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Lorenzo Giusti (Ph.D) is an Italian art historian and curator, lecturer of contemporary art at Bocconi University in Milan, with an expertise in the field of museum management. Since 2018 he has been the Director of GAMeC – Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Bergamo, for which he is developing the format Thinking Like a Mountain – Biennale delle Orobie. In 2024 he served as curator of Biennale Gherdëina #9 – The Parliament of Marmots. From 2012 to 2017 he served as director of the MAN Museum in Nuoro (Sardinia).
He has staged exhibitions in Italy and abroad and edited publications dedicated to leading figures from twentieth-century art as well as to contemporary artists and topics. His special interests lie in the relationship between historical avant-gardes and contemporary languages as well as between ecological thinking and the contemporary arts.
In different roles, he has collaborated with public and private institutions and organizations such as Kunsthaus Baselland, Art Dubai, Venice Biennale, Artissima Turin, Vienna Curated by Festival, Palazzo Grassi-Punta della Dogana in Venice, OGR Turin, Shenzhen Animation Biennale, FRAC Corse, Triennale Milano, Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and others.
He is the creator and co-editor of the platform Radio GAMeC, recognized by UNESCO as one of the world’s best museum programme during the covid pandemic.
Artissima Walkie Talkies 2024
The “Walkie Talkies” are informal conversations between curators and collectors, in which they discuss the artworks at the various booths in the Artissima Fair. In the 2024 edition, curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, participants to the Walkie Talkies are: Lorenzo Giusti, Director at GAMeC Bergamo, Eva Fabbris, Director at MADRE Nappoli; Mohamed Almusibli, Director of Kunsthalle […]
Mending the Shores: Transforming Biennials for a Sustainable Future (13.10.2024)
In the context of a IBA General Assembly focused on reimagining a sustainable format for biennials amidst current global challenges and long-standing questions surrounding the exhibition model, this panel will explore how biennials can reposition themselves by moving away from a logic of incremental growth. The discussion will focus on balancing the positive cultural impact […]
More-than-Human Stories. Post-anthropocentric Trajectories in Today’s Art and Curatorial Practices.
COURSE OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT BOCCONI UNIVERSITY ( Academic Year 2024/25) Department of Social and Political Sciences. INSTRUCTOR: LORENZO GIUSTI The course aims to introduce students to the complexity of post-anthropocentric studies-in the philosophical, anthropological and social spheres-through the perspective and interpretation of some of the most significant artistic positions of recent years and through […]
Thinking Like a Mountain #2 (Opening October 3-5)
On October 3, 2024 in Casnigo and on October 5 in Bergamo and Vertova, the new projects of Thinking Like a Mountain, the two-year exhibition program promoted by GAMeC, under the artistic direction of Lorenzo Giusti, will open to the public. The museum is engaged in the implementation of art projects throughout the Province of Bergamo […]
Metamorphosis: Ancient Myth, Contemporary Practice
The conference scheduled to take place in Mantua from 21 to 23 June 2024 will be a founding moment and inspiration for all the initiatives that will follow. The theme of metamorphosis is firmly at the centre of artistic and philosophical reflections throughout modernity. It is certainly so in the culture of the 16th century, […]
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