Dr Victoria Avery FSA has been Keeper of Applied Arts at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, since 2010 prior to which she was Associate Professor in the History of Art Department, University of Warwick (2005-10). She has researched, lectured and published extensively on Italian Cinquecento sculpture, most recently co-authoring with Paul Joannides, A Michelangelo Discovery (2015). She was awarded the Premio Salimbeni 2012 for her British Academy-funded monograph, Vulcan’s Forge in Venus’ City: The Story of Bronze in Venice, 1350-1650 (2011). She has also published on various aspects of the applied arts, including the co-authored Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition catalogue, Treasured Possessions from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (2015). Victoria is currently finalising the publication of the ‘Michelangelo Discovery’ conference proceedings, and preparing a monograph on the sculpture of Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608), complete with catalogue raisonné.
