Natalia is an author and Italian language translator specializing in 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.
Rediscovering the Macchiaioli: Italy’s Revolutionary Impressionists
You’ve heard of the larger-than-life Impressionists who captivated Europe and the world at large with their dazzling light and color. But what...
Natalia Iacobelli 21 August 2024
Camille Claudel at the Art Institute of Chicago
Camille Claudel’s tempestuous life story—her passionate love affair with her teacher, Auguste Rodin, and her forced confinement in a psychiatric...
Natalia Iacobelli 24 July 2024
Jacqueline Marval: The Female Fauvist You’ve Never Heard Of
She was known as one of the greatest painters of her day and was a central figure of the Parisian art scene at the turn of the 20th century. She...
Natalia Iacobelli 20 June 2024
Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Emerges After Centuries in Storage
A painting by Artemisia Gentileschi has been re-discovered by curators at the Royal Collection Trust after being misattributed for almost two...
Natalia Iacobelli 18 June 2024
Masterpiece Story: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose by John Singer Sargent
Known for his striking portraits of high-society figures, John Singer Sargent was one of the most successful painters of his day. But after causing a...
Natalia Iacobelli 9 June 2024
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun Travels Across Europe
Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun was a French portrait painter working in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. While her subject matter and color palette...
Natalia Iacobelli 28 May 2024
Rediscovering Emily Sargent: Forgotten 19th-Century Watercolorist
A prolific watercolorist living in 19th-century Europe, Emily Sargent created vibrant scenes with painterly virtuosity. Despite living in the shadow...
Natalia Iacobelli 17 May 2024
Banquet Hall with Roman Frescoes Unearthed in Pompeii After 2,000 Years
Archeologists have discovered a spectacular banquet hall decorated with frescoes depicting mythological characters during the excavations currently...
Natalia Iacobelli 18 April 2024
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 18 April 2024
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 11 April 2024
