Christopher Bennett

Christopher Bennett is an Assistant Professor of Art History/Contemporary Art at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, specializing in European, American, and global art since 1945 with a focus on Italian art of the 1960s and the Arte Povera movement.

His research explores the ambiguous, contradictory, and paradoxical dimensions of post-1945 art, particularly the Piazza del Popolo School in Rome and Arte Povera artists including Mario Schifano, Renato Mambor, Giosetta Fioroni, and Franco Angeli. He has contributed to new theorizations of 1960s Roman painting and global contemporary art practices through scholarly publications and curatorial projects.

Scientific Awards

• Rome Prize from the American Academy Fellowship in Rome (2005-06)
• Getty Research Institute Fellowship in Los Angeles (2006-07)

Bennett has curated significant exhibitions including Alighiero Boetti at UCLA Fowler Museum (2012) and tandem shows of Yun-Fei Ji and Sandra Eula Lee at Hilliard Art Museum (2016-17), though no specific grant funding or student advising details are provided in the source material.