Salvatore Lacagnina

Salvatore Lacagnina (Siracusa, 1973) works as an independent critic, curator, educator, editor and translator in the fields of contemporary arts, design, and architecture.

He studied contemporary Italian literature at the University of Bologna. 

He has directed institutions such as Montevergini – City Gallery for Contemporary Art, Siracusa (2001-2008), Swiss Institute in Rome with venues in Rome, Milan, and Venice (2008-2016), Shedhalle Zürich (2017-2018). He contributed to the program of international exhibitions such as the 5th and the 7th Berlin Biennale (2008 and 2012), and was the initiator of Studio 14 as part of documenta 14 (Athens and Kassel 2017). He co-founded Studio Roma (2014-2016), a research program on the Contemporary. He was the artistic director of Le Vie dell’Arte, seven public artworks in the Madonie Park, Palermo (2002-2007). He is the artistic director of LAVINIA, a new program for Contemporary art, developed in the Loggia dei vini, Villa Borghese, Rome.

LECTURE

Saturday 12 July 2025, 10 a.m.

SALVATORE LACAGNINA, OLIVIER LEBRUN AND ROBERT STADLER

The Elephant in the Room and Other Stories...

For the MADE Labs 2025 research program, we identified the critical knot in current technological developments: the elephant in the room. At the very least, we must examine the rooms—and who is in them. After all, technology is not a 21st-century invention.