Viola, Eugenio

Eugenio Viola (Naples, 1975) is an Italian art critic and curator based in Bogotá. Viola is the current Chief Curator of the Bogota Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), Colombia. He is a prolific contributor of Artforum. Previously, he was curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 59th Biennale. He is also part of the jury and decision committee of the Julius Baer Prize for Latin American women artists. As a thinker, Eugenio Viola is one "of the most talented and inspirational young people who are driving forward the art world today” as stated by the British art magazine Apollo in 2014. He was voted the best Italian curator in 2016 and 2019 by the Italian art magazine Artribune.