GibArt means discovery,
discovery of the beauty,
beauty that amazes,
amazement that arouses passion;
fascination and sharing.
Since 2015, GibArt has had a clear goal: to help everyone discover beauty, thanks to the knowledgeable and curious perspective of its guides.
Founded by Anna and Enzo, father and daughter, both art historians and passionate tour guides, GibArt is dedicated to creating authentic and engaging tours and experiences.
Every tour is designed to uncover famous monuments and hidden gems of Milan and Lombardy, all with a common denominator: care.
Care for details, for organization, but above all, for people.
GibArt aims to go beyond simple dissemination, creating unique encounters with passionate and charismatic guides.
Choosing GibArt means meeting Anna, Enzo, Francesca, and the entire group of guides and museum educators who share the same perspective and values: professionalism for quality service, curiosity and empathy to make every experience unique, and passion that evokes wonder, fostering sharing and the creation of valuable experiences.
We have developed over 100 itineraries, customizable to meet the needs of individual visitors, schools seeking educational and engaging experiences, companies and associations looking to offer original team-building activities and strengthen relationships among members, families seeking stimulating activities for their children, and foreign travelers curious to explore our country.
We embrace a quote by the famous photographer Cartier-Bresson:
“You have to look, and looking is so difficult. We are used to thinking. We reflect all the time, more or less happily, but no one teaches us how to look.”
Let’s sharpen our gaze and discover the beauty that surrounds us together.
GibArt, your way to beauty.
Anna Gibellato
Tourist guide
Art is my passion: museums, exhibitions, sculptures and archaeological sites scattered along the beautiful Italian peninsula have the power to attract me every time. Historic events and masterpieces of our artistic heritage have caught my interest from a very young age. My curiosity forever excited to look, observe and contemplate Art.
So many questions, so many exciting questions… my path was clearer and clearer…
After my bachelor’s degree in Sciences of Cultural Heritage at the Universita’ Cattolica of Milan I qualified as a tour guide, in Italian and English.
Placing the enthusiasm for my studies side by side with a work experience made me understand how right it is for me to help children and adults, single persons or groups, to meet and understand Art.
I attended advanced classes and courses and attained my Master Degree in Archaeology and History of the Arts at the Universita’ Cattolica of Milan.
Thanks to my experience with associations, companies and schools I continue to create new and exciting tours, to let the notorious and the hidden art of Milan, Monza, and all of Lombardy, be known and understood.
…the fascinating path to know Beauty continues!
Enzo Gibellato
Tourist guide
My mother was the one who introduced me to art.
“Varda che beo!”, “Look how beautiful!” she used to say.
She always invited me to contemplate with high spirits and awe.
While growing up and studying my passion for what is beautiful grew as well. Beauty, its history, its hidden meanings started to be the focus of my interests and studies.
My Degree in Literature at the Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, was for me the great chance to confirm and deepen my knowledge in humanistic subjects, with particular focus for Art and History.
My qualification for the teaching of History of the Arts and its actual teaching for more than twenty years were yet another chance to improve my knowledge and learn how to passionately and effectively communicate the various phenomena of artistic expression.
At the same time I started to lead and guide friends, colleagues and students to places of artistic value and beauty, who urged me to bring them “to see something beautiful”. So I ended up finding myself spending time and resources in the creation of artistic and historical tours and itineraries.
Excited by this new form of communication I qualified as a tour guide, in Italian and French, and since then I’ve accompanied single persons, groups, children, kids and adults to discover the notorious and hidden masterworks in Milan, in various cities of Lombardy and even outside the region.
Showing others art and teach them about it, makes me see works already seen many times with ever changing eyes, appreciating them every time as it was first.
Through the amazed looks and the curious questions of those I show around, I can feel how the path for knowledge is infinite and how infinite is the path of beauty.
Francesca Girardi
Back office and Communications Manager
Curiosity, research, planning, and precision: these are the qualities that define me, both in life and in my work.
From a young age, art has been at the center of my education: attending art high school and obtaining a specialized degree in Art History have refined my perspective and guided my taste towards the research and exploitation of the beauties that surround us.
I had the opportunity to collaborate with various museum Institutions, initially as a guide and later in the enhancement and promotion department of a prestigious Contemporary Art Museum in Milan. This path was further strengthened by a master’s degree in marketing strategies, communication, and fundraising for Art and Culture.
Driven by the curiosity to see firsthand what I studied in books, I started traveling very early, discovering one of my greatest passions: planning.
Learning the history of the places I visited, compiling long lists of museums, architectures, neighborhoods, local spots, hidden corners to see gave me immense satisfaction right from the start. Organizing all this information into a detailed itinerary ignites my enthusiasm.
In the past four years, my passion for planning has been perfected thanks to my role as a Project Manager in a Communication agency, where I managed various projects, including the development of global awareness campaigns, testing and honing my skills.
Today, I return to my roots with renewed vigor, combining my passion for art with my expertise in organizing unique experiences, developed through my professional journey.
Every tour represents an opportunity for me to transform beauty into emotion: only by meticulously caring for every detail with dedication can one create moments of encounter and wonder!