory scooped up a prize each, as a part of the second edition of the "Corporate Art Awards," which lauds the synergies between non-public corporations and establishments on artwork-related patronage.

The award ceremony happened in Rome on Wednesday, on the presence of Dario Franceschini, Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage and Actions and Tourism.

OTB, the vogue group owned by Renzo Rosso, was bestowed with one of the four special awards reserved to personal corporations. The corporate was enrolled on this year’s awards after financing the restoration of Venice’s 16th-century iconic Ponte di Rialto bridge. OTB in 2014 had pledged to donate $6.5 million over a 3-12 months period and the restoration works were accomplished last Spring.

Salvatore ferragamo slippers Group was given the special "Art Bonus" prize, as a reward for the Florentine company’s effort to fund the restoration of the Fountain of Neptune, positioned on the central Piazza della Signoria, in Florence. Restoration works — which included the makeover of the fountain’s system in addition to its sculptural components — are speculated to be accomplished by the top of 2018. The agency donated the sum of $1.7 million.

The Fountain of Neptune in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria. ferragamo factory Courtesy Photo.