Some of my public lectures and papers around New Zealand and Australia
o The Mackelvie Collection – some Italian paintings with a special focus on the Venetian school presented at the Auckland Art Gallery (NZ) on Thursday 16 August 2007
o Problem of attribution – special focus the ‘Lamentation of Christ’ by Anonymous presented at the Auckland Art Gallery (NZ) on Thursday 23 August 2007
o The international collection – Caravaggio’s influence presented at the Auckland Art Gallery (NZ) on Thursday 30 August 2007
o Canova and Piranesi in the context of the exhibition Passion and Politics: two centuries of British art presented at the Auckland Art Gallery (NZ) on Sunday 9 September 2007
o An Italian overview of the Gallery’s Historical Collection presented at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (NZ) on Sunday 7 October 2007
o Religion and Portraiture in the 17th Century presented at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (Australia) on Wednesday 18 March 2009
o The Roman Baroque presented at the University of Auckland (NZ) on Thursday 23 April 2009 in conjunction with the XI Italian Culture Week (18 April-26 April 2009)
o Leonardo da Vinci and his influence presented at the Waikato Museum, Hamilton (NZ) on Saturday 2 May 2009
o Mythology and Religion during the Baroque at the Christchurch Art Gallery (NZ) on Wednesday 17 June 2009
o Casa Italia: a place for Italians in New Farm, a paper presented at the Dante Alighieri Society of Brisbane (Australia) during the '150th years of Italians in Queensland Symposium' on Saturday 17 October 2009
o La maestria di Caravaggio presented at the Dante Alighieri Society of Brisbane (Australia) on Friday 16 April 2010 in conjunction with the XII Italian Week Culture (16 April-25 April 2010)
o The battle of the Giants: Tintoretto vs Titian presented at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Brisbane (Australia) on Wednesday 2 June 2010 during the Italian Week (26 May-2 June 2010)
o The fleeing Caravaggio, a paper presented on Friday 4 February 2011 at the University of Otago (NZ) during the ANZAMEMS 2011 Eight Biennial International Conference (2 February-5 February 2011)
o The case of Pietro da Cortona: True or False in The Johnston Collection, presented at The Johnston Collection on Friday 20 May 2011.
o Creating an Identity: Italian artworks in the National Gallery of Victoria, a paper presented on Thursday 14 July at the University of Melbourne during the ACIS Sixth Biennal Conference - Italian Studies - New Directions (13 July - 16 July 2011)
o The case of Pietro da Cortona: True or False in The Johnston Collection, presented at The Johnston Collection on Friday 20 May 2011.
o Creating an Identity: Italian artworks in the National Gallery of Victoria, a paper presented on Thursday 14 July at the University of Melbourne during the ACIS Sixth Biennal Conference - Italian Studies - New Directions (13 July - 16 July 2011)
