Research: The Galleria L’Attico (1957–1966) and the art market in Rome after World War II.
Elisabetta Melchiorri is currently a PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome under the supervision of Prof. Ilaria Schiaffini, with a research project dedicated to the Galleria L'Attico (1957–1966) and the art market in Rome after World War II. Her academic career has been entirely at La Sapienza, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in Historical and Artistic Studies with a thesis on Giorgio Andreotta Calò and the 2017 Venice Biennale (supervisor Prof. Carla Subrizi), and a master's degree in Art History with honours, exploring the market mechanisms of Roman galleries in the post-war period (supervisor Prof. Paolo Serafini, co-supervisor Prof. Carla Subrizi). She completed her education with a semester abroad during her master's degree as part of the Erasmus+ programme at Leiden University (Netherlands) and, after graduating, with a Master's degree in Artistic and Cultural Resource Management at IULM University in Milan (2022).
In 2025, she completed her Postgraduate Degree in Historical and Artistic Heritage at the University of Macerata, further refining her professional profile and acquiring specialist skills in the field of protection, enhancement and management of artistic heritage. Alongside her research, she gained professional experience in the cultural and artistic sector, collaborating with public and private institutions, including the Memmo Foundation, the Rhinoceros Gallery and the Alda Fendi - Esperimenti Foundation, as a gallery assistant. She has also worked in critical and journalistic dissemination, writing for magazines such as Exibart, That's Contemporary and Artslife. She is currently collaborating with the Enrico Crispolti Contemporary Art Archive Association on the compilation of the general catalogue raisonné of the artist Francesco Di Cocco, a project co-funded by the Ministry of Culture.