Massimiliano Gioni (born 1973 in Busto Arsizio, Lombardy) is an Italian curator and art critic. He is the Artistic Director of both the New Museum in New York and the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan. He has curated a range of international exhibitions, including the 55th Venice Biennale (2013); the 8th Gwangju Biennial; the first New Museum Triennial (co-curated with Lauren Cornell and Laura Hoptman) (2009); the
4th Berlin Biennale (co-curated with
Maurizio Cattelan and Ali Subotnick) (2006); and Manifesta 5 (co-curated with Marta Kuzma) (2004). At the New Museum, he has organized solo presentations of artists including
Lynda Benglis,
Judy Chicago,
Nicole Eisenman, Theaster Gates,
Carsten Höller, Sarah Lucas, Chris Ofili, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, and many others, and at the Trussardi Foundation he has curated various solo shows and public art projects with, among others,
Paweł Althamer, Tacita Dean, Fischli and Weiss,
Paul McCarthy, Paola Pivi,
Anri Sala, and Tino Sehgal. His group exhibitions have become signature programs of the New Museum. Gioni frequently collaborates with the Deste Foundation in Athens; the Aisthi Foundation in Beirut; and the Qatar Museums in Doha; and has presented exhibitions in London; Mexico City; Rome; and Shanghai, among many others cities around the world.
