Nicola Lucchi is Director of Research and Education at Magazzino Italian Art Museum, Research and Education Center in Cold Spring, NY. Prior to joining Magazzino, Nicola worked as Executive Director of the Center for Italian Modern Art, where he managed the Center's Research Fellowship Program and cultural events. Nicola has also taught as Substitute Lecturer and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Italian at CUNY’s Queens College, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian at Dickinson College. He has published scholarly articles, book chapters and catalog essays on Futurism, on the relationship between poetry and the visual arts, and on Bruno Munari. He has curated exhibitions on Futurism, on political propaganda, on avant-garde advertising posters, and on Italian interwar architecture. He received his PhD in Italian Studies from New York University in 2016.
At Magazzino, Nicola oversees the Library, Research, and Fellowship Programs of the Research Center, Magazzino's publications, and the activities of the museum's Education Center.