Five candidates shortlisted for director of Museo Madre Napoli
The Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee has announced five finalists for the directorship of the Museo Madre in Naples, succeeding Kathryn Weir. The shortlisted candidates are Lorenza Baroncelli, Maria Chiara Bertola, Antonio Cataldo, Eva Elisa Fabbris, and Milovan Farronato. They were selected by a committee including Angela Tecce, Maria Letizia Magaldi, Achille Bonito Oliva, Adam Weinberg, and Anna Mattirolo. The final interview is scheduled for January 2023. The call for applications, issued on October 20, emphasized managerial, financial, and organizational skills, as well as expertise in cultural marketing, digital innovation, and English proficiency. The museum seeks a director-manager capable of handling both intellectual and practical aspects of the institution.
Key facts
- Five candidates shortlisted for Museo Madre director: Lorenza Baroncelli, Maria Chiara Bertola, Antonio Cataldo, Eva Elisa Fabbris, Milovan Farronato.
- Selection committee includes Angela Tecce, Maria Letizia Magaldi, Achille Bonito Oliva, Adam Weinberg, Anna Mattirolo.
- Final interview scheduled for January 2023.
- Call for applications launched October 20, 2022.
- Required skills: managerial, financial, organizational, cultural marketing, digital innovation, English proficiency.
- Outgoing director Kathryn Weir joined in 2020 from Centre Pompidou.
- Lorenza Baroncelli is an architect and former artistic director of Triennale Milano.
- Milovan Farronato curated the Italian Pavilion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
Entities
Artists
- Lorenza Baroncelli
- Maria Chiara Bertola
- Antonio Cataldo
- Eva Elisa Fabbris
- Milovan Farronato
- Kathryn Weir
- Andrea Viliani
- Angela Tecce
- Maria Letizia Magaldi
- Achille Bonito Oliva
- Adam Weinberg
- Anna Mattirolo
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Rem Koolhaas
- Paulina Olowska
- Michele D'Aurizio
- Temitayo Ogunbiyi
Institutions
- Museo Madre
- Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee
- Centre Pompidou
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Triennale di Milano
- Politecnico di Milano
- Politecnico di Vienna (TU Wien)
- Luiss di Roma
- Serpentine Galleries
- Fondazione Querini Stampalia
- Venice Gardens Foundation
- Hangar Bicocca
- Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa
- OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway
- Fotogalleriet Oslo
- Fondazione March Padova
- Intorno Group
- Fondazione Prada
- Artissima
- Museion
- Galleria Civica di Trento
- Kaleidoscope Project Space
- Nouveau Musée National de Monaco
- Galerie de l'erg
- Fondazione Morra Napoli
- Fiorucci Art Trust
- Volcano Extravaganza
- Mycorial Theatre
- Viafarini
- DOCVA Documentation Centre for Visual Arts
- Biennale di Architettura di Venezia
- Biennale Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia
- Quadriennale di Roma
- Biennale di Istanbul
- Artribune
- Regione Campania
Locations
- Naples
- Italy
- Milan
- Vienna
- Austria
- Rome
- London
- Mantua
- Venice
- Oslo
- Norway
- Padua
- Bolzano
- Trento
- Monaco
- Brussels
- Stromboli
- Rabka
- Poland
- San Paolo
- Brazil
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Paris
- France
- Campania