Eugenio Viola to Lead Madre Museum in Naples

Eugenio Viola to Lead Madre Museum in Naples

The Madre Museum in Naples has announced Eugenio Viola as its new director. A native of the Italian city, Viola served as curator at large at the institution from 2009 through 2016 and was selected for the job from among a field of thirty-three candidates. He has put forth a plan for the Madre Museum’s relaunch […]

Eugenio Viola will head Naples’s Madre Museum

Photo: Gregorio Díaz Eugenio Viola has been appointed director of the Madre Museum in Naples, a homecoming for the Neapolitan, who was curator at large at the institution from 2009–2016. Viola returns from a stint in Colombia where he served as artistic director of MAMBO – Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá. In February he left that job of seven years, alleging ‘deterioration of working conditions – concerns shared by several team members’. He went…