MA in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies with scholarship

NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti is glad to announce the launch of the Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies MA in Rome.*

Established in 2006 in Milan, the MA combines solid training in artistic production with highly specialized curatorial practice. Lead by globally recognized artists, curators, critics and intellectuals, the program explores the relationship between art, visual culture, aesthetics and social dynamics, focusing on the main research and theoretical methodologies of contemporary art. Given the solid positioning of the NABA Visual Arts Department within the contemporary art system and its international team, students will be encouraged to develop a solid interdisciplinary approach, critical thinking as well as to embrace new educational and operating models within the field of contemporary art.

In order to promote the newly established MA program in Rome, NABA intends to support highly motivated and talented young people, by offering one scholarship covering the full tuition fees to attend the two-year Master of Arts program in Visual Arts and Curatorial Studies, starting from October 2022. The scholarship will be awarded based on the evaluation of the candidates’ portfolio, motivational letter and curriculum vitae. Applications by the candidates will be assessed by an international Jury consisting of Andrea Bellini (Director, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève), Cristiana Collu (Director, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome), Hou Hanru (Art Curator and Artistic Director, MAXXI, Rome), Marco Scotini (Visual Arts Department Head, NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti), Kathryn Weir (Director, MADRE, Naples).

NABA Visual Arts Department collaborates with: Yuri Ancarani, Pierre Bal - Blanc, Massimo Bartolini, Elisabetta Benassi, Gea Casolaro, Matilde Cassani, Vincenzo Castella, Luca Cerizza, Anna Cestelli Guidi, Zasha Colah, Gianluca e Massimiliano De Serio, Ana Devic, Emily Jacir, Evelyne Jouanno, Rä di Martino, Liu Ding, Ettore Favini, Hou Hanru, Francesco Jodice, Pesce Khete, Salvatore Lacagnina, Franco La Cecla, Marcello Maloberti, Christian Marazzi, Adrian Paci, Alessandro Piangiamore, Steve Piccolo, Gianni Politi, Alice Ronchi, Amalia Rossi, Andrea Sala, Stefano Serretta, Sean Shanahan, Giulio Squillacciotti, Andrea Staid, Marco Tadić, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas, Kathryn Weir. 

Visiting professors and lecturers since 2006 to today include: Marina Abramović, John Akomfrah, Marc Augé, Nanni Balestrini, Ute Meta Bauer, Erick Beltrán, Daniel Birnbaum, Roger M. Buergel, Catherine David, Clémentine Deliss, Umberto Eco, Charles Esche, Pascal Gielen, Heiner Goebbels, Joseph Grima, Anselm Franke, Peter Friedl, Jens Hofmann, Joan Jonas, Vasif Kortun, Jannis Kounellis, Jakob Jakobsen, Maurizio Lazzarato, Chus Martínez, Angela Melitopoulos, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Viktor Misiano, Antoni Muntadas, Deimantas Narkevicius, Hans Ulrich Obrist, John Palmesino, Gianni Pettena, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Grazia Quaroni, Jean-Gabriel Périot, Gerald Raunig, Tim Rollins, Sara Raza, Florian Schneider, Marinella Senatore, Eyal Sivan, Hito Steyerl, Pelin Tan, Françoise Vergès, Eyal Weizman.

All interested students can submit their application by presenting their project/portfolio, filling in the call for application here and uploading the complete digital documentation here.

To discover all the available scholarships visit here.

*Rome teaching delivery campus is subject to authorization by MUR for A.Y. 2022/23