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Conferences, Meetings, Conventions

Rome, Church of Santa Maria del Popolo, 22 October 2010
Address on La crocifissione di San Pietro e la conversione di San Paolo (The Crucifixion of Saint Peter and the Conversion of Saint Paul) in the context of the initiative Dialoghi con Caravaggio nelle sue chiese (Dialogues with Caravaggio in his churches), promoted by the Diocese of Rome.

Rome, Luiss Guido Carli, Aula Magna, 11 October 2010
Lecture on Le arti figurative, lingua universale during the conference Nuovi licei: l'avventura della conoscenza (The Figurative Arts, universal language during the New Licei conference: the adventure of knowledge).

Fano, Teatro della Fortuna, 7 October 2010
Conference on Le Marche, una terra incantata (The Marches, an enchanted land).

Florence, Church of Santo Spirito, 24 September 2010
Address on La giovinezza di Michelangelo: il Cristo di Santo Spirito e la Pietà di San Pietro. (The Youth of Michelangelo: the Christ of the Santo Spirito and the Pietà of Saint Peter's).

Rome, Sala Alessandrina of the State Archives of Rome, 17 June 2010
Specialist contribution to the presentation on Atti della Giornata di studio su Problemi e prospettive dei musei storici romani: il caso della Galleria Corsini. (Acts of the Study Day on Problems and prospects of the historical Roman museums: the case of the Corsini Gallery).

Rome, Rondinini Palace, Circolo degli Scacchi (Chess Club), 26 May 2010
Lecture on the Rondinini Pietà.

Rome, University Of Studies "La Sapienza", 26 May 2010
Presentation on I restauri di Michelangelo e gli storici dell'arte del Novecento (The restorations of Michelangelo and the art historians of the twentieth century), during the Study Day on Michelangelo and the Pauline Chapel.

Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Conference Room, 12 May 2010
Lecture on the Alterpiece by Giorgione, Castelfranco Veneto Cathedral.
Lecture on Il restauro del patrimonio architettonico. Cultura e metodo (The restoration of the architectural heritage, Culture and Method).

Ancona, Auditorium of the "Ente Fiera" of Ancona, 24 June 2010
Presentation on Regione Marche e la Città di Ancona attraverso proiezioni di filmati su itinerari storici, artistici e religiosi (Marches Region and the City of Ancona through films on historical, artistic and religious itineraries) during the XXV National Conference of the Delegated Diocesan Clergy for the National Eucharistic Congress.

Forli, San Domenico Museums, 19 June 2010
Conference on L'opera d'arte specchio del territorio in the context of the meeting Eventi, Turismo, sviluppo del territorio (The work of art as a mirror of the territory during the Conference: Events, Tourism, Development of the Territory).

Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Conference Room, 17 June 2010
Conference Il dolore fisico nelle arti figurative. Rappresentazione e sublimazione, in the context of the meeting L'esperienza umana del dolore tra fisicità e spiritualità: il dolore e il suo significato in reumatologia (Physical pain in figurative arts: representation and sublimation. Contribution to the Conference: The human experience of pain between physicality and spirituality: pain and its significance in rheumatology.

Livorno, Vescovile Girolamo Gavi Palace, 31 May 2010
Opening speech of the conference Conoscere per conservare. Conservare per conoscere (To have knowledge of so as to preserve. To preserve so as to have knowledge of), organised by the Tuscan Episcopal Conference and by Memoria ecclesiae.

Rome, Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, Aula Brasca, 29 May 2010
Report on Il tema della vecchiaia nella storia delle arti (The theme of old age in the history of art) during the conference Malattia versus religione, tra antico e moderno (Illness versus faith, between the ancient and the modern).

Rome, Galileo Galilei Institute, Aula Magna, 28 April 2010
Report on Dalle Italie all'Italia. Arte, immagine e identità dell'Italia storica (From the Italies to Italy. Art, image and identity of the historical Italy) during the History and Art 2010 Study Seminar, promoted by the Comitato Italia 150.

Rome, San Michele Complex, Sala dello Stenditoio, 21 April 2010
Contribution to the study days Cesare Brandi tra presente e futuro (Cesare Brandi between present and future).

Florence, Incontri Palace, Sala Verde, 15 January 2010
Lecture on Il restauro della Cappella Paolina in Vaticano. (The restoration of the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican).

Public/University Lectures

Rome, Central Institute for Restoration in Rome, 18 October 2010
Lectio magistralis on Il restauro della Cappella Paolina (The restoration of the Pauline Chapel), on the occasion of the beginning of the Academic Year.

Rimini, Palacongressi of Rimini, 6 October 2010
Lectio magistralis on La Cappella Paolina di Michelangelo dopo il restauro (The Pauline Chapel of Michelangelo after restoration). Contribution to the 51st National Congress of the Italian Society of Nephrology.

Roma, Gregorian University, 18 July 2010
Lectio magistralis on La Cappella Paolina e gli affreschi di Michelangelo dopo il restauro (The Pauline Chapel and the frescoes of Michelangelo after restoration).

Rome, University for European Studies in Rome, 18 June 2010
Lecture on I Musei Vaticani: un'esperienza eccellente di conservazione del patrimonio culturale sacro e profano (The Vatican Museums: a supreme experience in the conservation of the sacred and profane cultural heritage).

Presentations

Città di Pennabilli (RN), 8 July 2010
Participation in the inauguration of the XL° Mostra Mercato Nazionale d'Antiquariato (National Antiques Fair Exhibition).

Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Conference Room, 1 July 2010
Intervention on Tutti i padri del restauro moderno (All the fathers of modern restoration), on the occasion of the presentation of the book Il restauro. Giovanni Urbani e Cesare Brandi, due teorie a confronto (Restoration. Giovanni Urbani and Cesare Brandi, two theories compared) by Bruno Zanardi.

Rome, Pontifical Gregorian University, 23 June 2010
Presentation of the Catalogue Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, by Miriam Viglione. Intervention by Prof. A. Paolucci: Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, Storico dell'arte, collezionista e biblofilo (Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco, Art Historian, Collector and Bibliophile).

Illegio, Casa delle Esposizioni, 24 April 2010
Presentation of the exhibition Angeli. Volti dell'invisibile (Angels. Faces of the invisible).

Vatican City, Vatican Museums, Conference Room, 21 April 2010
Presentation of the book Evangeliario di San Marco (Gospels of St. Mark) by Gilberto Ganzer.

Rimini, Malatesta Temple, 6 March 2010
Presentation of the work Il Tempio Malatestiano a Rimini (The Malatesta Temple in Rimini) by Antonio Paolucci.

Rome, Borromeo Palace, 4 February 2010
Presentation of the cultural initiatives of "Imago Veritatis" for the Exposure of the Holy Shroud.

Rome, Campidoglio, 1 February 2010
Presentation of the Santarelli cameo collection donated to the Capitoline Museums.

Bologna, Church of San Girolamo della Certosa, 29 January 2010
Participation in the inauguration of the restoration works of the chapels of the Church of San Girolamo della Certosa.

Castelfranco Veneto (TV), Teatro Accademico, 25 January 2010
Presentation of the book Giorgione - Madonna in trono con il Bambino tra i Santi (Giorgione - Madonna and Child with Saints).

Rome, Room of the former National Congress, 21 January 2010
Presentation of the book L'Italia delle meraviglie (Italy of wonders) by Vittorio Sgarbi.

Exhibition Curator

Curator in conjunction with D. Benati and M. Natale of the exhibition Melozzo da Forlì. Forlì, San Domenico Museums, 29 January - 12 June 2011.

Co-Curator of the exhibition Roma e L'Antico (Rome and the Ancient). Rome, Foundation Museum, 30 November 2010 - 6 March 2011.

Co-Curator of the exhibition Meraviglie del Barocco nelle Marche (Wonders of the Baroque in the Marches region). San Severino and the Alto Maceratese, 24 July - 16 January 2011.

Co-Curator of the exhibition Gesù. Il Corpo, il Volto di Cristo (Jesus. The Body, The Face of Christ). Turin, La Venaria Reale, 1 April - 5 September 2010.

Co-Curator of the exhibition Giotto e il Trecento (Giotto and the fourteenth century). Rome, Vittoriano Monument Complex, 6 March - 29 June 2010.

Co-Curator of the exhibition Fiori, Natura e Simbolo dal Seicento a Van Gogh (Flowers, Nature and Symbol from the Seventeenth century to Van Gogh). Forlì, San Domenico Museums, 23 January - 20 June 2010.

Publications

A. Paolucci, Gianfranco Ravasi, Dio nell'Arte. Nessuna Figura voi Vedevate (God in Art. No Figure you Saw) Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City - Sillabe, Livorno - Giunti, Florence 2010.

A. Paolucci, La Cappella Sistina, The Sistine Chapel, Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City - Sillabe, Livorno - Giunti, Florence 2010.

A. Paolucci, I Musei Vaicani, (The Vatican Museums - Vol. 2), Treccani Italian Encyclopedia, Rome 2010.

A. Paolucci, Il Tempio Malatestiano a Rimini (The Malatesta Temple in Rimini), Vol.2, Panini Editore, Modena 2010.

A. Paolucci, La Museografa Settecentesca nel Pio Clementino dei Musei Vaticani (Eighteenth-century Museumography in the Pio - Clementine of the Vatican Museums ) by Carolina Brook and Valter Curzi, Roma e L'Antico (Rome and the Ancient) catalogue of the exhibition, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 20 October - 30 January 2011.

A. Paolucci, La Cappella di San Pellegrino (The Chapel of San Pellegrino), by Giulio Viviani, La Cappella di San Pellegrino nella Città del Vaticano (The Chapel of San Pellegrino in the Vatican City), Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City 2010.

A. Paolucci, La Mano nell'Arte, in Monumenta. Le Mani nei Capolavori d'Arte (The Hand in Art, in Monumenta. The Hands in the Masterpieces of Art), Cassa di Risparmio of San Miniato, Florence 2010.

A. Paolucci, Le "Ricche Miniere" di Pittura del Banco (The Rich Mines of Paintings of the Bank), by Paola Marini and Francesca Rossi, Capolavori dalla Collezione del Banco Popolare di Verona (Masterpieces from the Banco Popolare of Verona Collection), Banca Popolare of Verona, Verona 2010.

A. Paolucci, Ricordo e Omaggio a un amico (Memory and Homage to a friend), in Pier Luigi Pizzi, Friends of the Phoenix Foundation, Venice 2010.

A. Paolucci, Paolina di Canova, in Villa Bonaparte (Paulina by Canova, in Villa Bonaparte), Les Editions Internationales du Patrimoine, 2010.

A. Paolucci, Fruttosità Economica del Museo (Economic Fruitfulness of the Museum), in the Seventh Annual Report of Federculture 2010, Rome 2010.

A. Paolucci, L'Incontro di Guccione, in Piero Guccione. Le Pale per il Battistero della Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri di Roma (The Encounter of Guccione, in Pierio Guccione, The Alterpieces for the Baptistery of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs in Rome), Il Cigno GG Edizioni, Rome, 2010.

A. Paolucci, Da Stefano Bardini a Herbert Horne: Collezionisti e Collezioni, (From Stefano Bardini to Herbert Horne: Collectors and Collections) in Virtù d'Amore. Pittura Nuziale nel Quattrocento Fiorentino by M. Becherini, D. Parenti and L. Sebregondi, (Virtue of Love. Wedding paintings from the Florence of the fifteenth century), catalogue of the exhibition, Galleria dell'Accademia and Horne Museum, Florence, 7 June 2001 - November 2010.

A. Paolucci, La Deposizione di Caravaggio (The Deposition by Caravaggio), in Caravaggio by C. Strinati, R. Vodret and F. Buranelli, catalogue of the exhibition, Equerries of the Quirinale Palace, Rome, 18 February - 13 June 2010.

A. Paolucci, I Beni Culturali fra identità, educazione e profitto (Cultural Heritage between identity, education and profit) from La Cultura serve al presente. Rapporto annuale Federculture (The need for Culture today. Annual Report Federculture), Studio Norma, Parma 2010.

Prefaces/Introductions

A. Paolucci, Introduction, La Sala dell'Immacolata di Francesco Podesti. Storia di una Committenza e di un Restauro (The Room of the Immaculate Conception by Francesco Podesti. The Story of a Commission and of a Restoration) by Micol Forti, Edizioni Musei Vaticani, Vatican City 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, La Casina di Pio IV in Vaticano (The Casina of Pius IV in the Vatican), by Daria Borghese, Allemandi, Turin 2010.

A. Paolucci, Preface, 1861. I Pittori del Risorgimento (1861. The Risorgimento Painters), by Fernando Mazzocca and Carlo Sisi, catalogue of the exhibition, Rome, Equerries of the Quirinale Palace, 6 October 2010 - 16 January 2011, Rome 2010.

A. Paolucci, Memoria di un'amica (Memories of a Friend), in Viva Rosanna by Cristina Acidini, Polistampa, Florence 2010

A. Paolucci, Itroduction, Raphael Cartoons and Tapestries for the Sistine Chapel, by Mark Evans and Anna Maria De Strobel, catalogue of the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 8 September 10 - 17 October 2010, London 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, Piccoli Grandi Musei (Small Great Museums), Ente Cassa di Risparmio of Florence, Florence 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, doctoral thesis Storia del Restauro Fiorentino (The History of the Florentine Restoration), by Tiziana Litteri, Edifir, Florence 2010.

A. Paolucci, Preface, Sacre materie. Restauri e Arredi del Duomo di Massa Marittima (Religious material. Restorations and Furnishings of the Cathedral of Massa Marittima), by AA.VV., 24 Ore Cultura, Milan 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, Corpus del Fondo Edifici di Culto, L'Erma di Bretschneider, Rome 2010.

A. Paolucci, Preface, Sulle Facciate Parlanti di Roma (On the Talking Facades of Rome), by Fabio Leone, vol.III, Editore Martini, Prato 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, La Madonna di Michelangelo (The Madonna of Michelangelo), by Stefano de Fiores, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, La Memoria e la Speranza (Memory and Hope), by Sante Guido, catalogue of the exhibition, Vatican City, 31 March - 31 May 2010.

A. Paolucci, Introduction, Raffaello e l'Immagine della Natura (Raphael and the image of Nature), by Giulia Caneva e Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2010.

A. Paolucci, Preface, Santa Maria del Popolo. Storia e Restauri (Santa Maria del Popolo. History and Restorations), by Maria Richiello and Ilaria Miarelli Mariani, State Polygraphic Institute, Rome 2009.

Newspaper Collaboration, specialized journals

A. Paolucci writes and collaborates with various italian newspapers and television channels such as:

  • Il Giornale dell'Arte
  • L'Osservatore Romano
  • Avvenire
  • Il Sole 24 Ore
  • La Repubblica
  • La Nazione
  • Vatican Television Centre
  • TV2000
  • Rai Art News