Curator of Architecture, Triennale Milano
Manuela Lucà-Dazio is the executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and an adviser to international cultural institutions and projects, including the LUMA Foundation, Arles. She was appointed architecture curator at the Triennale Milano in July 2026.
She holds a degree in architecture from the University of Naples and a Ph.D. in history of architecture from the "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-PescaraUniversity of Roma-Chieti.
She is an honorary professor at Tongji University in Shanghai and has lectured at international symposiums and events in Japan, Bahrain, China, Qatar, Spain and Italy.
Previously, she served as executive director of the Visual Arts and Architecture Department of La Biennale di Venezia. In this role, she held responsibility for the technical aspects of the event and continued to collaborate as an adviser until 2023. She was also in charge of the restoration project and permanent exhibition design of the Jewish Museum of Rome, and collaborated on the restoration and permanent exhibition design of the National Museum of San Martino in Naples.
She is a longtime contributor to the Italian Ministry of Culture’s Superintendency for Cultural Heritage of Naples, collaborating on the organization and design of exhibitions in the main City Museums, namely, the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Museo di Castel Sant'Elmo, Museo Duca di Martina nella Villa Floridiana and Certosa e Museo di San Martino.
