Matteo Lucchetti

Matteo Lucchetti is a curator, art historian and writer born in 1984 in Sarzana and based in Rome. He currently serves as curator for Contemporary Arts and Cultures at the Museum of Civilizations in Rome. Since 2011 he has curated (with Judith Wielander) Visible, a research and support project for socially engaged art practices promoted by Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto and Fondazione Zegna, and has been guest curator since 2022 for Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters, where she is curating two productions by Otobong Nkanga and Marzia Migliora. He worked as Exhibition and Public Program Curator at BAK Utrecht from 2016-2018 and was curator of the 16th Quadriennale in Rome. Among his most recent curatorial projects: Museum of Opacity, at the Museum of Civilizations, Rome, 2023; Climavore Italy with Cooking Sections, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 2021-2023; Marzia Migliora. The Spectre of Malthus, MA*GA, Gallarate; Sammy Baloji. Other Tales, Lunds Konsthall and Kunsthal Aarhus, 2020.