Expertise · Publications · Art Fairs · Exhibitions

Public activities and projects by Luca Fiorentino within the Italian and international antiquarian world.

From the founding of the editorial series Avere Disegno to publications in specialist journals, from institutional exhibitions to participation in the leading European art and antiques fairs.

The work of Luca Fiorentino has been built over time through collaborations with galleries, institutions, and leading figures in the Italian and international antiquarian world.

Pubblications and Research

Avere Disegno – Editorial Series

A specialist editorial series dedicated to works on paper and to the publication of scholarly studies and new research on Italian drawing. Scientific committee: GAM Turin, Opificio delle Pietre Dure Florence, Castello Sforzesco Print and Drawing Cabinet Milan, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica Rome, Capodimonte Print and Drawing Cabinet Naples.

Scholarly Contributions

Articles and essays published in leading Italian journals of early art history, featuring studies devoted to painting and drawing between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.

Exhibitions and Projects

Castello Sforzesco – Milan

7 May – 18 August 2024: in collaboration with the Dutch University Institute for Art History, an exhibition of red chalk drawings from the Museum’s permanent collection.

Dutch University Institute for Art History

September 2019: organiser and scientific coordinator, together with Prof. Michael Kwakkelstein, of the international conference Red Chalk Drawings: Sources, Techniques and Styles, c. 1500–1800, held on 18–19 September at the Dutch University Institute for Art History.

Edifir Florence

February–March 2017: coordinator and organiser, together with Edifir, of a round table dedicated to the conservation and restoration of works on paper. Participants included the Opificio delle Pietre Dure Florence, GAM Turin, ICG Rome, the Print and Drawing Cabinet of Palazzo Rosso Genoa, the Hermitage Print and Drawing Cabinet Saint Petersburg, and Nathalie Ravanel (private conservator, Florence).

Central Institute for Graphics, Rome

Orazio Borgianni: The Engravings, exhibition curated by Rita Bernini, with scientific coordination by Luca Fiorentino, Central Insitute for Graphics, Rome – National Calcography, Rome, 15 February – 7 April 2013.

Art Fairs and the Antiquarian Field

International Biennale of Antiques, Florence · since 2022

Appointed Vetting Expert for the Old Master Drawings section.

Fine Art, Paris – as expert for the Frascione Gallery

Luca Fiorentino’s long-standing participation in Fine Arts Paris, one of the leading international art fairs, reflects the progressive development of his specialist expertise. In dialogue with international collectors and scholars, the selection of works is carried out in close collaboration with the Florentine Frascione Gallery. The selected works span a wide range of techniques and categories: from Old Master and modern drawings to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Italian bronzes, from early painting to the rediscovery of Symbolist and Italian Secessionist paintings that had long remained hidden within historic collections.

Salon du Dessin, Paris – as expert for the stands of Enrico Frascione

Luca Fiorentino’s long-standing participation in the Salon du Dessin, one of the world’s leading events dedicated to Old Master drawings, reflects the progressive development of his specialist expertise. In dialogue with international collectors and scholars, the selection of works is carried out in close collaboration with the Florentine gallery.

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