Organized with the Graduate Studies Seminar and the NYU Provost´s Global Research Initiatives
organized by Claire Brandon Ph.D. Candidate, The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University
This conference will bring together curators, cultural officials, scholars, and directors of museums and fondazioni to discuss the status of the Italian museum today. Discussion topics will include the fondazione system in Italy, museum administration, cultural policy, the organization of temporary exhibitions, collection building, and the role of the fashion and banking industries in contemporary art patronage. Sessions will focus on display practices for both pre-modern and contemporary art. As home to some of the oldest museums in the world, Italy’s approach to institutionalizing works of art is of international concern. With the rise of privatization in the 1990’s, museum and exhibition practice in Italy have had a fraught relationship between the public and the private. This interdisciplinary study day will consider the economic, political, cultural, and art historical concerns facing Italian museums today.
Program
10:00-10:30 Welcome coffee and Registration
10:30-11:00
Introduction
Welcome by Bruce Edelstein, Coordinator for Graduate
Programs and Advanced Research NYU Florence
The Contemporary Museum in Italy Since 1990
Claire Brandon, Ph.D. Candidate, The Institute of Fine Arts
at New York University
11:00-12:30
The Temporary Exhibition as Interface: The Museum as Site
and Subject in ‘Lo spazio dell’immagine’ (1967), ‘Vitalità del
Negativo’ (1970), and ‘Il Palazzo Enciclopedico’ (2013)
Bruce Altshuler (moderator), Director of NYU Museum Studies Program, New York
Romy Golan, Professor at The Graduate Center CUNY,
New York
Stefano Chiodi, Associate Professor at Università Roma Tre,
Rome
10:30-11:00 Introduction Welcome by Bruce Edelstein, Coordinator for Graduate Programs and Advanced Research NYU Florence The Contemporary Museum in Italy Since 1990, Claire Brandon, Ph.D. Candidate, The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University
11:00-12:30 The Temporary Exhibition as Interface: The Museum as Site and Subject in ‘Lo spazio dell’immagine’ (1967), ‘Vitalità del Negativo’ (1970), and ‘Il Palazzo Enciclopedico’ (2013) Bruce Altshuler (moderator), Director of NYU Museum Studies Program, New York Romy Golan, Professor at The Graduate Center CUNY, New York Stefano Chiodi, Associate Professor at Università Roma Tre, Rome Stefano Chiodi, Associate Professor at Università Roma Tre, Rome
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 The Fondazione System in Italy and France: the Role of the Fashion Industry and the Fondazione Aziendale in Contemporary Art Patronage Claire Brandon (moderator), Ph.D. Candidate, The Institute of Fine Arts NYU, New York Mario Mainetti, Curator at Fondazione Prada, Milan Beatrice Trussardi, President of Fondazione Trussardi, Milan Edwin Chan, Architect/ EC3 and former design partner at Gehry Partners for Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
15:00-16:30 Public-and Private-Supported Museums: The Case of Florence Maria Grazia Messina (moderator), Professor at University of Florence Cristina Acidini, President of Polo Museale Fiorentino, Florence Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Chairman of the Board of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, Florence
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 Public-and Private-Supported Museums: The Case of MAXXI Hou Hanru, Artistic Director of MAXXI, Rome Francesco Garofalo, Architect and MAXXI competition professional advisor, Rome
18:00-18:45 The Future of Museum Practice in Italy Renato Miracco, Cultural Attaché of the Italian Embassy, Washington DC Round-table discussion with conference participants
