Benedetta Casini | Lucija Klarić | Kamov Residency

Benedetta Casini

Benedetta Casini (Bologna, 1991) is an independent curator and researcher. She currently serves as director of exibart latam, a digital platform focused on Latin American contemporary art. Since 2017, she has been a member of the curatorial board of BIENALSUR. In 2025 she curated the diffused exhibition project Invocations, held across multiple venues in Rome and Milan as part of the 5th edition of BIENALSUR. In 2024, she was selected as Curator in Residence at Museo Novecento (Florence). In 2022, she received the Lucio Fontana Research Grant from the Lucio Fontana Foundation and the Giorgio Cini Foundation. She has collaborated with institutions such as MADRE (Naples), MACBA (Barcelona), MAXXI (Rome), and the Royal Spanish Academy in Rome. Her publications include Out of Place: The Territory of Art as a Space of Exception.

10.-15.02.2026.

Following her curatorial involvement in site-specific exhibition projects in Zagreb within the framework of the 4th and 5th editions of BIENALSUR, Benedetta Casini seeks to further explore the Croatian artistic context through a curatorial residency at MMSU. This residency represents a crucial opportunity to deepen an ongoing research trajectory developed in dialogue with the city and its artistic scene.

During the residency, Casini aims to engage closely with artists actively working in the region through studio visits, while also fostering relationships with both institutional and independent cultural spaces operating in the city. A central focus of the residency will be the study of the history of the museum, its collections, and their role in shaping narratives of Croatian art history, understood within broader regional and transnational frameworks.

By situating contemporary artistic practices in relation to historical lineages and institutional contexts, the residency at MMSU is conceived as a space for critical inquiry, exchange, and long-term collaboration. The knowledge developed through this process will inform future curatorial projects and potential collaborations with BIENALSUR, contributing to the construction of sustained dialogues between Croatian artistic production and wider international networks.

Museum of modern and contemporary art

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Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka (HR) - MMSU

MMSU in Rijeka founded in 1948, in its long tradition offers a committed support to innovative ways of approaching, producing and presenting art. From its very beginning the Museum has been building reputation of one of the most prominent visual art institutions in Croatia, entrusted with presentation of Croatian artists at prestigious international art events such as: Venice Biennial 1962, 1997, 2007, 2010, Sao Paolo Biennial 1967, 2004 etc. 

The Museum rounds its programming around visual art education, parallel to different modes of exhibition concepts that address new discursive possibilities and transform it into a place of inspiration, idea exchange and active participation. Under the motto openness, creativity & engagement, together with artistic, cultural and community organizations, Museum furthers visual arts research, collaboration and exchange within the region and internationally, while aspiring to reach increasingly diverse audiences and to work in a close relationship with the community.

Museum’s collection offers a diverse range of artistic visions with over 8,000 artworks dated from the end of the 19^th century to the present day. From 2017 Museum is located at new address, Krešimirova 26c, in ex-industrial complex Rikard Benčić. Since then, some important exhibitions were organized at MMSU in the framework of the pre-program and program of Rijeka 2020 - European Capital of Culture, i.e. Tomislav Gotovac: Crisis Anticipator - Don't Ask Where We're Going (2017), Vlado Martek: Exhibition with Many Titles and Goran Petercol: Don't Worry About Poetics, They Will Arrive on Their Own in 2019 and David Maljković: With the Collection in 2020..