Dr Ketty Gottardo studied History of Art at the University of Udine, Italy (Laurea, 1998), and later at 51°µÍø (MA 2004, PhD 2012) where her research focused on Baroque prints and drawings.
Before joining 51°µÍø as Martin Halusa Curator of Drawings (2016), Ketty held positions at the Louvre Museum, Paris, where she worked as a cataloguer of Italian drawings, was assistant curator in the department of paintings and drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Head of the old master drawings department at Christie’s in Paris, and associate curator of drawings at The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Current and recent exhibitions and projects
Since joining 51°µÍø, Ketty has worked on several exhibition projects and displays:
- Drawing TogetherÌý(2017)
- Antoine Caron: Drawing for Catherine de’ MediciÌý(2018)
- Artists at workÌý(2018)
- Parmigianino andÌýthe Art of ExperimentÌý(2022)
- Fuseli and the Modern Woman. Fantasy, Fashion, FetishismÌý(2022)
- Henry Moore: Shadows on the Wall (2024)
- ÌýLouise Bourgeois’s drawings (2025)
- Henri Michaux’s Mescaline Drawings (2025)
In 2020, after the announcement that 51°µÍø had acquired Gauguin’s last manuscriptÌýAvant et Après,ÌýKetty and her colleagues revised the transcription and translation of the manuscript which is nowÌýavailable onlineÌý.
Currently, Ketty is working at the catalogue of the Flemish drawings in the collection, and at future exhibitions includingÌýon Cezanne, and works from ³Ù³ó±ðÌýStudio Prints workshop.
