Martina Bagnoli

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Martina Bagnoli
Born1964 (age 56–57)
Bolzano, Italy
EducationUniversity of Cambridge (BA, MA)
Johns Hopkins University (PhD)
OccupationArt historian, curator, museum director
EmployerGallerie Estensi

Martina Bagnoli (born 1964) is an Italian art historian and curator who has served as director of the Gallerie Estensi of Italy since 2015. Previously, from 2002 to 2015, Bagnoli was curator of medieval art for the Walters Art Museum in Maryland, United States.

Biography[]

Bagnoli was born in Bolzano, Italy. After earning a BA and MA from the University of Cambridge, she completed her PhD at the Johns Hopkins University.[1]

Bagnoli joined the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland as assistant curator in 2002. She ended her tenure as the Andrew W. Mellon Curator and head of the museum's collection of medieval art and manuscripts,[1] and organised exhibitions such as Treasures of Heaven[2] and Feast for the Senses.[3] She also worked at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[4]

In 2015, Bagnoli was named director of the Galleria Estense in Modena, Italy, itself a part of the Gallerie Estensi.[1] Her appointment was part of an international search by the Italian Ministry of Culture to appoint directors for twenty Italian institutions and heritage sites, including the Uffizi, the Galleria Borghese, and the Gallerie dell'Accademia (Venice).[5][6][7] In May 2017, her appointment through the initiative was voided alongside four other directors, following a ruling by the Lazio regional administrative tribunal.[6][7] Bagnoli returned to her position a month later after the Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, temporarily suspended the ruling until a public hearing later that year.[8][9]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Smith, Tim (19 August 2015). "Walters Art Museum curator named director of major museum in Italy". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ^ Gopnik, Blake (27 February 2011). "Art From a Time When Seeing Was Believing". Newsweek. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ Dobrzynski, Judith H. (14 March 2017). "Drinking In the Art: Museums Offer a Growing Banquet for the Senses". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Musei, il Tar annulla la nomina anche della direttrice della Galleria Estense di Modena". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 25 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2021. Vanta esperienza in musei statunitensi, come la National Gallery of Art di Washington. [She has experience at US museums, like the National Gallery of Art in Washington.]
  5. ^ Povoledo, Elisabetta; Donadio, Rachel (20 January 2015). "Italy Goes Global in Search for Museum Directors". The New York Times. Rome. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b McGivern, Hannah (26 May 2017). "Controversial Italian court ruling ousts five top museum directors". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Squires, Nick (25 May 2017). "Campaign to inject fresh blood into Italy's museum sector torpedoed by controversial court ruling". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  8. ^ McGivern, Hannah (19 June 2017). "Italy's five suspended museum directors return to work". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Galleria Estense di Modena, il direttore Martina Bagnoli torna al lavoro". il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 15 June 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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