FERRARIO MASSIMILIANO

Massimiliano Ferrario, Ph.D., is a Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art History (GSD: 10/ARTE-01; SSD: ARTE-01/C) and Director of the Research Centre for the History of Contemporary Art (CRiSAC) at the University of Insubria (Varese–Como), where he serves as course leader for Italian Art: From the Contemporary to Postmodernism (BA in Communication Sciences), Contemporary Art, Society and Enterprise (MA in Communication Sciences and Techniques), and History of Contemporary Art (BA in Tourism Sciences).
He has participated in major international conferences and published extensively, with particular attention to Lombard–Ticinese Artists of the Lakes active between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; to pre- and post-Conciliar contemporary sacred art; to artistic production in the Varese and greater Varese area from the twentieth to the twenty-first century; to the reuse of institutional architectural spaces for exhibition, collecting, and museological purposes; and to Periodical Studies, photography, Neo-avant-garde art, and the relationships between gender studies and contemporary art.
He is co-editor of the book series "Artium Symphonia" (AlboVersorio), deputy editor of the journal "Gli Artisti dei Laghi" (Mimesis), and editor-in-chief of the series "Cataloghi CRiSAC" (Editris).
Among his most recent curatorial projects are the exhibitions "Venice in the Eighteenth Century: A Cosmopolitan City and Its Myth" (with L. Facchin and L. Mana, Turin, Museo di Arti Decorative Accorsi-Ometto, 20 April–3 September 2023) and "The 'Immagine' Group: A History of Feminist Artivism from Varese to the Venice Biennale" (Varese, Rectorate of the University of Insubria, 15 November 2023–8 March 2024, extended to 31 May 2024).