Davide Ferri

Davide Ferri (b. Forlì, 1974) lives in Rome. Art critic and curator, he has been the Artistic Director of Arte Fiera in Bologna since 2025 and is Professor of Museography at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. From 2020 to 2025, he curated the “Pittura XXI” section at Arte Fiera. He is permanent curator at Palazzo De’ Toschi - Banca di Bologna and at Fondazione Coppola di Vicenza. Since 2012, he has curated the Art Section of the Ipercorpo Theater Festival.

He has curated numerous exhibitions and installations in contemporary art galleries and museums, including: Peggy Franck, In a Naked Room, Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna, 2025; Hm, He, Ha (with Elena Volpato) / Luca Bertolo, Manuele Cerutti, Pesce Khete, Michele Tocca, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, 2024; Patrick Tuttofuoco, Abbandona gli occhi, Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna, 2024; Quadri come luoghi, exhibit in five locations created for Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture, 2023; Bettina Buck, Finding Form, Palazzo De' Toschi, Bologna, 2023; Italo Zuffi, Fronte e retro (with Lorenzo Balbi), MAMbo Museum and Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna, 2022; Markus Schinwald – Misfits, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, 2020; Le realtà ordinarie, Palazzo De’ Toschi, Bologna, 2020; Neo Rauch - Rosa Loy, La Torre, Fondazione Coppola, Vicenza, 2019; Solo figura e sfondo / Courtesy Emilia Romagna, Arte Fiera, Bologna, 2019; Afro. Pensieri nella mano, San Domenico Museums, Forlì, 2015; Tutta l’Italia è silenziosa, Villa Massimo – German Academy, Royal Spanish Academy, Brazilian Embassy, Polish Institute, Russian Center for Science and Culture, Rome, 2015; Franco Guerzoni – Nessun luogo, da nessuna parte. Viaggi randagi con Luigi Ghirri, Milan Triennial, 2014; La figurazione inevitabile. Una scena della pittura oggi, Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art, Prato, 2013; Sentimiento Nuevo (with Antonio Grulli), MAMbo Museum, Bologna, 2011.