Davide Quadrio Appointed Director of MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale in Turin

Davide Quadrio (born 1970, Busto Arsizio) has been appointed director of MAO Museo d'Arte Orientale in Turin, part of Fondazione Torino Musei, housed in Palazzo Mazzonis. Quadrio, founder of Arthub Asia (2007), brings 30 years of Asia experience. He co-curated Hub India with Myna Mukherjee for Artissima, a project involving 300 works across two museums and Accademia Albertina, despite pandemic transport challenges. Quadrio plans to energize the collection, invite Asian and Arab curators for residencies, and rotate unseen works. Upcoming exhibitions include 'Il Grande Vuoto' around a 15th-century Tibetan thangka with composer Vittorio Montalti and pianist Gloria Campaner, and an autumn show with Museo delle Civiltà featuring Chinese Buddhist sculptures. Artists Lee Mingwei, Charwai Tsai, Marzia Migliora, and Antonella Usai will be in residence. Collaborations include Fondazione De Ying (Hong Kong), Fondazione Paola Besana, and Politecnico di Torino's architecture faculty. Quadrio succeeds Guglielminotti Trivel, who opened the museum in 2008.