Dr. Giada Policicchio

Giada Policicchio is an art historian specialising in Baroque painting and the reception of 17th-century art in the 20^th century, as reflected in art exhibitions, collecting and art market. In 2024, she received her PhD in History of Modern Art from the University of Salerno. Her dissertation examines the ancient art exhibitions in Italy between 1902 and 1922 through the rediscovery of 17th-century southern painting.

She is currently a scientific assistant on the editorial staff of the Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes. She previously studied at the University of Calabria (B.A. 2012) and at the University of Florence (M.A. 2016 and “Diploma di Specializzazione” in Art History 2020). She has been the recipient of predoctoral fellowships from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi in Florence (2018) and the Istituto di Studi Filosofici in Naples (2019). She was previously an Academic Assistant in Department Gerhard Wolf at the Kunsthistorisches Institut (2017-2023).