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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Agricola Due Leoni
Castel San Pietro
Poggio Mirteto (RI)

Photos by Guglielmo Profeti, Tuscany, 2021.

Small family farm located in the Sabine hills north of Rome, Agricola Due Leoni since 2012 has collaborated with contemporary artists in the creation of specially designed olive oil editions. Co-productions have taken place with Olio2Go; Esther Schipper Berlin; Smithsonian Associates, Washington, DC; mumok, Vienna; and others.

Artists include: Carlo Angelini, Marina Apollonio, Dennis Balk, Alan Belcher, Guillaume Bijl, Francesco Ciavaglioli, Mark Dion, Ryan Gander, Liam Gillick, Marc Goethals, Peter Kogler, Joseph Kosuth, Richard Merkle, Jonathan Monk, Emilio Prini, Vladimir Radunsky, Steve Reinke, David Shrigley, Diana Thater, Cosima Von Bonin, Heimo Zobernig

KAWS
UNTITLED
[2021]

KAWS’ work, UNTITLED, 2021, is the fruit of an invitation by curators Paris Murray Celant and Dr. Cornelia Lauf, dating to 2016, when they invited the artist to create a unique artisanally-produced object. This team invited carpet producer, Christopher Farr, whose productions with Louise Bourgeois and Anish Kapoor, among others, mark a practice closely tied to art.

In 2016, the curators met with KAWS to select a potential work to be translated into production, a work that the producer also felt he could realize technically. The original painting is a vibrant and joyful work, with dozens of richly hued colors, many of them fluorescent.The work is a challenge to the notion of the industrial readymade, and a leap forward, to valorize and preserve artisanal practices in the virtual and industrial contemporary moment.

Gunther Förg, oil painting. Joseph Kosuth, neon sign.
Robert Mapplethorpe, photograph. Heim Steinbach, artist's book. Photo Max Kim-Bee

Marc Goethals, oil painting (on left). Photo Fritz von der Schulenberg

Tristano di Robilant, ceramic sculpture (on table). Photo Fritz von der Schulenberg

Albert Oehlen, painting (on right). Photo Fritz von der Schulenberg

Fernando and Umberto Campana, Barroco Rococó chair. Photo Fritz von der Schulenberg

Collections Development

Collection development and custom projects with artists and designers. Examples from the collection of Brian McCarthy and Daniel Sager, New York City.

Golden Ruler
Art and Artisanry

Founded in 2012 by Cornelia Lauf, with Veronica Bellei, Camilla Salvaneschi, and Eleonora Tempesta, and active until 2016.

Founded bespoke curatorial agency, Golden Ruler, dedicated to developing custom projects between artists and master craftspeople, as an activist art history, and fusion of heritage preservation with post-conceptual social praxis. Private commissions, brand management, production overview, as well as art commissioning and editorial services.

Styling and interior decoration of residences

Photos by Oberto Gili [courtesy Marella Caracciolo Chia], Simon McBride [producer Elizabeth Helman Minchilli],
Ronald Stoops [producer Hilde Bouchez], Tank Boys [photographer Andrea Restello;producer Tommaso Speretta], and Bart Van Leuven [producer Hilde Bouchez]

Styling and interior decoration of residences:
Cornelia Lauf with Giuseppe Catalano de Melilli [2001-ongoing], Sabina and Rome
Cornelia Lauf with Joseph Kosuth [1986-2000], New York and Ghent, Belgium

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