“Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.”
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formed from the notions of Bauhaus, that taught him to combine the fields of philosophy art and design … Curator, Writer, Creative Director, Researcher and Artist-Performer with a primary background in philosophy and critical studies with outputs in contemporary art, fashion, ecology and design
Leonardo Caffo, PhD
Leonardo Caffo (Catania, 1988) is a philosopher, writer, and art curator. He has also worked directly on artistic practices, experimenting with numerous media. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Aesthetics of Media at the Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan. He has taught Theoretical Philosophy at the Polytechnic University of Turin and Fashion Aesthetics at IULM University, and has been a visiting scholar and professor at European, Asian, and American universities. For years, he wrote for Corriere della Sera and Internazionale, and currently writes regularly for Art Monthly and Modern Times Review after having collaborated with magazines such as Domus, Interni, L’Espresso, La Stampa, Lampoon, Art Paper, La Lettura and Flash Art. He has worked as a curator and researcher in various museums, including La Triennale di Milano, MAXXI Museum in Rome and the Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, and founded and directed the independent space Walden Milano for many years. Among his latest exhibitions as an artist are “Everything that generates light is destined to explode” at the BIM Research Gallery Milan (2022); and “Lì” at the Vorres Museum Greece (2024). He has curated dozens of exhibitions and special events for festivals, museums, and biennials, and has hosted and created radio programs for Radio RAI in Italy and podcasts. He is the founder of the research collective Rethinking Lampedusa (Made Program University Project), with which he leads research at the intersection of art, philosophy, and activism on the Central Mediterranean: In 2024 the project was exhibited and hosted at the Malta Biennale of Contemporary Art. His books, around forty in number, have been translated into numerous languages. His most famous and discussed philosophical theory is that of the “contemporary posthuman,” first systematically presented in “Fragile Humanity” (2017). In 2025, he traveled to Ukraine to document the Russian-Ukrainian conflict with the support of the Vidnova Fellowship, which supports Ukrainian civil society. The documentation project involved several Ukrainian institutions, including the Yermilov Center of Contemporary Art in Kharkiv. He is the former director and founder of Politi Seganfreddo Edizioni (Flash Art Books) and creative director of the magazine Parola.
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