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Massimiliano Gioni

(1973) Curator

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Massimiliano Gioni is a curator.

Quick Facts About Massimiliano Gioni

Born: January 1, 1973
Profession: Curator

About Massimiliano Gioni

[Wikidata] Italian contemporary art curator... | [Wikipedia] Massimiliano Gioni is an Italian curator and contemporary art critic based in New York City. He has served as artistic director at the New Museum since 2014, and in July 2026 was named the museum's next director, effective August 2026. He is the artistic director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation i

Quotes by Massimiliano Gioni

We need to remind ourselves that contemporary art is first of all a form of conceptual gymnastics, in which we learn to…

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Art

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Maybe there are some traditional things, but they are more about the way the West packages the East.

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East

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Art in the United States is a kind of visual entertainment focusing on expected narratives.

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Art

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You witness the artists acting as witnesses, but they provide a point of view that's less monolithic. It's less official in a…

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Acting

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Many of the artists are not pretending to have an objective point of view. They're revealing the subjectivity.

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The sad thing is that somehow, it is a type of event that mirrors the artist. You take it into account, and…

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Accounts

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In some Arab art exhibitions that have happened, there's always this idea that the East is more traditional; they show a lot…

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Art

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People want to see things that are visually beautiful.

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Beautiful

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