Ilaria Bernardi (1985) is a Contemporary art historian and curator..
In addition to being interested in current international art linked to social issues and human rights, she specializes in Italian artistic research from the postwar period to the present time, focusing especially on the research of the Arte Povera artists.
She is currently the director and curator of the exhibition activities for the Associazione Genesi, the first traveling museum in Italy.
She also works as curator for Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto and curates exhibitions, on an ongoing basis, for the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with the aim to promoted Italian contemporary art abroad.
At the same time, she works as the head of and scientific consultant for artist archives, as well as for private collectors, and she is the editor of the monthly page dedicated to artist archives in Il Giornale dell’arte.
As regards her academic career, she has a Ph.D. in Art History as well as a National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Contemporary Art History, and since 2022 she is professor of Artist Archives for second-year students in the Master’s degree “Art, Valorization Strategies and the Markets” at IULM University in Milan.
In her previous curatorial collaborations Ilaria Bernardi has worked, among others, with Germano Celant and, at the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.
She has curated exhibitions for public institutions and important exhibition venues both in Italy and abroad, including: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, MAXXI, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome; Triennale, Milan; Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese; Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia; Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca; Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia; Magazzino Italian Art, Italian Cultural Institute, ArtOmi, New York; ONU, Geneva; European Parliament, Bruxelles, UNESCO, Paris; Italian Cultural Institute, Madrid; Keyes Art Mile and Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg; 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, Grotowski Institute, Wroclaw.
She has edited several exhibition catalogs and monographs, and she has published numerous essays volumes, conference proceedings and scientific magazines.
Her monographs include: Louise Nevelson (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2025); Marinella Senatore (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2022); Arcangelo Sassolino (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2022); La Tartaruga. Storia di una galleria (Milan: Postmediabooks, 2018); Giulio Paolini. Opere su carta (Turin: Prinp – Editoria d’Arte 2.0, 2017); Teatro delle Mostre. Roma, maggio 1968 (Milan: Scalpendi, 2014), among others.
She has contributed to specialized scientific journals and periodicals, and has been a speaker at many meetings both in Italy and abroad.
Countries where she has collaborated on exhibitions and/or publications include: United States, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, Romania, Poland, Senegal, South Africa.
Ilaria Bernardi (1985) is a Curator and Contemporary Art Historian.
In addition to being interested in current international art linked to social issues and human rights, she specializes in Italian artistic research from the postwar period to the present time, focusing especially on the research of the Arte Povera artists.
She is currently the director and curator of the exhibition activities for the Associazione Genesi, the first traveling museum in Italy.
She also works as curator for Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto and curates exhibitions, on an ongoing basis, for the Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with the aim to promoted Italian contemporary art abroad.
At the same time, she works as the head of and scientific consultant for artist archives, as well as for private collectors, and she is the editor of the monthly page dedicated to artist archives in Il Giornale dell’arte.
As regards her academic career, she has a Ph.D. in Art History as well as a National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Contemporary Art History, and since 2022 she is professor of Artist Archives for second-year students in the Master’s degree “Art, Valorization Strategies and the Markets” at IULM University in Milan.
In her previous curatorial collaborations Ilaria Bernardi has worked, among others, with Germano Celant and, at the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.
She has curated exhibitions for public institutions and important exhibition venues both in Italy and abroad, including: Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, MAXXI, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome; Triennale, Milan; Villa e Collezione Panza, Varese; Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia; Fondazione Ragghianti, Lucca; Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia; Magazzino Italian Art, Italian Cultural Institute, ArtOmi, New York; ONU, Geneva; European Parliament, Bruxelles; Italian Cultural Institute, Madrid; Keyes Art Mile and Wits Art Museum, Johannesburg; 6 Spin Street, Cape Town, Grotowski Institute, Wroclaw.
She has edited several exhibition catalogs and monographs, and she has published numerous essays volumes, conference proceedings and scientific magazines.
Her monographs include: Louise Nevelson (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2025); Marinella Senatore (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2022); Arcangelo Sassolino (Milan: Silvana Editoriale, 2022); La Tartaruga. Storia di una galleria (Milan: Postmediabooks, 2018); Giulio Paolini. Opere su carta (Turin: Prinp – Editoria d’Arte 2.0, 2017); Teatro delle Mostre. Roma, maggio 1968 (Milan: Scalpendi, 2014), among others.
She has contributed to specialized scientific journals and periodicals, and has been a speaker at many meetings both in Italy and abroad.
Countries where she has collaborated on exhibitions and/or publications include: United States, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, Romania, Poland, Senegal, South Africa.