Of Lithuanian origin, Massimiliano Fuksas was born in  Rome in 1944,  where he graduated in architecture at the  “La Sapienza” University in 1969.  In  1967 he opened his studio in Rome and later in 1989 and in 1993 studios in Paris and Vienna, respectively.  As of  2002  he began working also in Germany, with a studio in Frankfurt.  From 1998 to 2000  he was the Director of the  7th  Biennale Internazionale di Architettura in Venice “Less Aesthetichs, More Ethics”.  He has also received numerous national and international recognition.  He was  Visiting Professor at several  universities, including the École Speciale d’Architecture in Paris, the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna and  the Columbia University in New York.  His activity has been mainly based on creating large public works and for many years has been devoting his attention to studying problems in large metropolitan areas.  His projects are characterized by his constant search for new materials and advanced technology.  Since January  2000 he has been writing  for the architectural column of the weekly magazine “L’Espresso”. Since 1985 he has been collaborating with  Doriana O. Mandrelli. His works include: New Pole at the Rho Fair, Ferrari Research Center in  Maranello, Research and Multimedia Center Grappa Nardini in Bassano del Grappa, The New Exhibition Hall in Turin, Twin Towers in Vienna, Musée des graffitis in Niaux, just to name a few

Matthew Higgs is a British artist, curator, writer and publisher, currently based in New York. His major contribution to UK contemporary art was the creation of Imprint 93, a series of artists’ editions featuring the work of artists such as Martin Creed and Jeremy Deller. During the 1990s he promoted artists outside of the Young British Artists mainstream of the period. Higgs was born in West Yorkshire in 1964 and studied Fine Art at Newcastle Polytechnic.(since renamed the University of Northumbria) In 1988 he moved to London and worked for an advertising agency.[1] In 1993 he founded his own press, Imprint 93, publishing a series of artist’s editions and multiples.[1] Participating artists included: Billy Childish, Martin Creed, Chris Ofili, Elizabeth Peyton, Peter Doig and Jeremy Deller. In 1994 Higgs exhibited at EASTinternational which was selected by Jan Dibbets and Rudi Fuchs. The exhibition "Imprint 93/Cabinet Gallery", featuring the work of Martin Creed,[2] was held at Cabinet Gallery in 1994. "Imprint 93/City Racing" was held at City Racing in 1995. In 2000 he curated the "British Art Show 5". This major touring exhibition sought to show that British art embraced a wider range of practices than was indicated by the label "Young British Artists"[3] His exhibition "Protest and Survive" (curated with Paul Noble) at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 2000 reflected a renewed interest in the art of the 1970s. In 2001 he described a new aesthetics emerging in British art, pointing to the work of Turner Prize nominees Mike Nelson and Martin Creed. He described these artists as part of a "parallel generation to the YBAs", and bemoaned that fact that younger artists were "still adhering to the YBA orthodoxy promoted by Charles Saatchi".[5] In 2001 he was appointed as a curator at the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He is currently director of White Columns in New York. In 2006 he was one of the Turner Prize judges and in 2007 he selected EASTinternational with Marc Camille Chaimowicz. As an artist he has had solo shows at the Wilkinson Gallery in London. His work is held in the collection of the Tate.

Luigi Ontani was born in 1943 in  Montovolo di Grizzana Morandi near Vergato (Bo).  From the end of the 1960’s, he contributed significantly to repositioning figurative language within contemporary artistic expression through photographs, performances, sculptures, installations and drawings that refer to a rich iconographic tradition, both western and eastern.  He was obsessively the main protagonist of his works, wearing the clothes of mythical figures from history, religion or literature, drawing from the most diverse sources both near and distant in time, according to a method that compares references to pre-existing models  to the creation of  a personal mythology where narcissism and erudition coexist.  Besides having taken part in the  Biennale di Venezia in its  1972, 1978, 1984, 1986 (that year also in the Art Festival in Sidney) and 1995 editions, and  at the Art Festival in Lione, in 2000, Ontani exhibited at the  Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, at the  Guggenheim Museum in New York, at the Kunstverein in Frankfurt, at the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, as well as in the principal museums in Italy.  In  2001 the  P.S.1 in New York hosted his first important retrospective exhibition in the United States.  His most important  retrospective exhibition was held from December 13, 2007 until February 9, 2008 at the  SMAK Museum for Contemporary Art in Gent. Winner of the first edition of the Terna Award for Contemporary Art for the  Terawatt category.

Born in  Ascoli Piceno in 1953, he graduated in Sociology after having attended the film school established by Gaumont.  In 1982,  he directed the short film  "Il prologo", and later the video "Voglio andare via",  while also working in the advertising sector.  As a writer, he collaborated in the screenwriting of "Il volo",  an episode of  "Juke box" (a film made in  1987 in episodes) directed by  Valerio Jalongo.  After having founded together with others the Vertigo production company he directed his first film  "Il grande Blek", that was favorably received by the critics and obtained various recognition, including a  "Nastro d'argento" and the  "De Sica Award". Three other films followed that were based on various comedy genres: "Chiedi la luna" (1991), "Condannato a nozze" (1993) and "Cuori al verde" (1996).  His later work, "Fuori dal mondo" (2000), is an interesting and atypical film, a story that  analyzes the dramatic side and interior dimension of the protagonists.   Following the success obtained with  "Fuori dal mondo" (9  David di Donatello awards), in 2001 he filmed "Luce dei miei occhi". Once again the protagonists of the story were ordinary people,  "somewhat castaways, always on the verge of getting lost, of feeling inadequate, losers, travellers of life, visitors of the world ".  In 2004 his film "La vita che vorrei" was released, the story of two actors involved on the set of a period movie  who live their life in parallel to the roles they playt.  In  2005, together with other intellectuals, he founded the Libreria del Cinema (Film Library) in Rome,  where the movement “100 authors” was created and Piccioni became one of its strong supporters.  His last film that was recently released is entitled “Giulia non esce la sera”.

Marco Senaldi  was born in 1960 and teaches  Film and Visual Arts at the Milano Bicocca University.  He curated various exhibits including “Cover Theory – Contemporary Art as re-interpretation”, (catalogue Scheiwiller, 2003) and “Marble and Celluloid – Contemporary Art and film visions” (catalogue Silvana Editoriale, 2006). He translated and curated texts by Gilles Deleuze, Slavoj Zvizvek and Arthur Danto. He published various books including “Enjoy! Il godimento estetico”, Meltemi, 2003 (2° ed. 2006); “Van Gogh a Hollywood. La leggenda cinematografica dell’artista”, Meltemi, 2004 (2° ed. 2007); “Synopsis. Introduzione all’educazione estetica”, (with F. Carmagnola) Guerini, 2005. He collaborated as a TV author with the Gregorio Paolini group.  His writings have appeared on   “Flash Art”, “Exibart Onpaper”, “il Manifesto”, “Corriere della Sera”, “D la Repubblica delle donne”, “Interni”. He recently published the book “Arte e televisione” (Postmedia books).

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, president of the Foundation with the same name, was born in Turin where she graduated in Economics and where she presently lives with her husband and her two sons.  She is a contemporary art collector and since the early 1990’s she began working on a collection structured along different themes that represent and analyze various aspects of artistic production from the 1980’s to the present: from British art to that originated  in Los Angeles,  from Italian art to female artists, to photographic research.
Her passion for art brings her to creating in 1995 the  Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation.  She was joined in her cultural projects by the artistic director Francesco Bonami (Director of the Visual Arts section of the 50th  edition of the Biennale di Venezia).  In 1997,  she opened the Foundation’s first exhibit hall in the family building, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo in Guarene d’Alba,  where she began an intensive exhibition activity. . In September  2002,  she inaugurated in Turin the new exhibition hall where didactic and educational activities were also held.  In May 2003 she  received the   Montblanc Arts Patronage Award, the prestigious recognition that since 1992 is awarded to people that have distinguished themselves for their commitment to cultural initiatives in their own country.  That same year, she received  the AIDDA Award, Piedmont Section. In 2005 she was awarded the Marisa Bellisario Award and received the  recognition of  Cavaliere Ufficiale della Repubblica.  Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo  is also a member of the International Council and of the  Friends of Contemporary Drawing of the  MoMA in New York as well as of the International Council of the Tate Gallery in London.

Direttore del Tate Modern dal 2003. E’ ideatore ed organizzatore del programma pubblico del Tate Modern, e rappresenta la galleria sia all’esterno che all’interno.
1996 - 2003 – Direttore e fondatore del Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Fundação De Serralves, a Porto, in Portogallo.
1989 - 1996 – Direttore Artistico, IVAM - The Valencia Institute for Modern Art, Spain.
1986 - 1988 – Capo curatore dell’IVAM – prima dell’apertura del Museo nel 1989.
E’ stato consulente per Future, Past, Present (curata da Germano Celant) presso la Biennale di Venezia del 1997 ed ha curato il padiglione portoghese alla Biennale diVenezia del 2003.
Al Tate Modern Vicente ha curato le  mostre di Sigmar Polke nel 2004 e di Robert Frank nel 2005. In tutta la sua carriera, ha organizzato e curato mostre di fama internazionale di lavori di artisti contemporanei quali John Baldessari, James Rosenquist, Richard Tuttle, Tony Cragg, Juan Muñoz, Julião Sarmento e Pedro Cabrita Reis. Al Museu Serralves, ha curato le mostre di James Lee Byars, Franz West, Gary Hill, Hamish Fulton, Lothar Baumgarten, Roni Horn, Claes Oldenburg e Coosje van Bruggen, Richard Hamilton/Dieter Roth e Francis Bacon.