Dr. Charlene Vella is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Malta specialised in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture. She obtained her Undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Art History from the University of Malta and has obtained her PhD in Art History from the University of Warwick in 2016 where she was awarded a full scholarship under the Chancellor’s International Scholarship. Dr Vella leads several research projects in which she oversees the diagnostic testing, conservation and restoration interventions on Renaissance Art works in Malta. Her most recent monograph is: In the Footsteps of Antonello da Messina: the antonelliani between Sicily and Venice (Midsea Books, 2022). She was awarded the Premio “Antonello da Messina” by the Associazione culturale “Antonello da Messina” in 2023. She has just published a book of collected essays by international scholars titled: Dynamics of Artistic Exchange in the Mediterranean: the late Medieval and Renaissance periods (Midsea Books, 2024).