Historian, freelance curator and critic
Matteo Lucchetti (1984) is an art historian, freelance curator and critic. His main curatorial projects include: Don’t Embarrass the Bureau! (Lunds Konsthall, Lund, 2014); Enacting Populism in its mediæscape (Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, 2012); Practicing Memory (Pistoletto Foundation, Biella, 2010). He was curator in residence at Para Site, Hong Kong, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris and AIR, Antwerp.
He co-directs the Visible research project (Fondazione Pistoletto and Fondazione Zegna) and the related biennial award for socially engaged artistic practices in a global context.
He has been visiting professor at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, the Sint Lucas Academy in Antwerp, the HISK in Gent and the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. He has edited and participated in several public talks in various institutions, including the Center d’Art Contemporain in Geneva, the Steirischer Herbst in Graz, and the Center for Historical Reenactments in Johannesburg.