Giulio Verago (b. 1980) is a curator with a background in philosophy and PhD studies from Politecnico di Milano. Since 2008, he has been a curator at Viafarini, a nonprofit organization focused on cultural mobility and promoting the independent art scene.

Since 2012, Verago has curated the international artist residency program VIR Viafarini-in-residence. In 2021, he co-founded Endless Residency, an Italian research platform on artist mobility, which is a member of the Res Artis Network and a recipient of the Italian Council curatorial grant from the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Verago has lectured and served as a visiting curator at various Italian and international contemporary art platforms. His past collaborations include:

– Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Abu Dhabi (2022)

– YCRP Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2021)

– Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Moscow (2021)

– EAC Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo, Montevideo (2020-2021)

– Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Santiago del Chile (2020)

– A.I.R. Gallery, New York City (2019)

– Rupert, Vilnius (2019)

– Ukrainian Institute (2019)

– Goethe Institut, Milan, Warsaw, Oslo (2018)

– Kooshk Residency, Tehran (2016)

– Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (2015)

– Forum dell’Arte Contemporanea, Prato (2015)

– HIAP, Helsinki (2013-2014)

– MAXXI Museum, Rome (2014)

– Museo del ‘900, Milan (2012)

– ArtLab, Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (2009 and 2010)

He has given lectures at institutions such as FIT – State University of New York; Università Cattolica, Milano; Università Bocconi, Milano; Accademia di Brera; NABA Academy, Milan; IED Istituto Europeo di Design, Milan; and Accademia LABA Brescia. Verago has also served as President of the Jury for the Movin’Up national prize for artist mobility in Turin (2014, 2016) and as a Jury member for the KARA Art Prize in Tehran (2018).