I am an art historian and the Assistant Curator for European Painting and Sculpture at LACMA, with expertise in Italian Renaissance art and architecture, Venetian history and culture, and the relationship between art, nature and ecology.

About me

I received my undergraduate degree from Harvard, a Masters in Art History and Archaeology from NYU, and my PhD in Art History from UCLA. I am also a recovering corporate and securities lawyer. When in Venice, my partner and I share an apartment on Campo San Barnaba with our two French bulldogs, Otto and Fritz!

Background

Book: Intarsia, Painting, and the Germination of Italian Art (Princeton University Press, expected Fall 2027)

Article: “Toward a Vermicular History of Renaissance Art,” Sixteenth Century Journal (forthcoming, Spring 2026).

Article: “Giovanni Bellini’s Bleeding Trees,” I Tatti Studies (Spring 2025).

Article: “Grains, Worms and Stains: Designing from Wood in Early Modern Italy,” The Art Bulletin (December 2024).

Publications

Exhibitions

Collecting Impressionism (opening December 21, 2025, LACMA)

Contact

The best way to reach me is by text or on WhatsApp at +1-646-244-9178, or by email at dbardeen@lacma.org