Massimiliano Gioni
artistic director, b. 1973.
Massimiliano Gioni is the Edlis Neeson Artistic Director at the New Museum, New York. He leads the museum’s curatorial team and is responsible for the exhibition program. As a member of the senior management team, he works closely with the Director and has broad responsibilities for museum-wide planning.
Gioni joined the New Museum in 2006 as Director of Special Exhibitions, and was appointed Artistic Director in 2014. At the museum, he has curated exhibitions of artists including John Akomfrah, Pawel Althamer, Ed Atkins, Lynda Benglis, Judy Chicago, Tacita Dean, Nicole Eisenman, Urs Fischer, Theaster Gates, Hans Haacke, Camille Henrot, Carsten Höller, Kahlil Joseph, Ragnar Kjartansson, Kapwani Kiwanga, Sarah Lucas, Gustav Metzger, Marta Minujin, Chris Ofili, Raymond Pettibon, Carol Rama, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, Peter Saul, Nari Ward, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, among others. He has organized major group shows including “After Nature” (2008); “Ostalgia” (2011); “Here and Elsewhere” (2014); “The Keeper” (2016); and “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America” (2021), an exhibition originally conceived by Okwui Enwezor and realized in collaboration with Naomi Beckwith, Glenn Ligon, and Mark Nash. Gioni established the New Museum Triennial as The Generational Triennial: Younger Than Jesus in 2009 with Lauren Cornell and Laura Hoptman. Gioni’s international exhibitions include (Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, 2004); (2006); 10th Gwangju Biennale (2010); the (2013); and The Great Mother (Milan Expo at Palazzo Reale, 2015) and The Restless Earth (Milan Triennale, 2017), both with the Trussardi Foundation.Gioni’s international exhibitions include (Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, 2004); (2006); 10th Gwangju Biennale (2010); the (2013); and The Great Mother (Milan Expo at Palazzo Reale, 2015) and The Restless Earth (Milan Triennale, 2017), both with the Trussardi Foundation.
