Pier Paolo Pancotto is an independent curator and the author of the Art Club exhibition program at the French Academy in Rome, Villa Medici (2016-present). Among other projects, he has curated the Fortezzuola exhibition series (Pietro Canonica Museum, Rome, 2016-18), a series of exhibitions at La Fondazione, Rome (2019-2021), and exhibition projects at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Mairie du 4ème, Paris; Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London; National Art Gallery, Tirana; Lateral Art Space, Cluj; National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome; H. C. Andersen Museum, Rome; Carlo Bilotti Museum, Rome; Museums of Villa Torlonia, Rome; Salone Margherita, Rome; Casa Scatturin, Venice; Palazzo Dolfin Manin, Venice; Correr Museum, Venice; Fortuny Museum, Venice; Casa Goldoni, Venice; Mocenigo Palace Museum, Venice; Villa Pignatelli Museum, Naples; and the Scalze Church, Naples. He teaches at LUISS University, Rome. His publications include: Artisti a Roma nella prima metà del '900 (2006); Arte contemporanea: dal minimalismo alle ultime tendenze (2010); and Arte contemporanea. Il nuovo millennio (2013).