Artissima has a new director: it's Luigi Fassi

Luigi Fassi is the new artistic director of Artissima Fiera Internazionale di Arte Contemporanea for the three-year period 2022-2024: following the international call launched for the appointment, the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Torino Musei has identified the profile of Luigi Fassi as the right candidate to lead the next editions of the Fair, both from a professional point of view and with regard to the project presented.

“I am certain that this figure will contribute substantially to developing the role of the Fair at the international level,” said Maurizio Cibrario, president of the Fondazione Torino Musei. “I would like to thank Ilaria Bonacossa for having professionally led the Fair over the past five years and for having managed to involve the many interests present in the City of Turin, in a network of fruitful and appreciated relationships.”

“I would like to thank the Fondazione Torino Musei and the City of Turin for the trust they have placed in me to be the new director of Artissima,” commented newly appointed director Fassi. “An institution that represents a spirit of vitality, innovation and a look to the future that has always inspired me. I enter this position aware of the responsibility of the role and with the strength of enthusiasm to carry on the history of Artissima and the work of those who have preceded me.”

Luigi Fassi was artistic director of the MAN Museum of Art of the Province of Nuoro from 2018 to 2022. Visual Art Curator at Steirischer Herbst Festival in Graz, Austria, from 2012 to 2017; from 2009 to 2012 he was Artistic Director of Kunstverein ar/ge kunst in Bolzano. In 2008-2009 he was Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Museum ISP in New York, where he organized exhibitions for several institutions internationally. From 2010 to 2017 he was curator and coordinator of the Present Future section at Artissima, Turin. In 2016 he was fellow of theArtist Research Trip Program in Tel Aviv, Israel, co-curator of the Curated_by Festival in Vienna and the 16th edition of the Quadriennale d’Arte in Rome. He was a member of the selection committee of the contemporary art fair Artorama in Marseille (2019-2022) and curator of the Tomorrow/Todays project at the Cape Town Art Fair in South Africa (2019-2022). Author of numerous books and monographic publications, his articles and texts have appeared in Artforum, Mousse, Flash Art, Camera Austria, Site, and Domus.

A comment also comes from the former director of Artissima, Ilaria Bonacossa: “After five years, I can only be satisfied with the successes and countless challenges overcome and shared with a team that the whole art world envies us. I thank the Fondazione Torino Musei and all the stakeholders we have worked with in these editions for their support and trust. I am convinced that the new director Luigi Fassi, with his curatorial and management experience in public institutions, will ensure an important continuity for the growth of the fair. Turin and contemporary art are an inseparable and strategic dyad for the future of the City and the Region.”

Artissima has a new director: it's Luigi Fassi

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