Cloe Piccoli Announced as Artist Director of miart
miart is Milan’s leading international and contemporary art fair, and is organised by Fiera Milano

Cloe Piccoli. Photo: Delfino Sisto Legnani
Cloe Piccoli has been announced as the Artistic Director of the miart fair for the forthcoming 2027–2029 term.
miart is Milan’s leading international and contemporary art fair, and is organised by Fiera Milano. The fair was established in 1996.
Cloe Piccoli is an art critic, curator and lecturer in Contemporary Art at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. She has worked on exhibitions and cultural projects for institutions across Italy and abroad, including the Italian Ministry of Culture (MIC), MAXXI in Rome, Museo del Novecento in Milan, Triennale Milano, PS1/ MoMA in New York, ICA Milano Foundation, Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, Centre Pompidou, Metz, Sosa Gallery and Manchester University.
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