Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea fosters the understanding of our era through art and culture, involving the local and international public to promote social and civil growth of the area in which it operates. In addition to collecting and exhibiting works of art, the Museum is a center for creativity, research, education and the development of culture especially in the field of contemporary art in a reflection on the present that passes through a dynamic relationship with the past.
Mission
The mission of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea is to engage local and international audiences in a deeper understanding of our present times through art and culture, while contributing to the social development of its surrounding region. In addition to collecting and exhibiting artworks, the Museum is a hub for creativity, research and learning, primarily in the field of contemporary art, by reflecting on the present through a dynamic relationship with the past.
The first museum devoted to contemporary art in Italy, Castello di Rivoli is a beacon for the art world. Since it opened in 1984, it has continuously presented innovative exhibitions and radical art performances, while remaining sensitive to the unique Baroque castle that hosts it. Designed in 1718 by Filippo Juvarra, the castle is a constant source of inspiration for artists. Its architecture and history inspire the creation of new works conceived specifically for the Museum’s Permanent Collection.
While conserving and displaying works of art is a central mission of Castello di Rivoli, this represents only a part of the activities that make it a cutting-edge contemporary art museum for the 21st century. A lively center for experimentation, activities take place both in its physical spaces and online, through its website and on other digital platforms, promoting the work of artists from all generations, countries, and cultural backgrounds. Its high-quality publications are of long-lasting historical and scholarly importance.
An identity formed out of encounters and openness requires the constant re-inventing of oneself, in line with the rapid and profound changes in society. To this end, one of the distinctive features of Castello di Rivoli is its commitment to multiple fields and disciplines. The Museum frequently collaborates with other local cultural institutions, hosting theatrical performances, concerts, film and video festivals as well as seminars and conferences both on- and offsite. It also programs symposia and roundtables dedicated to other fields, from literature, philosophy, and music, through science, physics, and conservation.
By operating across Piedmont and Turin, in dialog with numerous Italian and international museums, with its Curatorial Department, Education Department, Research Institute, Library, Archives, and Multimedia Center, Castello di Rivoli is a key center of artistic culture.
The collections include works owned directly by the Museum, works on long-term loan acquired for the Museum by Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, works from Fondazione Rivetti and Cerruti Collection. The video collection was acquired thanks to Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo.
The Museum is supported by Regione Piemonte, Città di Torino, Città di Rivoli, Fondazione CRT, partner Intesa Sanpaolo and Gallerie d’Italia, as well as other sponsors and donors.
Friends
Info
Eleonora Marengo
T +39 011.9565.202
segreteria.direzione@castellodirivoli.org
Participation to the Friends of the Museum Association is upon invitation
Benefactors
Beatrice Bulgari
Stefano e Maribel Buono Lopera
Gianfranco D’Amato
Nicoletta Fiorucci
Joe Hage
Francesca Lavazza
Achille Mauri
Miuccia Prada
Marco Rossi
Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Nancy Olnick e Giorgio Spanu
Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
Giulia Tosetti
Lisa e Antonio Tucci Russo
Andrea Zegna
Supporting Friends
Roberta Ceretto
Michele Denegri
Sigifredo di Canossa
Raffaella Elia Antonietti
Pier Luigi Lanza
Andrea Ruben Levi
Lin Li
Amanda Love
Luigi Maramotti
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
Daniela Memmo D’Amelio
Barbara Negro Noero
Renata Novarese
Enea Righi
Giuliana Setari Carusi
Uli Sigg
Gianluca Spinola
Gabriella Toso Ferrero
Cristina Viglietta
Friends
Andrea Accornero
Guido Accornero
Pedro Barbosa
Mariolina Bassetti
Enrico Boglione
Viviana Buoninconti
Consolata Carnaroli Massone
Silvia Castelli Malacalza
Giacomo Cattaneo Adorno
Massimo Ciaccio
Irma CiaramellaRaffaella Cortese
Mauro Dalpasso
Franco Dante
Monica De Cardenas
Giovanni Dionisio
Enrica Dorna
Füsun Eczacıbaşı
Pierpaolo Falone
Silvio Ferrero
Andrea Fustinoni
Giorgio Gagna
Marta Giani
Enrico Giliberti
Paolo Guidotti
John Kaldor AO
Paolo Ludovici
Barbara Maccaferri
Cen Maciotta Massobrio
Enrico Mambretti
Pier Giorgio Manera
Giò Marconi
Valentina Marocco
Chiara Massimello
Luisa Mensi
Paolo Merlo
Andrea Montanari
Catriona Mordant AM e Simon Mordant AM
Remo Morone
Maurizio Morra Greco
Gisella Nuvolone
Rosy Pane
Lorenzo Perini-Natali
Giorgia Pininfarina
Tony Podesta
Irene Previdi Wassermann
Agostino Re Rebaudengo
Sandra Reberschack Furlotti
Natalina Remotti
Elisabetta Riscossa
Matteo Maria Riscossa
Alessandro Roba
Emiliano Rossi
Laura Russo
Giuseppina Sardi
Andrea Scardina
Catterina Seia Marocco
Benedetta Spalletti
Carla Testore
Gino Viliani
Gisela Winkelhofer
Director
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1957) has been Director of the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea since 2016. She has also been Artistic Director of the Fondazione Francesco Federico Cerruti in Turin since 2018 and Honorary Guest Professor at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland since 2021.
Curator at Villa Medici, Rome (1998-2000), she was Chief Curator at MoMA /P.S.1 in New York (1999-2001). From 2002 to 2008 she was Chief Curator at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (and interim director in 2009). In 2008 she curated the 16th Biennale of Sydney, Australia, and was the Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel in 2009-2012. In 2012 she also received the Hessian Award.
Following dOCUMENTA(13), she was Getty Research Scholar in Los Angeles (2013), Leverhulme Professor at the University of Leeds (2014) and Edith Kreeger Wolf Distinguished Visiting Professor in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University (2013-2019). She directed the 14th Istanbul Biennial in 2015. From 2016 to 2018, in addition to the Castello di Rivoli, she was also Director of the GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Turin. In 2019 she received the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence.
Her major publications include the volume Arte povera (London, Phaidon Press, 1999), as well as monographs on Alberto Burri (1996), William Kentridge (1998), Janet Cardiff (1999), Pierre Huyghe (2004), Anna Boghiguian (2017), Hito Steyerl (2019) and Michael Rakowitz (2019).
From the perspective of her research, Christov-Bakargiev is known for having introduced the topic of multi-species co-evolution in the field of art with the dOCUMENTA(13) exhibition in 2012 as well as for having premiered in 2022 a physical/digital/nft work (Beeple’s Human One) in a museum for the first time globally.
She was in the jury of the Nasher Sculpture Prize 2022 awarded by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, she be in jury for the Gwangju Biennale Park Seo-Bo Art Prize at the 14th Gwangju Biennale 2023, and in the Wolfgang-Hahn Preis one in 2024.
Team
Board of Directors
Francesca Lavazza
President
Gianluca Ferrero
Vice President
Antonella Musy
Board Member
Marco Chiriotti
Board Secretary
Board of Auditors
Alessandro Cian
President
Auditors
Elvira Pozzo
Maria Irma Ciaramella
Luigi Scalise Pantuso (Substitute)
Laura Schiavone (Substitute)
Advisory Commitee
Lara Favaretto
Peter Galison
Massimiliano Gioni
Joan Jonas
William Kentridge
Chus Martínez
Giuseppe Penone
Direction
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Director
Marcella Beccaria
Deputy Director
Eleonora Marengo
Director’s Office
T +39 011.9565.202
segreteria.direzione@castellodirivoli.org
Curatorial Department
Marcella Beccaria
Deputy Director
Chief Curator and Curator of Collections
T +39 011.9565.206
m.beccaria@castellodirivoli.org
Marianna Vecellio
Curator
T +39 011.9565.241
m.vecellio@castellodirivoli.org
Stefano Volpato
Head of Exhibitions and Collections
T +39 011.9565.262
responsabile.ufficiomostre@castellodirivoli.org
Sofia Biondi
Registrar
T +39 011.9565.210
registrar@castellodirivoli.org
Federica Lamedica
Assistant Curator
T +39 011.9565.240
f.lamedica@castellodirivoli.org
Education Department
Paola Zanini
Head of Department
T +39 011.9565.214
p.zanini@castellodirivoli.org
Barbara Rocci
Secretary Coordination
T +39 011.9565.213
educa@castellodirivoli.org
Brunella Manzardo
Media Relations, Communication and Accessibility
T +39 011.9565.232
b.manzardo@castellodirivoli.org
Anna Pironti
Honorary Consultant
T +39 011.9565.212
a.pironti@castellodirivoli.org
Cerruti Collection
Fabio Cafagna
Archives, Registrar and Research
T +39 011.9565.204
f.cafagna@castellodirivoli.org
Laura Cantone
Archives, Registrar and Research
T +39 011.9565.204
l.cantone@castellodirivoli.org
CRRI – Castello di Rivoli Research Institute,
Library, Multimedia Archive and Museum of Advertising
Marcella Beccaria
Head of CRRI
Maria Messina
Head Librarian
T +39 011.9565.285
biblioteca@castellodirivoli.org
Ilenia Carriero
Library Assistant
Head of Video Archvie
T +39 011.9565.285
biblioteca@castellodirivoli.org
Giulia De Giorgi
Archivist
T +39 011.9565.286
crri@castellodirivoli.org
External Relations Department
Manuela Vasco
Press Office Manager
T +39 011.9565.209
press@castellodirivoli.org
Roberta Aghemo
Marketing and Events Manager
T +39 011.9565.270
r.aghemo@castellodirivoli.org
Alessia M.S. Giorda
Historic and Artistic Heritage of the Savoy Residence Manager, Digital Contents
T +39 011.9565.246
a.giorda@castellodirivoli.org
Giulia Colletti
Public Programs Consultant and Digital Contents Curator
T +39 011.9565.215
g.colletti@castellodirivoli.org
Sarah Greenberg
International Communications Advisor
Stilema
Media and Public Relations Consultant
Administration
Sabrina Beccati
Head of Administration and Finance
T +39 011.9565.207
responsabile.amministrazione@castellodirivoli.org
Caterina Immordino
Administration
T +39 011.9565.208
amministrazione@castellodirivoli.org
Stefania D’Orta
Administration and Human Resources
T +39 011.9565.242
s.dorta@castellodirivoli.org
Technical Department
Piero Nuzzolese
T +39 011.9565.216
p.nuzzolese@castellodirivoli.org
Daniele Menin
Technical Office Manager with certified skills in the field of occupational safety
T +39 011.9565.216
responsabile.ufficiotecnico@castellodirivoli.org
Fulvio Castelli
Francesco Spinelli
Architectural Conservation Consultant
Andrea Bruno
Armando Baietto
Luisa Mensi
Conservation and Restoration
Visitors and Ticketing Service
Antonella Cosimato
T +39 011.9565.280
biglietteria@castellodirivoli.org
Pierluigi Gambula
Angela Martinisi
Bookshop
Stefania D’Orta
T +39 011.9565.283
biglietteria@castellodirivoli.org
Caterina Filippini
Consultant
Museum Café
Dennis Cafà
Luciana Romano
caffetteria@castellodirivoli.org
T +39 011.9565.273
Restaurant
T +39 011.9565.270
ristorante@castellodirivoli.org