Gallery talk

Michela Alessandrini, PhD (Tivoli, 1987) is a curator, researcher, and writer living and working in Paris. Her research focuses on exhibition history and curatorial archives, at the intersection of narrative, contemporary art history, and display. Since 2020, she has been a curator at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, where she has worked on exhibitions including Guillermo Kuitca on the Collection of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (2020), Mondo Reale (2022, within the 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, exhibition design by Formafantasma), Siamo Foresta (2023, exhibition design by Luiz Zerbini), and as co-curator of Io sono un Drago. La vera storia di Alessandro Mendini (2024) and Andrea Branzi by Toyo Ito (2026).

Emanuele Quinz is an art and design historian and professor in the Department of Visual Arts at Paris 8 University. From 2012 to 2015, he coordinated the professional master's programme in International Artistic Cooperation. Since 2012, he has also been an associate lecturer and researcher at EnsadLab, the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. His research explores the boundaries between disciplines in contemporary artistic practices.