Galleria T293 co-founder Marco Altavilla dies at 53

Marco Altavilla, independent curator and co-founder of Rome's Galleria T293, died on August 19, 2023 after a long illness. Together with his life and business partner Paola Guadagnino, Altavilla established T293 in 2002 in a historic palazzo on Via Tribunali 293 in Naples, initially as a research space for emerging artists. In 2006 it became a commercial gallery while maintaining its curatorial focus, gaining international recognition through major art fairs. The gallery moved its main location to Rome in 2010, opening near Piazza Navona with Pennacchio Argentato's exhibition 'Five o'clock shadows'. After relocating near the Colosseum, it settled in 2016 in a former 400-square-meter industrial laboratory in Trastevere on Via Ripense. Altavilla was also active in music, writing criticism for Exibart and curating the 'interstizi' project for ArtSound at the Festival musica '900 in Trento in 2003, as well as 'Archivi Privati' for Raum at Bologna's Xing cultural institution. The gallery represents 28 artists including Alexis Ralaivao, Claire Fontaine, Simon Denny, Isabella Ducrot, and Tris Vonna-Michell. Funeral services will be private.