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About: Isotta Poggi

I work in the library of the Getty Research Institute on acquisitions and exhibitions of photographs, with a focus on the documentation of cultural heritage history and archaeology. I'm the curator of Inside Out: Pompeian Interiors Exposed at the Italian Cultural Institute and was consulting curator of Libro/Oggetto: Italian Artists’ Books, 1960s–Now at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.

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New Exhibition Offers Look Inside Pompeii’s Interiors

By Isotta Poggi | Published: October 1, 2012
Detail of a transverse section of the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii / Jules Frederic Bouchet and Raoul Rochette

The exhibition Inside Out: Pompeian Interiors Exposed, recently opened at the Italian Cultural Institute in Westwood, provides a historic glimpse inside the houses and villas of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Drawing mainly from the photo archive of the Getty Research Institute,… More»

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Treasures from the Vault: Italian Artists’ Books

By Isotta Poggi | Published: December 3, 2010
Books by Maurizio Nannucci. Top: Medium is word, 1975. Keleidoscope in a wooden box with a sliding top, 32 x 8 cm. Bottom: Museum of Modern Art, no. 15/30, 1983. Keychain inside a wooden box featuring a floor plan for a "Museum of Modern Art.” 7.3 x 10.8 cm. The Getty Research Institute, 890164, box 201 © Maurizio Nannucci
Books by Maurizio Nannucci. Top: Medium is word, 1975. Keleidoscope in a wooden box with a sliding top, 32 x 8 cm. Bottom: Museum of Modern Art, no. 15/30, 1983. Keychain inside a wooden box featuring a floor plan for a "Museum of Modern Art.” 7.3 x 10.8 cm. The Getty Research Institute, 890164, box 201 © Maurizio Nannucci
Saturday is the final day for the Santa Monica Museum of Art’s exhibition Libro/Oggetto: Italian Artists’ Books, 1960s–Now, a look at Italian artists’ books from the main art movements and trends of the second half of the 20th century. It... More»
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