Gianluca Marziani was born in 1970 in Milan, Italy. He has worked extensively throughout Italy as an independent art curator, an advisor to the city of Rome, and a consultant on the arts, communication, and new media. He has written extensively on themes and trends in contemporary art and is one of the founders of Next Exit magazine, which focuses on life and creativity. He also is an editor for Fefe magazine and Next Mag. In May 2010 he was elected as the new director of the Carandente Museum in Spoleto. This is the second book he has worked on with Drago.