Monica Marchesi is an art historian and paper conservator at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. She is a strong advocate for the value of practice-driven research within the museum context She holds a PhD from Leiden University (2017), specializing in the reprinting of photographic artworks as a conservation strategy a subject she has explored in numerous publications.
With over a decade of research experience, she has contributed to major research initiatives, including Photographs and Preservation: How to Save Photographic Works of Art for the Future (NWO’s Science4Arts program) and Rineke Dijkstra: Exploring the Reprinting of Color Photography as a Conservation Strategy. In 2024, she received an NWO Museum Grant, for Print on Demand: Printing Digital-Based Artworks through a Collaborative Mode of Production.
Her work bridges the conceptual, ethical, and practical dimensions of conservation, with particular attention to the implications of reprinting photographic artworks—whether analogue or digital-born—as both a conservation strategy and an exhibition practice. Her new research and practice address the evolving challenges of preserving photographic art in the digital age.