Andrea Viliani returns to Castello di Rivoli as CRRI head

Andrea Viliani, outgoing director of Museo Madre in Naples, has been appointed Head and Curator of the CRRI – Castello di Rivoli Research Centre, starting January 2020. The announcement comes just days after Kathryn Weir was named Viliani's successor at Madre. Viliani began his career at Castello di Rivoli in 1999 as Assistant Curator. He will work alongside director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, with whom he previously collaborated on dOCUMENTA13 in Kassel. The CRRI is a new department focused on research, archives, and contemporary narratives. Christov-Bakargiev praised Viliani as one of Italy's most competent and creative cultural figures. Viliani's return marks a homecoming for the curator and signals further development for Italy's first contemporary art museum.