Scientific Committee
Composed of prestigious and authoritative figures from the world of art and culture, ensures the respect of the values and objectives that 2CA has embraced and intends to promote: the quality and level of the selected and reviewed artworks, coherence with the objectives of enhancement, proposition, competence, and ethics of art as such.
It embodies a universal vision, cultural breadth, and the intersection of knowledge and expressions.
MASSIMO DONÀ
Is a philosopher and jazz musician with 7 CDs to his credit. He holds a degree in Literature and Philosophy from the University of Venice. In the late 1980s, he co-founded “Il Paradosso” with Massimo Cacciari and Roberto Gasparotti. In the 1990s, he taught Aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Festival della Filosofia and curator of the posthumous work of Andrea Emo.
Currently, he holds the teaching position of Metaphysics and Ontology of Contemporary Arts at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of San Raffaele.
PIO BALDI
Architect and writer with over 200 published books on restoration, architecture, and contemporary art. He conceived and participated in the realization of MAXXI, the National Museum of the Arts of the 21st Century, and served as its President from 2009 to 2012.
He was the Director-General (2000-2009) and Superintendent (1990-1999) of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities, a member of the National Council for Cultural Heritage and the Higher Council for Public Works. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Laboratory of Diagnostic for Cultural Heritage in Spoleto and an Administrative Academician of the National Academy of St. Luke. He also holds the position of President of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi at the Pantheon.
FRANCESCO BURANELLI
He graduated in Archaeological Letters and Philosophy from the University of La Sapienza in Rome and served as the director of the Gregorian Etruscan Museum for 13 years.
In 1996, he was appointed Director of the Vatican Museums.
In 2000, he won the Rotondi Prize for the restoration of the Sistine Chapel, which he oversaw.
In the same year, he was appointed a member of the Artistic-Cultural Commission for the Great Jubilee.
For 5 years, he was a member of the Permanent Commission for the Protection of Historical and Artistic Monuments of the Holy See.
In 2003, he also became the coordinator of the Holy See for the UNESCO Convention.
He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Bulletin of the Archaeological Commission of the City of Rome and a member of the Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology.
CARLO MONTALBETTI
An expert in business management with a particular specialization in the management of industrial cycles related to paper and cardboard recycling and environmental sustainability.
Author of several publications on the recycling industry and waste management and valorization. Member of the Symbola Foundation Committee; the Strategic Committee of the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo; the Institute for Business Values (Bocconi University); the Board of Directors of Scuole Civiche Milanesi; the Amerigo Association (International Cultural Exchange Programs Alumni).
He was a member of the Board of Directors of Sacbo (Bergamo Orio al Serio Civil Airport Company).
ADOLFO VANNUCCI
A graduate in Economics and Commerce, in the mid-1960s he began his career at Esso, becoming head of the National Customers department in 1971.
In 1973, he became Sales Director and Supplier of petroleum products at Montedison, and from 1975 he established and managed a series of companies in the petroleum products sector.
From 1993 to 2008, he served as a board member of the Petroleum Union.
In 1986, he introduced the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation to Europe and later became a trustee. In 2011-12, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and later President of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory. Elected Honorary Academic in 2021, he is currently the President of SIU Società Internazionale SPA.
