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Giandomenico di Marzio, journalist, critic and contemporary art curator. He is the manager of the Culture, Shows and Free Time pages of the daily newspaper “Il Giornale”. He teached at the School of Fine Arts of Brera for the academic course “Journalism for the Art” and at the european master “Curator”. He was the editor for various contemporary art exhibitions and public art projects like “La città Exposta”, “Tracce di luce sul volto della città”, “Vite parallele”, “Homo Faber, il ritorno del fare nell’arte contemporanea”, “Quelli che restano”, “Stati d’animo del paesaggio contemporaneo”, “Quarta dimensione. Visioni plastiche del tempo e del cambiamento”, “Presenze assenze di corpi”.

Paolo Manazza, neo informal painter and journalist specialized in art economy. He published many papers and he has been writing for the daily newspaper “Corriere della Sera” as art economy expert since 1992. He taught “Art Publishing” and “Theory and practise of multimedia art market” at the School of Fine Arts of Brera the courses and took care of Master’s degrees. He is the President of WE WEB COMPANY Srl, an online editorial company, since 2001. In addiction of being the Director of ArtsLife.com, he manages the section ArtsPrivè that handles financial counselling of artworks for private collectors, public authority and foundations. In 2005 he received from the President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the decoration “Order of merit of the Italian Republic”.

Michele Bonuomo, art collector, journalist and Director of the magazines “Arte” and “Antiquariato”. He owns an impressive photographic collection (as well as paintings, drawings, stamps and various kind of objects) that he created with his big talent and knowledge. The theme of the collection is the selection of great authors from the end of 1800s and the beginning of the 1900s, connected by the myth of the Grand Tour and the Mediterranean Sea. Bonuomo manages and supervises the culture and the art market through “Antiquariato” (the most prestigious italian magazine about world antiques and precious guide to all the exhibitions) and “Arte” (monthly magazine of art, culture and information), both published by Giorgio Mondadori.

Marco Carminati, journalist for the daily newspaper “Il Sole24Ore”. He is the manager of the Art, Architecture, Design and Cultural Heritage pages of the insert “Domenica” of “Il Sole24Ore” and he also manages the pages dedicated to special events. He created and handled many collateral projects published since 2003 (various publishing series dedicated to art masterpieces, great painters, great museums, art history). He hosts two broadcasts on Radio24: “Luoghi d’arte” dedicated to the italian artistic heritages, and “Articolo 9” about environment problems and the italian landscape. In 2007 he won the first edition of the Viareggio Award for Journalism and in 2011 he won the Pasquale Rotondi Award, for the safeguard and promotion of the national artistic heritage. He also cooperates with FAI, the italian found for the environment and he is council member of the Association “Amici di Brera” and of the “Milanese Museums”.

Gianluigi Colin, art director of “Corriere della Sera” and artist. Art director and image supervisor for more than 30 years of the first italian daily newspaper, photography critic and design journalist, Colin is also and expecially a successfull artist. For “Corriere della Sera”, he created “La Lettura”, the Sunday cultural insert characterized for the artistic covers created ad hoc, for the brand new themes and for the artworks used as special images, capable of showing – more than anything else – the themes of the articles. From this project, it was realized the exhibition “La Lettura. Cento copertine d’autore”, that he curated.

Massimo Di Carlo, gallerist. Descendant from an artsy family, Di Carlo owns the Galleria dello Scudo in Verona. A whole life in contact with workarts and artists, constantly and stricly focusing  on Italian art. As a matter of fact, Galleria dello Scudo exhibites only Italian works of art, even when in International Fairs. Di Carlo, moreover, has been the President of ANGAMC, the Italian gallerist’s association, for more than ten years.

Walter Guadagnini, photography historian and President of the project “Unicredit e l’Arte”. He teaches at the University of Bologna where he has a chair in “Contemporary Art History” at the School of Fine Arts, a chair in “Photography History” and he is the coordinator of the Photography Specialized two-years course. He directed the Galleria Civica of Modena and the international exhibition “Modena per la fotografia”. He is the President of the scientific committee of the project “Unicredit e l’Arte” since 2004. In his career, he curated many Italian and international exhibitions, published books on photography, worked as art critic for the daily newspaper “La Repubblica” and he has been managing the photographic section of “Il Giornale dell’Arte” since 2006.

Giuseppe Iannaccone, lawyer and art collector. The Collection “Giuseppe Iannaccone” is a container of stories, a look on the world and an extraordinary document of the present. But it is also and particularly the recognition of the overwhelming passion of its owner that, since the beginning, was constantly looking for the masterpiece. It is a collection in continuous exchange: in the studio there are often hosted small exhibitions that show the comparison between emerging and accomplished artists, with the aim to gather together similar expressions in order to understand them better, to activate innovative connections that could contribute to new suggestions.

Piero Mascitti, Director of the Mimmo Rotella Foundation. Art expert and dear friend of the great Rotella, during these years he is realizing the greatest desire of the inventor of décollage: helping young artists exhibit their artworks. That’s how started the Pop Up Revolution, a brand new form of art that is revolutionary and dynamic and that takes inspiration from the street, the advertisement and the everyday life. Beyond managing the entire collected works of Mimmo Rotella (more than 7 thousand artworks), he is the Artistic Director of the “Goffredo Parise e Giosetta Fioroni” Foundation.

Marco Meneguzzo, historian and art critic. He teaches “Modern Art” in Monza and at the School of Fine Arts of Brera where he also has a chair for the course “Museografia” of the master’s degree on “Art management and curators’s training for contemporary art” and a chair in “Museologia e gestione dei sistemi espositivi”. During his career, he holded many offices: Commissioner for the “Quadriennale di Roma”, curator of a section of the “Biennale di Venezia”, Artistic Director of MAPP (Paolo Pini Art Museum, Milan), counselor for many art fairs, curator of various exhibitions. He is also a journalist, he works for lots of magazines specialized in art, architecture and culture, both Italian and international. He organizes contemporary and modern art exhibitions and publishes papers, expecially on the contemporary art system.

Anna Orlando, journalist, art critic and art historian. She works for the daily newspaper “Il Secolo XIX” (Genova) and “Il Sole24Ore”, for the magazines “Il Giornale dell’Arte”, “Antiquariato” and “Arte”, with the websites “Artslife.com” and “Gazzetta Antiquaria”. She published more than a hundred scientific papers; she is an expert as exhibition curator, teacher and trainer. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Genova, at the Specialization School of Art History of Florence and Genova, and at the Roberto Longhi Art History Foundation of Florence. She managed master’s degrees in the art field and she teaches in art courses. Beyond her dedication for the art exhibition of her city, Orlando has been called to work for many Italian and international exhibitions, with Italian and foreign auction houses in order to give oral and written advices for their catalogues.

Elena Pontiggia, art historian. She teaches “Art History” at the School of Fine Art of Brera and at the Politecnico, Milan. She works as art critic for many newspapers and magazines and she writes for the daily newspaper “La Stampa” since 2011. She is specialized in Italian and international art between the two World Wars and in the relationship between modern and classic art. Pontiggia has been in the Scientific Commitee of the “Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea” in Milan and of the “Quadriennale di Roma”; she is in the Scientific Commitee of the Stelline Foundation, Milan, since 2001. She won the “San Valentino d’oro” Award for Art History and the “Carducci” Award with “Modernità e classicità. Il ritorno all’ordine in Europa dal dopoguerra agli anni Trenta”.

Massimo Pulini, artist, teacher, Director of the “Biennale del disegno”, Rimini. He taught in many Italian Academies and now he has a chair in “Painting” at the School of Fine Art of Bologna. Pulini started his careeer as a painter: he exhibited in important private and public galleries, both Italian and international and in 1976 he started showing solo art exhibitions in Italian, French and English museums. For more than 20 years he has been making researches on art history and publishes many papers on prestigious scientific magazines as “Studi sulla Storia dell’Arte”, “Paragone”, “Nuovi Studi”, “ARTE/Documento”, “Accademia Clementina”, “Ars”. Moreover, he curated art exhibitions, he has written books and critic papers and he is the curator of the “Biennale del Disegno”, Rimini.

Marco Riccòmini, art historian specialized in antique drawings and paintings. He is the Director of the Antique Paintings Department of Christie’s Italia and he is one of the most renowed Italian art expert, both for his role in the famous auction house and for his studies, like the latest drawings catalogue attributed to Donato Creti, curated for the Cini Foundation. After a first experience in London, in 1992 he switches to the auction house world, working as antique drawings and paintings expert in Milan. He has been working for Christie’s since September 2005, where he gave on auction many masterpieces of Italian art, achieving some record wins.

Marco Vallora, art historian, movie critic and editorial advisor for Einaudi. He has translated and written prefaces of books of filmmaking, semiotic, literature and art. He works for many magazines and art magazines, he contributes to daily newspapers and weekly publications (as “La Repubblica”, “La Stampa”, “Panorama”, “L’Europeo”, the cultural inserts of “Il Giornale” and “Il Sole24Ore”). He broadcasted many radio program on Radio3, Radio Svizzera, Rai Sat and Rai3. Vallora curated art exhibitions and presented various artists on catalogue. He has been the judge for painting and sculpture contests and has written papers and prefaces on photography. He often gives lectures and presentations for books and art exhibitions. Vallora teaches “Contemporary Art History” at the Urbino University, moreover, he teaches at the Architecture Department in Parma and at the Politecnico, Milan.