Antonio Natali (born 1951) is an Italian art historian, academic and museum director. Born in

Piombino Piombino is an Italian town and ''comune'' of about 35,000 inhabitants in the province of Livorno (Tuscany). It lies on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma. Ov ...

, he headed several departments at the

Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery ( ; , ) is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of th ...

from 1981 onwards before becoming its director from 2006 until 2015. He and Carlo Falciani curated three exhibitions on 16th century Florentine art at the Palazzo Strozzi. From 2000 to 2010, he taught museology at the

University of Perugia The University of Perugia ( Italian ''Università degli Studi di Perugia'') is a public university in Perugia, Italy. It was founded in 1308, as attested by the Bull issued by Pope Clement V certifying the birth of the Studium Generale. The offi ...

. In 2006, he became professor of modern art history at Milan Poytechnic. He is now an advisor at the Opera del Duomo di Firenze and an independent curator.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Natali, Antonio Uffizi 1951 births People from Piombino Italian art historians Directors of the Uffizi Living people Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan Academic staff of the University of Perugia