Massimiliano Gioni is the Artistic Director of the New Museum, New York, and the Director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation, Milan. He has curated numerous international exhibitions and biennials, including the 55th Venice Biennale, which he directed in 2013; the 8th Gwangju Biennial (2010); the 1st New Museum Triennial; the 4th Berlin Biennial, co-curated with Maurizio Cattelan and Ali Subotnick (2006); and Manifesta 5, co-curated with Marta Kuzma (2004).

At the New Museum, Massimiliano Gioni has curated solo exhibitions of work by Lynda Benglis (2011); Sarah Charlesworth (2015); Tacita Dean (2012); Urs Fischer (2008); Carsten Höller (2011); Ragnar Kjartansson (2014); Chris Ofili (2014); Anri Sala (2016); Jim Shaw (2015) among other artists.  Gioni’s group shows—which include “Here and Elsewhere” (2014); “NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star” (2013); “Ghosts in the Machine” (2012); “Ostalgia” (2011); and “After Nature” (2008)—have become signature events of the Museum’s programming.  

 At the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan, Gioni has curated solo shows and public art projects by Allora & Calzadilla (2013); Cyprien Gaillard (2012); Pipilotti Rist (2011); Tacita Dean (2009); Tino Sehgal (2008); Martin Creed (2006); Urs Fischer (2005); and Maurizio Cattelan (2004) among other artists. In 2015 on the occasion of the World Expo, Gioni has curated “The Great Mother” in the spaces of the neoclassical building of Palazzo Reale.