Renato Miracco

Renato Miracco (b. 1953) is a scholar, art critic, and curator from Naples, Italy. Formerly the Cultural Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Washington, he now sits on 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 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 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
Exhibtion 	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 	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 Archaelogy 	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
==In the media==
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== References ==
==External links==
* Renato Miracco | Italian Academy for Advanced Studies
* Renato Miracco on linkedin
* RENATO MIRACCO - Critic / Curator - Celeste Network
* Friday Gallery Talk: Renato Miracco on "Le Onde: Waves
* Curator Renato Miracco on the Work of ... - Flatland Gallery
* Renato Miracco - La Gazzetta Italiana
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Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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