Eugenio Viola Appointed Director of Museo Madre in Naples

Fondazione Donnaregina per le Arti Contemporanee has announced the appointment of Italian curator and art critic Eugenio Viola as the new director of the Madre museum in Naples. The appointment follows a public selection process involving 33 applicants, which included the evaluation of qualifications and interviews with the shortlisted candidates.
Viola returns to an institution where he previously served as Chief Curator from 2009 to 2016. Over the past seven years, he was Artistic Director of MAMBO – Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, where he led the museum’s curatorial vision and contributed to its institutional reorganization and strategic development.
With more than two decades of international experience, Viola has organized exhibitions and collaborative projects with museums, biennials, and art institutions across Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia. His recent appointments also include serving as curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale and Artistic Director of the 2025 Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala.
According to Fondazione Donnaregina, Viola’s proposal envisions Madre museum as an open and internationally oriented institution, with a program designed to foster dialogue between Naples, the Campania region, the Mediterranean, the Global South, and the international contemporary art scene.