Giulia Picci
Fellow at the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project
Giulia is a PhD researcher in Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage at IMT School of Advanced Studies Lucca. Her research focuses on the legal dimensions of return, restitution, and repatriation claims, with particular attention to the institutional frameworks and normative constraints that regulate these processes. She holds a master’s degree in Law from the University of Trieste where her dissertation explored the complexities of conceptual art circulation through a comparative legal approach. She later expanded her expertise in art business studies, developing knowledge at the intersection of legal and economic aspects of the art market.
Before joining IMT, Giulia served as a research fellow at the University of Turin, investigating AI-driven predictive models and their impact on museum visitor engagement. Her background combines academic research with professional experience in integrating innovative digital tools into exhibition experiences.
Robin Willscheidt
Fellow at the Berkeley Art, Law, and Finance Project
Robin is a corporate attorney in O’Melveny & Myers’ Los Angeles office. As part of her practice, Robin advises on a range of transactions and executive compensation and benefits law matters. Robin also actively contributes to the firm’s pro bono practice by advising small businesses and non-profit organizations regarding general corporate and arts matters. Prior to joining O’Melveny, Robin completed an externship with the US Department of Justice in the Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Robin is also a graduate of University of Southern California Gould School of Law and Stanford University, where she earned a BA in Political Science, Art History, and Archeology. At USC Gould, Robin was President of the Gould Art Law Society. She has interned in the General Counsel’s Office of the Smithsonian Institution and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and is particularly interested in intersections between art and law as they relate to managing arts institutions, public access to the arts, and cultural heritage matters. Robin has published on the Antiquities Act and related cultural heritage and land management topics. In her free time, she volunteers as a docent at the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles and serves as an ex-officio trustee for the Moab Museum in her hometown of Moab, UT.