Louis Gallo

Luigi Gallo, qualified for the first tier of university teaching, trained in Rome at La Sapienza University and in Paris at the University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has taught in Rome, Paris and Matera. Editor and curator at the Scuderie del Quirinale, art historian at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, since September 2020 he has been Director Palazzo Ducale di Urbino-Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Marche where he is overseeing numerous restoration and museographic renovation sites and is also responsible for several projects related to the PNRR and other funding for the adaptation of the venues and collections of the thirteen museums that make up the institution. After serving as acting director of the National Galleries of Ancient Art in Rome between November 2023 and February 2024, he has been acting director of the Vomero National Museums in Naples since May 12, 2025. His research spans the history of landscape painting, gardens and modern architecture, collecting, art theory and criticism between the 18th and 20th centuries, and the protection and enhancement of cultural heritage. He is author of monographs and critical essays, and curator of several exhibitions including La Nature l’avait créé peintre: Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, 1750-1819 (Toulouse, 2003), Pompeii and Europe, 1748-1943 (Naples, 2015), Picasso/Parade: Naples 1917 (Napol 2017), Amori Divini (Naples, 2017), Picasso et les Ballets Russes (Marseille, 2018), Pompeii and Santorini. Eternity in a Day (Rome, 2019), City of God, City of Men. Dante’s architectures and urban utopias (Urbino, 2021), Arte Liberata. Masterpieces Saved from War (Rome, 2022-2023), The Other Collection. Stories and Works from the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche (Urbino 2023-2024), Federico Barocci Urbino. The Excitement of Modern Painting (Urbino 2024), Under an Ancient Sky (Frankfurt 2024), Titian, Crivelli, Lotto, Guercino. Masterpieces from the Podesti Picture Gallery on the Capitol (Rome, 2024-2025), Federico Barocci, the Madonna di San Simone at Palazzo Marino (Milan, 2024-2025); Simone Cantarini (1612-1648). A Young Master between Pesaro, Bologna and Rome (Urbino 2025).