Arts at CERN (Ginebra)

Monica Bello is curator and art historian and head of Arts at CERN, the art programme at CERN, Geneva. In this role she oversees the lab’s various artistic initiatives, managing the design and implementation of the various artistic programmes, residencies, artistic productions and exhibitions. Since 2015, she has been in charge of international collaborations with cultural and scientific institutions in order to promote innovative encounters between art and science. As a curator, she has recently developed the inaugural exhibition of CERN Science Gateway, Exploring the Unknown, 2023; Dark Matters, at Science Gallery Melbourne, 2023; or Perpetual Motion, for the Icelandic Pavilion of the Venice Biennale, 2022. He is currently preparing the exhibition Quantum Visions for Tabakalera, Donostia, which opens in 2025. Prior to her arrival at CERN, Bello was artistic director of VIDA (2010-15), an international programme dedicated to art and technology at the Fundación Telefónica.