Milan, Lombardy, Italy
I’m a multilingual writer and producer working across arts and culture. I currently lead Brand Narrative and Cultural Partnerships for Bottega Veneta. As a reporter and commentator, my writing explores the relationship between artistic expression and social and political realities. My work has been published in The Guardian, The Atlantic, Aeon, Purple, Internazionale, and by Reuters, BBC, and Forum Kultur und Außenpolitik, and has been critically acclaimed and cited in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, The New York Times, and Slate. In other collaborations, I provide editorial consultancy, cultural programming, and project production for institutions and organisations including Thames & Hudson, Goethe Institut, Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, DCV Books, Aeon Magazine, and Grau. I have developed, produced, and presented several podcasts including both investigative and interview-based series with Thames and Hudson, Politico, Global Public Policy Institute, and Humboldt Forum Berlin. I also co-launched the Germany programme of Intelligence Squared, a forum for live discussion and debate, and regularly host and moderate talks, seminars, and events, including with the University of Cambridge, Bard College, Humboldt Forum Berlin, Max Planck Society, University of Bristol, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, and the International Literature Festival Berlin.
Bylines at: The Guardian, The Atlantic, BBC, Aeon, Reuters, and Thames & Hudson. As a producer, I co-launched the Berlin program of Intelligence Squared, and have presented and produced podcasts, digital content, and live events for Thames & Hudson, The Barbican, International Literature Festival Berlin, Google Arts & Culture, Goethe Institut, Art & Feminism, Taschen, and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen.
I co-launched and produced Intelligence Squared’s Berlin program, delivering complete concept-to-event production for live debates and discussions. My remit includes the curation of all subjects, panels, and speakers; audience and partnership building; as well as media relations and communications, budgeting and logistics. Speakers and partners include: Nick Clegg, Carole Cadwalladr, Bill Browder, Timothy Snyder, Katya Adler; Radek Sikorski, Flavia Kleiner, The American Academy, The European Council of Foreign Relations, Google, and Soho House Berlin.
I wrote and edited several online features for the TASCHEN website, covering new publications, affiliated artists and institutions. I also produced and edited the TASCHEN podcast, with guests including Steve McCurry, John Waters, Beatriz Milhazes, Bruce Talamon, and Jamie Hewlett.
As Online Editor, I oversaw all editorial elements of Taschen’s website and digital relaunch, developing a rich content program to represent their wide-ranging publications and exhibitions. I launched and produced the Taschen podcast; co-produced a series of short films; and conducted several artist interviews including with David Hockney, Wolfgang Tillmans, Christo, and Peter Lindbergh. I was also Editorial Assistant on 'The Book Cover in the Weimar Republic', ed. Jürgen Holstein, and Editor and Commissioning Editor of 'The Earth and I', an illustrated anthology for the Anthopocene, conceived by James Lovelock, with contributions from John Gray, Lisa Randall, and Edward O. Wilson, among others.
I delivered art historical research and concept development for a Google Arts & Culture YouTube series, pairing top YouTube creators with leading cultural institutions worldwide to tell new stories about their history and collections. Featured institutions include the Louvre, Uffizi, and Palais de Versailles.
I covered news items, book reviews, and exhibition previews across Europe and the United States. I also also worked as AP on three films for The Art Newspaper TV, including a collector profile of Valeria Napoleone, the world’s leading collector of female artists, and a studio interview with Carmen Herrera.