Valeria Napoleone (born 1965) is an Italian art collector and patron.^[1][2][3]

In the UK, she serves as a Trustee at the Contemporary Art Society^[4] and a Trustee at NYU London,^[5] she is also an Advisory Board member of the Association of Women in the Arts^[6] and from 2010 until 2022, she served as Chair of Studio Voltaire's Development Committee.^[7] Valeria has also been a supporter of many UK-based institutions such as Camden Arts Centre^[8], Modern Art Oxford, South London Gallery, Nottingham Contemporary, ICA London,^[9] Milton Keynes Gallery, Glasgow International,^[10] and Chisenhale Gallery,^[11] among others. Also in London, Valeria and her husband Gregorio Napoleone donated two works by Somaya Critchlow to the British Museum in 2021.^[12]   In the U.S., Contemporary Art Society sits on the Board of Trustees at the NYU Institute of Fine Arts,^[13] is a Vice-Chair of NYU’s President’s Global Council^[14]. She sits on the Board of Trustees at the Renaissance Society in Chicago^[15] and is an Advisory Board member of A.I.R. Gallery in NYC.^[16] In October 2012, Valeria published her first book, an art cookbook, Valeria Napoleone’s Catalogue of Exquisite Recipes,^[17] with contributions from 50 female artists, and proceeded to give the majority of the profits to Down Syndrome Education International.  

In 2010, Napoleone was a judge of MaxMara Art Prize for Women.^[18]

In June 2015, Valeria launched Valeria Napoleone XX, an umbrella platform for projects and initiatives that work towards increasing the representation of female artists in major public institutions.^[19]

In 2019, Napoleone was the recipient of the Montblanc Art Patronage Award.^[20]