Conference | Giulio Verago | Endless Residency

Giulio Verago started the research  with the grant for curatorial research “Italian Council 10th edition” from the Ministry of Culture (2021) and co-wrote with curator Caterina Angelucci the book Endless Residency, published by Post Media Books (Milano) in 2023.

Giulio Verago (1980) Graduate in philosophy and PhD studies at Politecnico di Milano. Curator at Viafarini non profit organization since 2008 with a specific focus on cultural mobility and the promotion of the independent art scene. Since 2012 he is curator of the international artist residency program VIR Viafarini-in-residence. In 2021 he co-founded Endless Residency, Italian research platform on artist mobility, member of Res Artis Network and recipient of Italian Council curatorial grant, issued by Italian Ministry of Culture and published the homonymous book in 2023. Lecturer and visiting curator to several Italian and international contemporary art platforms.

Among the past collaborations as visiting curator and cultural exchange: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Abu Dhabi (2022); YCRP Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2021), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Mosca (2021); EAC Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo, Montevideo (2020-2021); IIC, Santiago del Chile (2020); A.I.R. Gallery, New York City (2019); Rupert, Vilnius (2019); Ukrainian Institute (2019); Goethe Institut, Milan, Warsaw, Oslo (2018); Kooshk residency, Tehran (2016); Espace Medina, Dakar (2016); Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2015); Forum dell’Arte Contemporanea, Prato (2015); HIAP, Helsinki (2013-2014); MAXXI Museum, Rome (2014 and 2010); Museo del ‘900, Milan (2012); ArtLab, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (2009 and 2010). He has given lectures at: FIT – State University of New York; Università Cattolica, Milano; Università Bocconi, Milano; Accademia di Brera, NABA Academy, Milan; IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan; Accademia LABA Brescia. He has been President of Jury for Movin’Up national prize for artist mobility, Turin (2014, 2016) and Jury member of KARA Art Prize, Teheran (2018).