Natalia is an author and Italian language translator of art history, theory, and criticism. She works with museums and galleries across Europe to bring exhibitions to anglophone audiences. She has translated for the International Venice Biennale and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
10 New Children’s Books Celebrating Women Artists
From groundbreaking painters to innovative sculptors and visionary illustrators, women artists have shaped the way we see the world. Yet many of...
Natalia Iacobelli 7 July 2026
Piero della Francesca: Artist, Mathematician, Humanist
Piero della Francesca was not only an accomplished artist of the Early Renaissance, but also one of the greatest mathematicians of his day. His works...
Natalia Iacobelli 5 June 2026
Marisol Escobar: Silent Icon of Pop Art
Marisol Escobar was a Venezuelan-American sculptor whose enigmatic persona and distinctive large woodblock figures caused a sensation during the...
Natalia Iacobelli 7 May 2026
Masterpiece Story: Boating by Édouard Manet
Known as the father of modernism in art, Édouard Manet was a key figure in the shift from Realism to Impressionism. Finding the guidelines of the...
Natalia Iacobelli 27 April 2026
QUIZ: Do You Know These Women Artists?
Natalia Iacobelli 25 April 2026
Luisa Roldán: The Groundbreaking Career of Spain’s First Woman Sculptor
She wrote letters to kings, was Spain’s first documented woman sculptor, and became the official escultora de cámara, or court sculptor, to...
Natalia Iacobelli 16 April 2026
James Ensor in 10 Paintings
James Sidney Edouard, known as James Ensor, was a Belgian painter and printmaker best known for his colorful compositions, imbued with both...
Natalia Iacobelli 13 April 2026
Woman with Stylus: What a Portrait Can Tell Us About Women in Ancient Rome
Woman with Stylus is an ancient Roman fresco unearthed in Pompeii nearly two millennia after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Various details...
Natalia Iacobelli 9 April 2026
10 Women Impressionists You Must Know
Impressionism, with its enduring popularity, has produced some of the most beloved artists to be etched onto our collective consciousness. But how...
Natalia Iacobelli 25 March 2026
Juana Romani: Model, Muse, Painter
Juana Romani (née Giovanna Carolina Carlesimo) was an Italian-born French model and painter working at the turn of the 20th century. Despite...
Natalia Iacobelli 16 March 2026
