Jurors
  • MASSIMO LORENTI
    ITALY – ART CRITIC
    Massimo Lorenti (Milan, 1975) is a journalist and art critic. From 2003, when he dedicated a retrospective to Giovanni Testori (alongside the exhibition at Milan's Royal Palace), until 2012, he directed the Exhibition Spaces of the City of Legnano, where he curated over twenty solo exhibitions showcasing renowned masters such as Goya, Kollwitz, Matta, and Rodin. His exhibition on Rodin was the first ever to focus on the artist’s formative years. In 2013, he curated a second retrospective of the French master at the Royal Palace in Milan and at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome.
  • LUCY ASHTON
    UNITED KINGDOM – PROJECT MANAGER AT THE BRITISH ART GALLERY, CURATOR, AND PRODUCER
    Lucy Ashton is a London-based curator and producer with a decade of experience collaborating with international artists and institutions. Currently, she oversees the new exhibition showcasing 500 years of British art at the British Art Gallery and is curating a series of digital and design commissions to be displayed at the Serpentine Gallery in London and the Beyeler Foundation in Basel.
    Lucy has produced contemporary commissions for notable events such as the Venice Biennale, the Sydney Biennale, the Taipei Biennial, the Folkestone Triennial, and the Rolls Royce Art Program. She has also developed exhibitions for Yale University in the USA, as well as the Belvedere and Albertina museums in Vienna, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the UBS Art Collection.
  • MARCO RENAULT
    LUXEMBOURG – ART CURATOR, CRITIC, AND ART HISTORIAN
    Marco Renault (1953, Differdange, Luxembourg) holds a Doctorate in Visual Arts and is an accomplished art curator, critic, and artist. He served as a Senior Lecturer in Art History and Art Education at the University of Luxembourg from 2003 to 2018. His research focuses on representation and deconstruction in contemporary photography. From 1998 to 2011, he led the annual Art Workshop organized by Casino Luxembourg – Forum d’art contemporain in collaboration with the University of Luxembourg.
  • KHALIL MANSOUR
    NORTH AFRICA AND SPAIN – CURATOR
    Khalil Mansour is a prominent curator and advocate for international cultural exchange in contemporary art, particularly in Algeria. He has become a leading figure in performance art within the Algerian art landscape, recognized for his bold and innovative approach. Khalil has opened up new avenues for change and development among both Algerian and international artists by emphasizing the significance of collaboration and the promotion of art.
  • SOPHIA MARTELLI
    ITALY – CURATOR OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND DIGITAL INITIATIVES AT CASTELLO DI RIVOLI MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, TURIN
    Sophia Martelli (1993) is an art historian and curator specializing in contemporary art. She oversees Public Programs and Digital Initiatives at Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art and serves as a lecturer in the Master of Curatorial Practice and Contemporary Mediterranean Philosophy at Abadir Academy. Recognized as a Forbes Under 30 Europe honoree in 2021, she is also an alumna of iCI (Cape Town) and Curators Lab at the 12th Shanghai Biennale.
  • MARÍA GARCÍA LÓPEZ
    SPAIN – CURATOR OF EXHIBITIONS AND COLLECTIONS AT MUSEU D’ART DE BARCELONA
    María García López (Barcelona, 1984) is a curator and cultural producer based in Barcelona. Since 2019, she has held the position of Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Museu d’Art de Barcelona. Among her curatorial projects are presentations of the museum’s collection and temporary exhibitions, such as the first retrospective of Colombian performance artist Carolina Restrepo, which involved in-depth research into her archives. María holds a BA from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths University in London.
    Previously, she served as Director and Chief Curator of the ArteActual art space in Bogotá, Colombia (2015-2019)