Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Young Curators Residency Program 2025

For the second year, ICI is partnering with the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, a non-profit contemporary arts institution based in Turin, Italy, to open their 2025 Young Curators Residency Program to curators based in Africa.

Founded in 2007, the Young Curators Residency Program (YCRP) consists of intensive research residencies in Turin, Italy or Madrid, Spain that have the dual objective of developing the professional and critical skills of the young curators selected, while aiming to spread knowledge of the Italian and Spanish art scenes on an international level.

The Turin and Madrid residencies provide the opportunity for selected candidates to meet and work with Italian or Spanish artists, respectively, and further the Fondazione’s commitment to the national contemporary art as well as its engagement with emerging curatorial practice. The in-depth research process, which sees the curators engaging with hundreds of artists, museums, and art institutions under the guidance of an Italian or Spanish curator, culminates in an exhibition curated with the support of the Fondazione's team. Overall, the program aims to develop strong collaborations among emerging Italian and Spanish artists and emerging international curators.

ICI and several renowned academic curatorial programs partner with the Fondazione to nominate curators to the next YCRP cohort. This call invites Africa-based Curatorial Intensive alumni to apply to the Fondazione’s YCRP programs in Turin, Italy and Madrid, Spain. The programs will take place during the first half of 2025.

Read more about the Program and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo here.

Program Details

Turin
In 2025, the two programs will follow slightly different schedules. In Turin, curators will begin the program fully online, conducting research and familiarizing themselves with the portfolios of over 300 Italian artists and a free library of texts on Italian culture, philosophy, and history. While clarifying their interests in the Italian contexts, they will be supported by the program facilitator through online meetings. Between March and May 2025, participants will travel to Turin to take part in a series of trips around Italy, developed according to participants' interests. Finally, each participant will be responsible for organizing their own exhibition (either a solo or two-person show).

Madrid
In Madrid, the program is entirely in person, with participants arriving in Spain in March 2025 and remaining there for the duration of the residency. Curators will conduct trips and visits throughout Spain, meeting with a range of artists, curators, and cultural practitioners. The culminating exhibition will be curated jointly by the group, and may follow any format.

Eligiblity and Application Guidelines

Open to Curatorial Intensive alumni and former Curatorial Research Fellows based in Africa. The deadline for applications is August 30, 2024 by 11:59pm EST, and finalists will be contacted in mid September 2024. To submit an application, please email a CV and letter of motivation (500 words max) to ICI’s Programs Coordinator, Zoe Dobuler, at zoe@curatorsintl.org.

In your application, please specify whether you are applying to the program in Turin, Madrid, or to both, and elaborate the reasons for your choice.

Selected finalists will be asked to submit a portfolio of realized projects and a selection of published or edited texts. The final selection will be made by an international jury following an interview.