Renato Miracco
# Renato Miracco

Renato Miracco (born 1953) is a scholar, art critic, and curator from Naples, Italy. Formerly the Cultural Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Washington, he is presently the member of the Board of Guarantors for the Italian Academy at Columbia University. He has curated numerous important exhibitions on Italian art worldwide and has published widely. Miracco was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic for Cultural Achievements in 2018 and received a Green Card for Exceptional Ability, from President Obama.

## Career highlights

Miracco served as the Cultural Attaché of the Italian Embassy from 2010 to 2018. In 2013, he organized a series of more than 300 events to celebrate and explore the impact of Italian culture in the United States. As Attaché, Miracco supervised all of the Italian Embassy's exhibitions, organized the Italy@150 program in partnership with over 80 museums across the United States, and helped organize a Memorandum of Understanding on Archaeology between the governments of Italy and the United States.

Miracco's previous roles have included Director of Chiara Fama for Cultural Affairs for the Italian Cultural Institute in New York from 2007–09, Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, and Advisor for the Venice Biennale.

Miracco has lectured at Pratt Institute and other universities and institutions across the globe and has curated exhibitions at prestigious museums and collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, the National Gallery of Art, the Morgan Library and Museum, Centre Pompidou, the Estorick Collection, and the Tate Modern.

## Exhibitions

Selected exhibition history :

| Exhibition | Institution or Location | Year(s) | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bice Lazzari: The Poetry of Mark-Making | The Phillips Collection | 2018-2019 | Curator |
| Saving Art, Preserving Heritage | Embassy of Italy in Washington, D.C. | 2018 | Curator |
| Massimiliano Gatti: The Day Memory Dissolved | The Italian Academy at Columbia University | 2016 | Curator |
| Afro-Cuba: Mystery and Magic of Afro-Cuban Spirituality | The OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas | 2016 | Curator |
| Le Onde: Waves of Italian Influence (1914–1971) | Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | 2015-2016 | Gallery Talk |
| Next Stop: Italy | The Phillips Collection | 2013 | Curator |
| Italian Paper Exhibition | Italian Embassy in Washington | 2013 | Curator |
| Giorgio de Chirico: Myth and Archaeology | The Phillips Collection | 2013 | Curator |
| Paolo Ventura: Selected Works | The Italian Academy at Columbia University | 2013 | Curator |
| Costantino Nivola | Italian Embassy in Washington | 2012 | Curator |
| Paintings from the Academia Carrara | Italian Embassy in Washington | 2011-12 | Curator |
| Spirit Into Shape: Contemporary Italian Sculpture | Meridian International Center | 2011 | Curator |
| Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964 | Museum of Modern Art of Bologna | 2009 | Curator |
| Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | 2008 | Curator |
| Renato D’Agostin: Metropolis | Leica Gallery | 2008 | Curator |
| I lavoratori in cammino: da Pelizza da Volpedo a Ceroli | Italian Chamber of Deputies, Rome, Italy | 2007-2008 | Curator |
| Piety and Pragmatism: Spiritualism in Futurist Art | The Estorick Collection | 2007 | Curator |
| Female Italian and Russian Avant-Garde Art, 1910-1935 | Tretyakov Gallery | 2007 | Curator |
| Mirko Dalla Mitologia all’Archetipo 1937- 1957 | New York University | 2007 | Curator |
| Il Fregio di Giulio Aristide Sartorio | Palazzo Montecitorio | 2006 | Curator |
| Beyond Painting: Burri, Fontana, Manzoni | Tate Modern | 2005-2006 | Curator |
| Bice Lazzari: Abstract Emotion | Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia | 2005 | Curator |
| Futurist Skies: Italian Aeropainting | The Estorick Collection | 2005 | Curator |
| Italian Still Life, 1910-1960 | Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, and Peru | 2005 | Curator |
| Federico Zandomeneghi: Impressionista Veneziano | Chiostro del Bramante | 2005 | Curator |
| De Nittis: Impressionista Italiano | Chiostro del Bramante; Fondazione Mazzotta | 2004 | Curator |
| Futurismo 1909-1926 | Museum of Ixelles | 2003-2004 | Curator |
| Aerea cielos futuristas | Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporaneo | 2003 | Curator |
| Italian Art 1950-1970: Capolavori della Collezione Farnesina | New Delhi, India | 2003 | Curator |
| Light and Painting in Italy 1850-1914 | Fondazione Adriano Olivetti; Estorick Collection; Museum of Modern Art Brussels | 2002 | Curator |
| Carlo Carrá: Works on Paper | The Estorick Collection | 2001-2002 | Curator |
| Carlo Carrá: 1900-1965: Las Mutaciones del Espiritu | Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Córdoba, Argentina | 2001 | Curator |
| Il Ritratto Italiano | Rome, Italy | 1998 | Curator |
| Mario Sironi: el Trabajo y el Arte | Mexico City, Mexico; Buenos Aires, Argentina | 1996-1998 | Curator |

## Publications

Selected publication history :

| Publication | Publisher | Year | Role |
| - | - | - | - |
| Oscar Wilde's Italian Dream 1875-1900 | Damiani Editore | 2020 | Author |
| War & Art: WWI – USA in Italy | Gangemi Editore | 2017 | Editor |
| Italian Treasures in the US: An Itinerary of Art | Gangemi Editore | 2015 | Author |
| Le Onde Waves of Italian Influence | Gangemi Editore | 2015 | Author |
| War & Art: Destruction and Protection of Italian Cultural Heritage During World War I | Gangemi Editore | 2014 | Editor |
| Giorgio de Chirico: Myth and Archaeology | Silvana Editorale | 2013 | Author |
| Costantino Nivola: 100 Years of Creativity | Charta/Italian Cultural Institute | 2012 | Editor |
| Andrea Bianconi | Charta | 2011 | Author |
| Giuseppe Ripa: Liminal | Charta | 2011 | Author |
| Giulio Rimondi: Beirut Nocturne | Charta | 2011 | Author |
| Giuseppe Ripa: Moondance | Charta | 2010 | Author |
| Lucio Fontana: At the Roots of Spatialism | Gangemi Editore | 2010 | Editor |
| Instant Book: Italian Artists-New York | Charta/Italian Cultural Institute | 2010 | Author |
| Federico Solmi | Charta | 2010 | Author |
| Michele Ciacciofera: Silence | Charta | 2010 | Author |
| Piety and Pragmatism: Spiritualism in Futuristic Art | Gangemi Editore | 2010 | Editor |
| Harry Bertoia. D ecisi che una sedia non poteva bastare | Silvana Editoriale | 2009 | Contributor |
| Fausto Melotti With Photos by Ugo Mulas | Charta/Italian Cultural Institute | 2009 | Author |
| Giorgio Morandi: 1890-1964: Nothing Is More Abstract Than Reality | Skira | 2008 | Editor |
| Paolo Mussat Sartor: Luoghi D'arte E Di Artisti: 1968-2008 | JRP Ringier | 2008 | Author |
| Giorgio Morandi | Charta/Italian Cultural Institute | 2008 | Author |
| The Artworks Collected by La Colezione d'Arte di Arturo Toscanini | Mazzotta | 2007 | Author |
| Giorgio Morandi e a natureza-morta na Italia | Mazzotta | 2006 | Author |
| Achille Perilli Works on Paper 1946-1957 | Mazzotta | 2006 | Editor |
| Italian Abstraction 1910-1960 | Mazzotta | 2006 | Author |
| Beyond Painting: Burri, Fontana, Manzoni | Tate Publishing | 2005 | Author |
| Afro - the Memory's Alphabet | Mazzotta | 2005 | Author |
| Le souffle de l'âme | Exhibitions International | 2004 | Author |
| Painting Light: Italian Divisionism, 1885-1910 | Mazzotta | 2003 | Author |
| Mario Sironi: Between Futurism and the Urban Landscape 1914-1920 | Estorick Foundation | 2002 | Author |
| Il Metalibro | Edizioni Colonnese | 1984 | Author |
| Oscar Wilde: Verso il Sole | Edizioni Colonnese | 1981 | Author |
