Landscapes in Light: from Bellini to the Hudson River School

Director of Palazzo Madama – Civic Museum of Ancient Art in Turin, he is Associate Professor of Modern Art History at the University of Bergamo, where he is also a member of the Doctoral Program in Transcultural Humanities. He previously directed the Center for Visual Arts in Bergamo and taught Diagnostic Techniques for Cultural Heritage at the Catholic University of Milan.

He has served on the Superior Council for Cultural and Landscape Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, as Cultural Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, and as Honorary Director of the Civic Museums of Vicenza. He has curated major exhibitions in national and international venues – from the Scuderie del Quirinale to the Musée du Luxembourg, from the Pushkin Museum to the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art.

He is the author of over 300 scientific publications, including about fifteen monographs, some translated into ten languages. He is also a regular presence in Italian and international media. He was awarded the honors of Commander (2012) and Grand Officer (2017) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.