Accademia di Belle Arti di MILANO "Brera"

The Brera Academy of Fine Arts is one of Italy's most prestigious cultural institutions, known for its commitment to offering high-quality education that combines tradition and innovation.
With a wide range of both three-year and master's degree courses, the Academy covers numerous subjects: from painting to sculpture, from graphics to photography, from design to fashion, from set design to new technologies, from cultural heritage to curatorial practices.
The Academy is a place where artistic tradition merges with the challenges and opportunities of the contemporary world, creating a unique environment for training the future protagonists of the world art scene.
Many well-known artists have passed through Brera as students or lecturers: Francesco Hayez, Giuseppe Bisi, Cesare Tallone, Carlo Carrà, Achille Funi, Adolfo Wildt, Aldo Carpi, Francesco Messina, Marino Marini, Lucio Fontana, Fausto Melotti, Luciano Fabro, Alberto Garutti, Liliana Moro, Mario Airò, Gianni Caravaggio, Bernhard Rüdigher, Marcello Maloberti, Vanessa Beecroft, Lara Favaretto, Giuseppe Gabellone, Paola Pivi, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Roberto Cuoghi, Petrit Halilaj.

Marco Negroni

Marco Negroni

Marco Negroni teaches Interaction Design and Web Design at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, where he is also coordinator of the three-year course in Cultural Heritage within the School of Communication and Art Didactics. Professionally, he has 20 years of experience in designing web platforms and managing complex projects. As part of the JERUS […]

Andrea Zanella

Andrea Zanella

He graduated in History of Modern Art at the Sapienza University of Rome with a thesis on Francesco Trevisani and the Arcadian Theatre and specialised at Paris X Nanterre with a thesis on Trompe-l'oeil in 18th century France. He has published articles and essays on Italian and French artists from the 18th century to the […]

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Maria Chiara Palandri

is a senior Book and Paper Conservator. She graduated from the Istituto per la Patologia del Libro “Alfonso Gallo” (ICPL) in Rome. Since 1999, she has worked in the Conservation Department of the National Library of Norway, where she also became a research fellow in 2024. In 2004, she began teaching Conservation and Restoration of […]

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Annalisa Curtarelli

Annalisa Curtarelli holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage Communication from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. She works on the JERUS‑IT‑ARTS project within the coordination secretariat and provides core support for the activities of the PNRR Office.

Chiara Nenci

Chiara Nenci

Chiara Nenci is an art historian and Director of the School of Cultural Heritage at Brera, where she also oversees the picture gallery. Her research centers on nineteenth-century art, artistic training, and the intersections between painting and literary sources.

Fabio Iannotta

Fabio Iannotta

Fabio Iannotta is Full Professor of Design Methodology and Director of the School of Artistic Design for Industry at the Department of Design and Applied Arts, Brera Academy of Fine Arts. He is an expert in research and technology transfer (post-doctoral level) and specializes in territorial planning and the real estate market. He teaches in […]

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Rosanna Ruscio

Rosanna Ruscio is a tenured professor of Art History at the Brera Academy. Specializing in twentieth-century art, she was the author and consultant for the Treccani Biographical Dictionary and for the publishers De Agostini and Electa and has written numerous texts for books and exhibition catalogs. Her publications include Letters to Wart. The Arslan Fund: […]

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Angela Sanna

Angela Sanna is a contemporary art historian, born in Québec (Canada) and educated between Italy and France. She obtained her DEA, PhD, and the national qualification for Maître de conférence at the Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. She is Professor of Contemporary Art History at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. She has published books and […]

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Fausto Minervini

Fausto Minervini is an art historian of Italian-French training, holding a PhD in Contemporary Art History from the Sorbonne University and the University of Naples Federico II, as well as being an ancien élève of the École du Louvre. He is a curator and lecturer at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. His research, scholarly […]

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Lucrezia Cippitelli

Lucrezia Cippitelli (Rome, 1974) is a researcher, curator, and Professor of Aesthetics at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, where she coordinates the MA programme in Visual Culture and Curatorial Practices and the PhD programme “Research and Digital Transition in Museums and Art Galleries”. She co-directs the contemporary art programme at Kunsthaus Merano […]

Giulia Barbero

Giulia Barbero

Giulia Barbero is a freelance conservator-restorer specializing in books, archival materials, and works of art on paper. She graduated and obtained her professional qualification from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where in 2013 she carried out a project at the restoration laboratory of the Vatican Apostolic Library. Since 2016, she has lived and worked […]

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Mara Bernardini

Mara Bernardini is a PhD candidate in History, Anthropology, and Religions at Sapienza University of Rome, where her research focuses on the digitalization of ethno-anthropological heritage and on methodologies for the documentation and management of cultural heritage. She also holds a Postgraduate Specialization Diploma in Ethno-Anthropological Heritage from the same institution. She collaborates with national […]

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Lucia D’Anna

Lucia D’Anna is a cellist, researcher, and educator active between Italy, Jerusalem, and Palestine. Trained at the “G. Verdi” Conservatory in Milan, the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, and the Jerusalem Academy of Music, she combines her concert activity with a strong commitment to research, teaching, and cultural cooperation. She was a research fellow at the […]

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Loretta Borrelli

Loretta Borrelli lives in Milan. She has worked in the technology sector since 1999; currently, as a senior full-stack developer, she collaborates with various agencies, focusing on the design and development of web and multimedia applications. She has taught design and multimedia at NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti), the Brera Academy, and Marangoni (all […]

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Laura Diamanti

Laura Diamanti is a museologist and cultural heritage communication specialist. Her work focuses on museum studies, exhibition communication, and the public engagement with cultural heritage, with particular expertise in digital strategies applied to museum contexts. Within the JERUS-IT-ARTS project (PNRR INTAFAM_00044), she was engaged as Expert in Museological and Bibliographic Research and Scientific Editorial Secretariat […]

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Valeria Marcolin

Valeria Marcolin is an Italian expert in cultural policy, international cooperation, and the cultural and creative industries (CCIs), with over 25 years of experience across Italy, France, Europe, and Africa. She currently serves as Co-Director of Culture et Développement (Paris) and as a member of the EU-UNESCO Expert Facility for the 2005 Convention on the […]

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Massimo Negri

Massimo Negri is a museum studies and cultural heritage expert with extensive international experience in museum development, research, and cultural networking. Within the JERUS-IT-ARTS project, he served as author and researcher for two major publications developed in the framework of the initiative: Museology and Museography of Musical Instruments, co-authored with Laura Diamanti and edited by […]

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Gaia Petrella

Paper and book free lance conservator in Milan, Modena and Bologna and teacher at the PFP-5 course in Library and archival materials. Paper and parchment objects. Photographic, cinematic, and digital materials at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. During the PNNR “Jerus-it-Arts” project, I organized educational and didactical experience to different Italian […]

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Sandra Suatoni

Sandra Suatoni is a senior official of the Italian Ministry of Culture, currently Director of the Istituto Centrale per i Beni Sonori e Audiovisivi. She holds a unique dual profile as art historian and musicologist specializing in organology, conservation, and the museology of musical instruments. From 2015 to 2018 she directed the Museo Nazionale degli […]

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Francesca Nava

scholarship student

MA Student in Research and Projects for Museums and Cultural Heritage WP2 / Museology and Museography of Musical Instruments – supervised by Prof. Andrea Zanella She conducted research in the field of museology and museography of musical instruments, with particular attention to international exhibition models. She contributed to the research activities for the Organarum website […]

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Benedetta Maccagnano

scholarship student

MA Student in Research and Projects for Museums and Cultural Heritage WP2 / Organarum – supervised by Prof. Marco Enrico Negroni She contributed to the development of the scientific content of the Organarum website. She carried out research on primary sources relating to the historical organ and prepared analytical records of the texts examined.

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Eleonora Interliggi

scholarship student

MA Student in Research and Projects for Museums and Cultural Heritage WP2 / Organarum – supervised by Prof. Marco Enrico Negroni She contributed to the development of the Organarum website. She was responsible for aspects of website design and conducted iconographic research on ancient and medieval organs.

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Eleonora Pulici

scholarship student

BA Student in Cultural Heritage Enhancement Studies WP2 / Organarum – supervised by Prof. Marco Enrico Negroni She contributed to the development of the Organarum website. She conducted iconographic research and cataloguing activities related to ancient and medieval organs.

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Filippo Silveri

scholarship student

MA Student in Research and Projects for Museums and Cultural Heritage WP4 / Grandi Sogni Exhibition Programme – Organisational Secretariat He carried out organisational and administrative support activities for the three exhibitions of the Grandi Sogni programme. He assisted in the organisation of Butterfly Effect, A Day in the Life, and The Face of the […]

Eleonora Letizia

scholarship student

MA Student in Product Design WP3 / Butterfly Effect Exhibition – supervised by Prof. Fabio Iannotta She participated in the activities of the exhibition Butterfly Effect. Art & Design for Gaza (Milan Design Week, April 2026). She collaborated in the production of exhibition materials.

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Gloria Maria Citterio

scholarship student

MA Student in Product Design WP3 / Butterfly Effect Exhibition – supervised by Prof. Fabio Iannotta She participated in the activities of the exhibition Butterfly Effect. Art & Design for Gaza (Milan Design Week, April 2026). She contributed to the exhibition installation and to the preparation of the student catalogue.

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Tommaso Rabuffetti

Scholarship student

MA Student in Multimedia Arts for Cinema and Video (NTA) WP2–WP4 / Audio-Visual Documentation and Video Production He was responsible for the audio-visual documentation and video production activities of the JERUS-IT-ARTS project, in collaboration with Emma Puglia. Filming and editing activities covered the full range of events, workshops, and exhibitions organised by the Brera unit.

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Emma Puglia

Scholarship student

MA Student in Stage Design WP2–WP4 / Audio-Visual Documentation and Video Production She was responsible for the audio-visual documentation and video production activities of the JERUS-IT-ARTS project, in collaboration with Tommaso Rabuffetti. Filming and editing activities covered the full range of events, workshops, and exhibitions organised by the Brera unit.

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Yadira Pacheco Diaz

Scholarship student

MA Student in Research and Projects for Museums and Cultural Heritage WP4 / VIM Cataloguing Record – supervised by Prof. Marco Enrico Negroni She conducted research for the development of a cataloguing record for intangible cultural heritage within the VIM – La Valigia Immateriale platform. She contributed to the design of a digital documentation tool […]

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Gaia Giordan

Scholarship student

MA Student in Research and Projects for Museums and Cultural Heritage WP4 / VIM Cataloguing Record – supervised by Prof. Marco Enrico Negroni She conducted research for the development of a cataloguing record for intangible cultural heritage within the VIM – La Valigia Immateriale platform. She contributed to the design of a digital documentation tool […]

Yasmine Aljarba

Yasmine Aljarba

Intern

Yasmine Aljarba (Gaza,)is a Palestinian visual artist, curator, researcher, and founder of Hurriya Contemporary, an independent curatorial platform based in Milan dedicated to supporting and promoting emerging and established Palestinian artists within an international contemporary art context. Born in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, she has lived and worked in Milan since 2023. […]

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Lidia Mascolo

Intern

Lidia Mascolo is an interior designer and design researcher with a background in Product Design from the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milan). Alongside her professional experience in interior design, she has collaborated with the Academy on research, teaching support, and exhibition projects, developing expertise in exhibition design, cultural heritage, and design prototyping.  She […]

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