Massimo Scaringella

Massimo SCARINGELLA is an independent curator of contemporary art and organizer of cultural events. During 40 years of activity in Italy and abroad, he has discovered and promoted many Italian and foreign artists, many of whom are already established on the international scene of contemporary art.

Since 2000, he has covered the contemporary art sector at the Italian Foreign Ministry, for the creation of the well-known collection "Collection of 20th century art in the Farnesina". He has curated and collaborated in over 250 contemporary art exhibitions in 40 countries around the world, being in direct contact with the local realities and different cultures of these countries. This has served him to create a bridge of exchange of artistic experiences between Italian contemporary art and the rest of the world, especially with artists from Latin America.

Scaringella was the artistic director of the 4th edition of the End of the World Contemporary Art Biennale 2014/2015 in Argentina. In 2016 he was invited as the curator of the 5th edition of the Lima International Graphics Biennale in Peru and in 2017, 2019 and 2022 he was the curator of the Ivory Coast Pavilion at the 57th, 58th and 59th International Biennal of Art in Venice, as well as being invited to be the curator of the Curitiba International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Brazil in the 2017, 2018 editions for its 25th anniversary, 2019 and 2022.