A 30-year-old at the helm of Tuscany's state museums: Carlotta Brovadan new director

Starting Feb. 1, as reported by inToscana magazine, the management of Tuscany ’s state museums will pass to 38-year-old Carlotta Brovadan from Milan, who will succeed art historian Stefano Casciu: she is the new director of the Regional Directorate of National Museums of Tuscany. Born in Milan on March 24, 1987, with a degree in art history from the University of Florence, Brovadan has gained notable experience working with the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi for the Euploos project and with theOpificio delle Pietre Dure from 2011 to 2017, taking part in art-historical research and enhancement initiatives related to the restorations conducted by the institute, includingIl recupero dei dipinti a cinquant’anni dall’alluvione (2016).

Since 2018, she has been working at the Foundation School of Cultural Heritage and Activities, dealing with cultural heritage policy and management. The art historian will now head a complex museum network, including the Florentine Cenacles, the Museum of Medieval and Modern Art in Arezzo, the Museum of Ancient Ships in Pisa, and the Etruscan Museum in Chiusi.

Brovadan completed her Ph.D. at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and was a fellow of the “Roberto Longhi” Foundation for the Study of Art History. She is the author of several scholarly contributions, a member of the editorial board of the journalFinxit. Dialogues between Art and Writing from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age and part of the scientific committee of the project FIdM - Sources for the History of the Art of Middle Italy, dedicated to the computerization and open-access dissemination of art-historical sources related to Abruzzo, lower Marche, upper Lazio and southern Umbria.

A 30-year-old at the helm of Tuscany's state museums: Carlotta Brovadan new director

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