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Alessandra Acocella is an Associate Professor in History of Contemporary Art at the University of Parma, where she teaches Contemporary Art History, Exhibition History, and Journalism and Art Criticism. She serves as President of the Degree Course in Communication and Contemporary Media for Creative Industries since 2024, and is actively involved in several research centers including EXHIBIT - Laboratory on Exhibition History, CAPAS - Center for Art Professions, and the Luciano Caruso Archive. She also acts as Associated PI for the PRIN PNRR 2022 project on non-European arts reception in Italy.
- PhD in Art History from University of Roma Tre (2015)
- Graduated in Art History from University of Florence (2011)
- National Scientific Qualification for associate professor (2020)
Her research focuses on 20th-century artistic avant-gardes, exhibition history, public art, and interactions between visual arts, architecture, and design. She explores the reception of non-European cultures in Italian art and verbo-visual art through extensive archival research and curatorial practice.
Recent publications analyze Italian avant-garde exhibitions from 1961-1971, diffused art practices in the 1960s, and word-image relationships in contemporary art systems. Her work traces connections between artistic experimentation and cultural infrastructure development in Italy.
- National Scientific Qualification for associate professor (2020)
- Research Fellow at Luciano Caruso Archive (2018-2019)
- Research Fellow at University of Florence (2020-2021)
- Co-editor of Senzacornice Journal
- Editorial board member of Ricerche di S/Confine and MD Journal
She has curated significant publications including Anni Novanta. Arti visive, moda e design (2024) and Metascritture. Luciano Caruso e Napoli 1963-1976 (2020), and participated in international conferences like the XVII International Congress of the Spanish Italianist Society (2018). Her scholarship bridges art historical analysis with cultural policy development through extensive collaboration with Italian and international archives.
