Kate Brugioni Gabrielli

Kate Brugioni Gabrielli joined the Transformation team in 2022, following an Engen fellowship at the National Air and Space Museum, where her treatment-based research explored the reduction of iron staining from paint films. Prior to her fellowship at NASM, Kate was Assistant Conservator and Mellon Fellow at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, where she focused on the technical study and treatment of the Historic Arts of Africa, integrating advanced training in instrumental analysis and delivering research findings at international symposia and in various publications. Kate attended graduate school at the Conservation Center, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, earning an MA in Art History and Archaeology and an MS in Conservation. She has worked at the National Gallery of Art, D.C., Emory University, and the University of Denver, as well as on archaeological excavations in Italy, Greece, and France.

Selected Publications

Gabrielli, Kate Brugioni and Horelick, Lauren. “Iron-Stain Reduction from Alkyd Paint Films” (poster). American Institute for Conservation (AIC) 50th Annual Meeting, May 13–18, 2022, Los Angeles, CA.

Gabrielli, Kate Brugioni, Catherine Mallinckrodt, Ainslie Harrison, and Sheila Payaqui. “Conservation Initiative in African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts : The Impact of Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration on Collections of African Material Culture.” AIC 50th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 2022 (post-print forthcoming).

Woodward, Richard, Ashley Duhrkoop, Endubuisi Ezeluomba, Sheila Payaqui, Ainslie Harrison, Catherine Mallinckrodt, Kathryn Brugioni Gabrielli. The Arts of Africa : Studying and Conserving the Collection; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021.

Gabrielli, Kathryn Brugioni and Hlengiwe Dube. “Technical and Traditional Approaches to the Conservation of Two Zulu Beaded Ensembles.” May 13–18, 2019, Object Specialty Group Postprints. AIC 47th Annual Meeting, Uncasville, CT & New England: New Tools, Techniques, and Tactics in Conservation and Collection Care.