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Valentina Rossi-Moretti

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Valentina Rossi-Moretti covers Art News, Publishing and Reading.

Articles by Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Salem's Museums Beyond the Witch Trials: How to See the City's Serious Art in October

Salem's Museums Beyond the Witch Trials: How to See the City's Serious Art in October

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

How to Look at Art: A Beginner's Method for Any Museum

How to Look at Art: A Beginner's Method for Any Museum

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Museum storage racks with covered frames in soft light

How Museums Actually Acquire Art: Purchase, Gift, Bequest, and the Rules on Selling

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

How Museums Actually Acquire Art: Committee Votes, Dollar Thresholds, and the Rules on Deaccessioning

How Museums Actually Acquire Art: Committee Votes, Dollar Thresholds, and the Rules on Deaccessioning

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Collector and advisor viewing artworks in private museum storage

Private Museums Explained: IRS Rules, the US Boom in Collector Foundations and the Criticism

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Empty fair aisles and sealed booths before the preview opens

VIP Art Fair Previews: The Tiered Access System That Sells the Booth Before Doors Open

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Gloved hand inspecting the back of an old framed canvas

Secondary-Market Art Dealers: Consignment, Guarantees and the Private Networks That Move Old Inventory

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Museum workers holding picket signs outside an institution

Guggenheim Workers Vote 93 Percent to Authorize a Strike as Museum Labor's Busy Year Accelerates

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

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Provenance Research in Museums: Nazi-Era Loot, Washington Principles and Restitution

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Finance committee members reviewing portfolio documents in boardroom

Museum Endowments Explained: The 5 Percent Rule and How Institutions Really Live

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Signed contract and keys resting on a gallery desk before opening

Gallery Representation Agreements: Exclusivity, Territory, Commission and Advances in the Artist's Contract

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Museum curators reviewing exhibition plans beside installed artworks

Museums Reshuffle Their Leadership Bench as 2026 Opens With a Wave of Curatorial Appointments

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

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The Economics of Blockbuster Museum Exhibitions: Costs, Tickets, Sponsors and Risk

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Packed artwork crates and installed booth walls behind a fair stand

Art Fair Economics: What a Booth Really Costs, Whether Galleries Profit, and Why They Keep Going Back

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Empty museum gallery hall with grand paintings and skylight

Open Access Collections: What the Met, Rijksmuseum and Smithsonian Freed — and Why

Valentina Rossi-Moretti

Gallery director and collector discussing a painting in a bright exhibition space

How Commercial Art Galleries Work: The 50/50 Split, Consignment, and the Real Cost of a White Cube

Valentina Rossi-Moretti