Linda GUERRINI

Research Fellow in Management and Art Historian

"INDICE Project – Digital Innovations for Cultural and Creative Enterprises" funded under the Veneto Regional Programme ERDF 2021–2027

Mapping and Analysis of Cultural and Creative Enterprises in Veneto

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Linda Guerrini (25 May 2001) is a research fellow at the Venice School of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, and an art historian. She holds two Master’s degrees, in Art History and in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities, and a diploma from the School of Specialisation in Historical-Artistic Heritage at Sapienza University of Rome (PhD-equivalent qualification). Her interdisciplinary education combines art history, economics, management, and the exact sciences, specifically mathematics and physics. Her research interests focus on the application of scientific and quantitative methodologies to the study, impact, conservation, attribution, and economic valuation of artworks.

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Curriculum vitae et studiorum

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

2025–2026 | Master’s Degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (LM-76 R) – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Graduation: 19 October 2026, with a final grade of 110/110 cum laude, completed in one calendar year and one year ahead of the standard duration.
Experimental thesis: From Generative Algorithms to the Bassano Workshop: A Parallel in Mechanism and the Reconfiguration of Artistic Production (supervisor: Prof. Massimiliano Nuccio).
Research areas: generative artificial intelligence, applied mathematics, economics of innovation, systems of artistic production, and early modern art history. Comparative analysis of generative algorithms and the organisation of Renaissance workshops, with particular reference to mechanisms of attribution, ownership, and remuneration.

2024–2027 | School of Specialisation in Historical-Artistic Heritage – Sapienza University of Rome

Specialist training in art history, protection, conservation, and scientific diagnostics of cultural heritage. Weighted grade average: 29.9/30.
Experimental thesis: From Defacement to Reconstruction: Archival and Diagnostic Investigations of Three Defaced Portraits, in collaboration with Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Interdisciplinary research based on the integration of archival, art-historical, and non-invasive diagnostic investigations.
Supervisor: Prof. Antonino Mannaioli; co-supervisor: Prof. Donatella Biagi Maino.

2022–2024 | Master’s Degree in Art History (LM-98) – Sapienza University of Rome

Graduation: 15 July 2024, with a final grade of 110/110 cum laude and distinction for publication.
Experimental thesis: Attribution to Jacopo Tintoretto of the “Portrait of a Man” at the Castelvecchio Museum in Verona.
Interdisciplinary attribution research conducted in collaboration with the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, through art-historical, documentary, and diagnostic analyses.
Selection for and successful completion of the Excellence Programme, reserved for the fifteen highest-achieving students in the degree programme.
Additional 12 ECTS examination in Contemporary Art History, passed with a grade of 30/30.

2020–2022 | Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities (L-1) – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Graduation: 25 October 2022, with a final grade of 110/110, one year ahead of the standard duration.
Experimental thesis: Valuation of Paintings in the Old Masters Market: The Relationship between Objective Criteria and Contextual Factors.
Research areas: art economics and the art market, economic valuation of artworks, and determinants of value.
2021 Merit Award, as the highest-achieving student in the degree programme.

2015–2020 | Upper Secondary School Diploma in Foreign Languages and Literatures – Scipione Maffei State Classical High School, Verona

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

February 2026–present | Research Fellow – Venice School of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

INDICE Project – Digital Innovations for Cultural and Creative Enterprises, funded under the Veneto Regional Programme ERDF 2021–2027.
Mapping and quantitative analysis of cultural and creative enterprises in Veneto; development of databases, economic and financial indicators, and analysis of growth dynamics, innovation, and business performance.
Principal investigators: Prof. Francesco Casarin and Prof. Massimiliano Nuccio.

2025–2026 | Experimental Research in Cultural Heritage Diagnostics – Diagnostic Laboratory for Cultural Heritage, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Ravenna

Laboratory research activities and diagnostic analyses conducted as part of the experimental thesis From Defacement to Reconstruction: Archival and Diagnostic Investigations of Three Defaced Portraits.
Techniques employed: multispectral imaging, digital X-ray radiography, Macro-XRF, optical microscopy, black-and-white and false-colour infrared imaging, UV photography, and raking light examination.
Integration of scientific findings with art-historical and archival analyses of the artworks.
Scientific supervisors: Prof. Chiara Matteucci and Dr. Pascal Cotté.

February–May 2024 | Researcher – Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts (ASAC), La Biennale di Venezia

Project: Geopolitical Map of Artists Who Participated in the Biennales over the Last 20 Years, from 1999 to 2020.
Archival and art-historical research on the participation of Jacopo Tintoretto in the 54th International Art Exhibition in 2011, resulting in a scientific contribution published within the project.
Scientific supervisors: Prof. Claudio Zambianchi, Dr. Martina Rossi, and Dr. Helga Greggio.

2023–2024 | Researcher and Tutor – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany

International Winter School dedicated to the relationships between economics, artistic production, and cultural development in the port cities of Venice and Hamburg.
Interdisciplinary research with particular attention to the Venice Biennale and its role in systems of cultural production and valorisation.
Scientific supervisors: Prof. Massimiliano Nuccio and Prof. Beate Söntgen.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL-SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS

2026 | Administration, Accounting and Finance – Les Harmonies du Perche, Rémalard-en-Perche, France

Collaboration in the economic and financial management of an international classical music festival.
Budget preparation, expenditure monitoring, management data analysis, reporting, and administrative coordination with partners and suppliers.

2024–present | Head of Educational Services – ASTER S.r.l., Venice

Design and delivery of educational activities and cultural mediation programmes at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice and Le Stanze della Fotografia of the Giorgio Cini Foundation.
Collaboration on the exhibitions Corpi Moderni, Stupore, realtà, enigma, Transforming Energy, Robert Mapplethorpe. Le forme del classico, and Horst P. Horst. La Geometria della Grazia.
Educational and outreach activities in Italian, English, and Spanish for students, adults, and international visitors.

2024 | Technical-Scientific Collaboration for the Assessment of Restoration Interventions – Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Provinces of Verona, Rovigo and Vicenza

Specialist internship in the protection and conservation of historical and artistic heritage.
Diagnostic analysis and technical-scientific assessment of conservation interventions on protected artworks.

June–September 2022 | Internship in Administration and the Art Market – Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany

Administrative and accounting management, organisation of databases and documentation relating to artworks and clients.
Art market analysis, processing of economic and management data, support for marketing strategies, and organisation of exhibitions and events.
Experience supported by an Erasmus+ Traineeship scholarship awarded on academic merit.

2019–2020 | Apprenticeship – Fondazione Angeli del Bello, Verona

Assistance in the restoration and conservation of historical monuments in Verona, including the statue of Michele Sanmicheli, the Pozzo dell’Amore, and the colonnade of the Natural History Museum.

2017–2018 | Apprenticeship – Fondo Ambiente Italiano (FAI), Verona

Art-historical and documentary research on Palazzo Muselli and Palazzo Verità Montanari, as part of heritage valorisation initiatives and FAI Heritage Days.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES AND SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH

September–November 2025 | University Tutor – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Tutoring for the course Marketing of Cultural Productions, taught by Prof. Massimiliano Nuccio.
Teaching support, revision of educational materials, and assistance in the preparation and review of thesis proposals.

2022–present | Scientific Outreach and Educational Guidance – Scipione Maffei State Classical High School, Verona

Design and delivery of scientific outreach activities and PCTO programmes on the application of the exact sciences to art history and cultural heritage diagnostics.
Thematic programmes: Art and Exact Sciences: Their Meeting Point Lies in Diagnostics; To Be or Not to Be by Tintoretto? That Is the Question; Art History: Case Studies; The Mannerist Experiment in Venice.

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND ACADEMIC DISTINCTIONS

2023–2024 | Excellence Programme – Sapienza University of Rome

Selected among the fifteen highest-achieving students in the Master’s Degree Programme in Art History.
Specialist research: The “Small Portraits” Series by Jacopo Robusti, Known as Tintoretto, subsequently incorporated into the Master’s thesis.
Scientific supervisor: Prof. Marco Ruffini. Programme successfully completed.

2021–2022 | Erasmus+ Traineeship Scholarship – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Scholarship awarded on academic merit to support an international internship at Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany.

2020–2021 | Merit Award – Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Award granted to the highest-achieving student in the Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Economics and Management of Arts and Cultural Activities.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

- Guerrini, L. (2024). Quando Jacopo Tintoretto nel 2011 varcò la soglia della 54. Edizione della Biennale di Venezia, in Mappa Geopolitica degli artisti che hanno partecipato alle Biennali negli ultimi 20 anni, dal 1999 al 2020, Venice.\
- Guerrini, L., Mazzonetto, M. (2024). Biorestauro: una nuova frontiera per la salvaguardia delle opere d’arte in un’ottica di sostenibilità ambientale, in Pillole di sostenibilità, Rome.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Italian and Slovak: native languages.
English: C1 – Cambridge Assessment English.
Spanish: C1 – DELE.
German: B2 – Goethe-Institut.
French: A2.