Leadership

Governance

The scholars, trustees, and editors who guide the Foundation's strategic direction and uphold its commitment to serious research and publication.

Director

Candida Lodovica Chi

Director, Colnaghi Foundation

The Director oversees the strategic direction of the Colnaghi Foundation, guiding its scholarly, educational, and institutional activities, and ensuring alignment with the Foundation's long-term cultural mission.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is currently being expanded. As the Board develops, the order and presentation of governance roles may be updated accordingly.

Zanete Bukarte
Jeremy Howard
Karien Whitley
Michelle Mooney
Casilda Guerrero-Burgos Fernández de Córdoba

Editorial Committee

59 distinguished scholars worldwide

Stijn Alsteens International Head of Old Master Drawings, Christie's
Jaynie Anderson Professor Emerita in Art History, The University of Melbourne
Charles Avery Art Historian specialising in European Sculpture (Italian, French, English)
Andrea Bacchi Director, Federico Zeri Foundation, Bologna
Ronna Bier Distinguished Curator and Lecturer, 17th-Century European Art, Princeton University
Colin Bailey Director, Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Piers Baker-Bates Visiting Honorary Associate in Art History, The Open University
Francesca Baldassari Professor, Sapienza Università di Roma
Bonaventura Bassegoda Catedrático, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Marco Simone Bolzoni Curator of Old Master and 19th-Century Drawings, The Deborah and Leon Black Collection, New York
Till-Holger Borchert Director, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
Antonia Boström Art Historian, Curator, and Consultant
Bruce Boucher Former Director, Sir John Soane's Museum, London
Edgar Peters Bowron Former Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Amanda Bradley Art Historian specialising in European Painting
Xavier Bray Director, The Wallace Collection, London
Xanthe Brooke Former Curator of Continental European Art, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Christopher Brown Art Historian specialising in Dutch and Flemish Seventeenth-Century Art; former Director, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Caroline Campbell Director, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
Ignacio Cano Conservador & Jefe Departamento Difusión, Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla
Peter Cherry Fellow Emeritus, History of Art, Trinity College Dublin
Rosario Coppel Art Historian specialising in Spanish Sculpture
Christina Currie Head of Scientific Imagery, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Brussels
C. D. Dickerson III Curator and Head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Gail Feigenbaum Associate Director, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
Sabine Frommel Director of Studies, Histoire de l'art de la Renaissance, École Pratique des Hautes Études – PSL, Paris
Lázaro Gila Medina Catedrático de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Granada
Peter Humfrey Emeritus Professor, School of Art History, University of St Andrews
Paul Joannides Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Cambridge
Kristen Kennedy Curator of Sculpture, Medieval, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Barbara Lasic Lecturer, History of Art and Design, Sotheby's Institute of Art
Riccardo Lattuada Full Professor of Art History of the Modern Age, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples
Patrice Marandel Former Chief Curator / Department Head of European Painting and Sculpture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Jennifer Montagu Art Historian specialising in Italian Baroque
Scott Netherland Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Radboud University, Nijmegen
Larry Nichols Former William Hutton Senior Curator, European and American Painting and Sculpture before 1900, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
Tom Nickson Senior Lecturer in Medieval Art and Architecture, Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Gianna Papi Art Historian specialising in Caravaggio
Edward Payne Assistant Professor in Art History, Auburn University
Martin Postle Deputy Director for Grants and Publications, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, London
Xavier F. Salomon Peter Jay Sharp Chief Curator, The Frick Collection, New York
Salvador Salort-Pons Director, President & CEO, Detroit Institute of Arts
Timothy Schroder Art Historian specialising in European silver and goldsmiths' work
Manfred Sellink Director, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent
Pippa Shirley Director, Waddesdon Manor
Jack Soultanian Conservator, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
John Spike Curator and Art Historian specialising in European Italian art
Nicola Spinosa Former Director, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Carl Strehlke Adjunct Emeritus, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Luke Syson Director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Holly Trusted Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Benjamin van Beneden Former Director, Rubenshuis, Antwerp
Jeremy Warren Honorary Curator of Sculpture, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Mark Westgarth Programme Director and Lecturer in Art History & Museum Studies, University of Leeds
Catherine Whistler Research Keeper, Western Art Department, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Betsy Wieseman Curator and Head of Department of Northern European Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Matthias Wivel Head of Research, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen
Yao-Fen You Senior Curator and Head of Product Design and Decorative Arts, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Washington, DC
Dimitrios Zikos Curator of Sculpture working with the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Editors

Editor-in-Chief: Irene Brooke
Editors: Nicola Jennings; Jeremy Howard
Associate Editor: Sophie Higginson