Tommaso Speretta is an independent curator, editor, writer, and educator. He holds a PhD in Practice in Curating from the University of the Arts Zurich and the University of Reading. His practice brings together curating, editorial work, writing, and teaching, bridging research, editorial practice, and exhibition-making. He is co-founder of Camera Doppia, an independent art space in Milan exploring queer perspectives through exhibitions, publishing, and cultural programming.
His curatorial work includes projects at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), and Stavanger Art Museum. His editorial practice has developed through collaborations with the DESTE Foundation in Athens, the Swiss Institute in New York, and Sharjah Art Foundation, among other institutions. He has also worked on communication projects for La Biennale di Venezia.
He is the author of Rebels Rebel: AIDS, Art and Activism in New York, 1979–1989 (MER. Paper Kunsthalle, 2014) and From the Logic of the Lure to the Force of the Erotic: Cruising a Personal AIDS Video Archive from a Curatorial Perspective (OnCurating, 2025).
He currently teaches Visual Culture at Boston University, Venice, Curatorial Practice at Università IUAV di Venezia, and Phenomenology of Contemporary Art at IED, Milan.
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Birds with a Broken Heart
(Roberta Marrero with Jermaine Gallacher)
Camera Doppia, Milan2026
[curator]
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Ways of Curating. Curatorial Practices Across Contexts
IUAV University, Venice
2026
[curator]
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Theater of Delight
(Sal Salandra with Fabio Zambernardi)
Camera Doppia, Milan2025
Curator
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With All Worldly Beings
(Bart Julius Peters with Massimo Faion)
Camera Doppia, Milan2025
[curator]
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Fragile Masculinity
(Geelherme Vieira)
Spazio Punch, Venice2024
[curator]
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In the Eyes of a Lover, We Are Always Beautiful
(Wenjie Ding with Giovanni De Francesco)
Camera Doppia, Milan2024
[curator]
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Just Sex
Gruppe Motto, Hamburg
2024
[curator]
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Queer Icons
Paratissima, Turin
2024
[curatorial coordinator]
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Thinking Historically in the Present
(Exhibition catalogue)
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah2023
[managing editor]
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Every Moment Counts–AIDS and Its Feelings
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
2022
[curator]
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Every Moment Counts–AIDS and Its Feelings (Exhibition catalogue)
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
2022
[editor]
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I am/We are
Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger
2022
[curator]
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The Artist’s Repertory
(Bart Julius Peters)
Eenwerk, Amsterdam2022
[curatorial advisor]
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HEDDA
(Fin Serck-Hanssen)
Loose Joints, London and Marseille2021
[editor]
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EMPORIO
Spazio Punch, Venice
2020
[curator]
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de Chirico
Palazzo Reale, Milan
2019
[curatorial coordinator]
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ENCORE
Teatro Goldoni, Venice
2019
[curatorial assistant]
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Visione Continua
(Carlo Zinelli)
Palazzo Te, Mantua2019
[curatorial coordinator]
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AIDS Video Interruption
British Museum, London
2017
[curator]
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The Athens Dialogues
Benaki Musuem, Athens
2017
[curatorial coordinator]
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TRICKS
(Bart Julius Peters)
bruno, Venice2017
[curator]
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Where the light don’t shine
(Bart Julius Peters)
San Serriffe, Amsterdam2017
[curator]
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Glass from Finland in the Bischofberger Collection
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2015
[head of communications]
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I Santillana–Works by Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2015
[head of communications]
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Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
2015
[head of communications]
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Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market in Venice
A Plus A Gallery, Venice
2015
[curator]
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By Invitation of the MAK: I Santillana
MAK–Museum of Applied Arts, Wien
2014
[head of communications]
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The Glass Tea House Mondrian
(Hiroshi Sugimoto)
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice2014
[head of communications]
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Tomaso Buzzi at Venini
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2014
[head of communications]
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Fragile?
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2013
[head of communications]
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Jacob Hashimoto: GAS GIANT
Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice
2013
[communications consultant]
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Marcello Maloberti: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Fondazione Zegna, Trivero
2013
[communications consultant]
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Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925–1931
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2013
[head of communications]
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Not Vital: 700 Snowballs
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2013
[head of communications]
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Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), New York
2013
[head of communications]
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Carlo Scarpa. Venini 1932–1947
Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
2012
[head of communications]
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Roman Signer: Horloge
Fondazione Zegna, Trivero
2012
[communications consultant]
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Baton Sinister
Palazzo Contarini Corfù, Venice
2011
[curator]
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Domain Names 2010–2001
(Rafaël Rozendaal)
Automatic Books, Venice2011
[co-founder & publisher]
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The Book Affair
Metricubi, Venice
2011
[curator]
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The State Of Things
Norwegian Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale, Venice
2011
[curatorial coordinator]
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People Meet in Architecture
La Biennale di Venezia (Architecture), Venice
2010
[communications assistant]
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Fight Back, Fight’s Back
Fondazione March, Padua
2009
[curator]
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Il triangolo è ancora rosa
Fondazione March, Padua
2009
[curator]
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Manifesto
XYZ Gallery, Treviso
2009
[communications consultant]
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New York Memories
Fondazione Buziol, Venice
2009
[curator]