DR. CORNELIA LAUF


Art historian, independent curator, and writer, based in Rome, Italy.

Specialties include monographs, collection-building, custom curatorial projects, artist’s books, artist management, expertise in certificates by artists, and design/applied art by artists.

The curatorial process is shown in a printed poster depicting the curriculum of Cornelia Lauf, designed in 2006, by Gianpaolo D’Ambrosio. 
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       Giampaolo D’Ambrosio, Curriculum of Cornelia Lauf, 2006.
01 CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY

In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art
Susan Hapgood and Cornelia Lauf, curators

Catalogue by Roma Publications, Amsterdam, design Louis Lüthi
Essays by Susan Hapgood and Cornelia Lauf, Lorenzo Benedetti, Martha Buskirk, Daniel McClean, Seth Siegelaub

Traveling exhibition.

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02 ARTIST/AUTHOR,CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS’ BOOKS

Catalogue and exhibition curated and edited by Cornelia Lauf and Clive Phillpot.

Catalogue by American Federation of Arts and DAP, design 2x4, with artist Renée Green
Photography by David M. Heald

Traveling exhibition.
 

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03 ARTISTS’ INVITATION COLLECTION

Ephmera and print materials collected by Cornelia Lauf, 1982-2014 (sample)

Material partially damaged in 2014 by Tropical Storm Sandy, gathered and dried by Whitney Dee, a Red Bank, New Jersey, high school student, and subsequently, IUAV university graduate students, in Venice. Organized and digitalized by Caroline Liou, Jenny Kim, and Samantha Melfi (Rhode Island School of Design Honors Program student interns) 

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04 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / CURATORIAL PROJECTS
 
  • Universal Gardens, Gardens of Livia, Rome
  • Colour in Contextual Play; Neon in Contextual Play - Mazzoleni Gallery, London and Turin
  • Wall to Wall - MoCA, Cleveland
  • A Very Light Art - Museo Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice
  • Heimo Zobernig - Museo Galleria Civica, Modena
  • Camera Oscura - San Casciano dei Bagni, Siena




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05 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • Alexandra Kehayoglou 
  • Emilio Prini
  • Mazzoleni Gallery
  • Artists’ Books - Three Star Books
  • Catalogues - Author, editor, publisher
  • Guest Editor - Carte d’Arte

 

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#monograph
#artistbook
#magazine

06 TEACHING


  • John Cabot University, Rome  
  • NABA, Rome
  • IUAV di Venezia, Venice
  • Bard College, New York 
  • Duke University, Durham
  • The New School for Social Research, New York City 

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07 CONSULTANCY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

  • Agricola Due Leoni
  • KAWS
  • Collection Development 
  • Crafts and Heritage Preservation
  • Lifestyle



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#artisanry
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