Today, curators operate in a context that requires an awareness of those intercultural dynamics, power relations and asymmetries that have marked history. Moreover, curators are required to understand how such factors translate into the tangible form of the curatorial gesture, in the design of material and immaterial spaces.
This course will train professionals to be capable of planning the curation of cultural heritage in the broadest sense – inclusive of visual arts, architecture, archaeology, visual cultures, and ethnographic universes – from an intercultural perspective. Graduates will be able to operate in cultural contexts characterised increasingly by the centrality of intercultural relations and dynamics, the growing critique of Eurocentrism and colonial dynamics, the openness to other cultural horizons and the examination of issues of cultural appropriation, the re-elaboration of colonial events and memories, and cultural circulation in a global geographical dimension. The course provides both theoretical and operational skills, developed in educational workshops with professionals who operate in intercultural perspective.
This course stands out in the way in which it combines curating, interculturality, and design, thereby offering a training programme that is unprecedented within the Italian academic context which benefits from its unique location in Venice, a well-known international center for the arts. After graduating, students will be able to work in public and private cultural institutions as curators capable of understanding and reproducing in an exhibition context the transcultural dynamics that have crossed
historical eras, in particular the ideological constructions related to exoticism, orientalism, colonialism, and the construction of otherness.
Ministerial degree code
LM89 – Art history
Qualification
Master’s degree in Curating Arts and Heritage in Intercultural Perspectives
Number of university credits
120
Duration
2 years
Coordination
Monica Centanni
Language
English
Location
Università Iuav di Venezia
Department
Department of Design Cultures
Entry requirements
Available places
60
Distribution of available places
Pre-enrollment for the 2026/2027 academic year closed on March 23, 2026.
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Tuition fees
For the 2026/2027 academic year, the total university contribution is 2,806.18 euros. Tuition is the same for all degree programmes and is divided into three instalments. The total amount varies according to students’ economic conditions and academic merit. More information on tuition fee reductions
Other fees
192 euroS
regional tax
16 euros
stamp duty
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