Massimiliano Gioni is the Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions of the New Museum in New York. He is also the artistic director of the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan (Italy).
An art critic and curator, he has organized shows at the 50th (in 2003) and 55th (in 2013) Venice Biennale. Ar the New Museum, he was responsible for the Ghosts in the Machine show.