Lauretta Colonnelli, The secret life of shadows.

Lauretta Colonnelli was born in Pitigliano and lives between Rome and Tuscany. Graduated in philosophy at Sapienza University, where she later taught History of Theatre, she worked as a program manager for the director at Rai Radio 2 and since 1979 has been a journalist: first in the cultural pages of Europe, then at Corriere della Sera. She collaborates with Art and Dossier. In her books, art becomes a story: Le muse nascoste (Giunti, 2020), Storie meridiane. Mitologie, leggende e favole per raccontare l’arte (Marsilio, 2021), La vita segreta dei colori (Marsilio, 2023), Teatro Andromeda (Marsilio, 2023) and La vita segreta delle ombre. Storie di luce, arte, silenzio e altri misteri (Marsilio, 2025). She has curated exhibitions and catalogues in Italy and abroad, from Roberto Demarchi’s Haiku to the Italian Cultural Institute in Tokyo to the Fiori di Mozia, with the watercolors of the archaeologist Lorenzo Nigro.