Francesco Garutti

Francesco Garutti is Associate Director Programs at the CCA Montreal since 2017. Using art, architecture and moving image projects to activate critical and cross-disciplinary forms of research, Garutti investigates topics such as the rise of emotional capitalism, the relationship between technology and politics, and the role of institutions today. For CCA, he has curated The Things Around Us (2021) and the research and exhibition project Our Happy Life (2019). He’s been directing the “Out of the Box” program on the Gordon Matta-Clark collection at CCA and the one on the Amancio Williams Archive. His latest exhibition and film series Groundwork (2024-2025) has been presented at CCA and in institutions and biennials worldwide such as the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025 and the 15th Shanghai Art Biennale. He's co-editor of the volume The Museum is Not Enough (No. 10–14) published by CCA and Lenz in 2025.