Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions | guided tour with Luca Cerizza
18.05.2019 from 16:00 to 17:00
May 18
4 pm
Guided tour to Harald Szeemann: Museum of Obsessions
Luca Cerizza (Milan, 1969) is a critic and curator. From 2000 to 2016 he lived in Berlin, now he is based in Turin, Milan and Mumbai. After graduating in History of Art Criticism at the State University of Milan, in 1997-98 he attended the De Appel Curatorial Training Program in Amsterdam. Between 2006 and 2010 he was a guest professor of Curatorial Studies at NABA (New Academy of Fine Arts, Milan). Since 2011 he holds the chair of Museology at the MA course. He also teaches Phenomenology of Contemporary Arts at IED in Turin. Cerizza has carried out a long critical activity with a particular focus on Italian and international art from the early 1990s to today, and on post-minimalist practices. Cerizza was among the editors of the Kaleidoscope magazine (2009-2013) and collaborator of Frieze (2006-13). He currently works with Art Agenda and Flash Art. He is author of Alighiero Boetti. Map (Afterall, London 2008 / Electa, Milan 2009) and L’uccello e la piuma. La questione della leggerezza nell’arte italiana (Et al. Edizioni, Milan 2010), Cerizza recently edited the anthology of critical texts by Tommaso Trini (Johan & Levi, Milan, 2016) and is completing the catalog on Gianni Pettena’s work (Mousse, Milan 2019). Among the latest curatorial projects: the main exhibition of the Pune Biennale (Pune, India, 2016. With Zasha Colah) and solo exhibitions of Gianfranco Baruchello (Raven Row, London, 2017) and Tino Sehgal (OGR, Turin, 2018).