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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Thinking Historically in the Present
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Every Moment Counts–AIDS and Its Feelings (Exhibition catalogue)
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HEDDA
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Glass from Finland in the Bischofberger Collection
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I Santillana–Works by Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
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Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
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By Invitation of the MAK: I Santillana
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The Glass Tea House Mondrian
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Tomaso Buzzi at Venini
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Fragile?
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Jacob Hashimoto: GAS GIANT
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Marcello Maloberti: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
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Napoleone Martinuzzi. Venini 1925–1931
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Not Vital: 700 Snowballs
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Venetian Glass by Carlo Scarpa: The Venini Company
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Carlo Scarpa. Venini 1932–1947
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Roman Signer: Horloge
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Domain Names 2010–2001
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People Meet in Architecture
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Manifesto