Gianlorenzo Chiaraluce, Ph.D.

Gianlorenzo Chiaraluce is a postdoctoral researcher at the Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, where he is carrying out a project on the reception of American Social Realism in Italy between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2025, he obtained his PhD from Sapienza University of Rome, where he currently serves as teaching assistant in Contemporary Art History.

He has participated in numerous conferences in Italy and abroad and has published academic papers on topics related to art history from the postwar to the present, focusing on artists such as Gianfranco Baruchello, Victor Brauner, and Jimmie Durham, as well as on the artistic relations between Italy and the United States, contemporary art and its dialogue with animal studies. He was also a member of the research team for the European project “EULiterArt.”

Over the years, he has curated or contributed to various exhibitions, most recently co-curating the show “Naturale Innaturale” at Fondazione Ago in Modena and editing its catalogue, published by Silvana Editoriale. He is also the Artistic Coordinator of the Associazione Giovani Collezionisti and has collaborated with public and private institutions, such as Museo MACRO and Fondazione Baruchello. He regularly writes about contemporary art for specialized journals.