About us
CASTRO (Contemporary Art STudios ROme) is a project dedicated to alternative education and production in the field of Contemporary Art.
It is a space founded to support Italian and foreign artists, curators and researchersCASTRO moves on three parallel tracks: the Studio Program, the Public Program and the Academia Program.
Team
Founder and Director
Gaia Di Lorenzo
Gaia Di Lorenzo is an artist and educator based in Rome. Her research focuses on collective behaviors and their role in processes of self-identification. Gaia holds a BA in Humanities and Philosophy from the University of Tor Vergata and a BA in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London.
Programs Manager
Angelica Bollettinari
Angelica Bollettinari is a curator and researcher. Since 2017, she has been co-director of resina, a research platform based in Ferrara with an international outlook. She regularly collaborates with Almanac Projects in London. Previously, she worked as Assistant Curator (Participation) at Studio Voltaire in London, and as Young People’s Program Assistant & Schools Coordinator at South London Gallery.
Programs Coordinator and Comms
Anna Tagliacozzo
Anna Tagliacozzo is an art historian and museum educator. Between 2021 and 2022, she collaborated with MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome. She currently works with Senza Titolo – Progetti aperti alla cultura, developing and leading educational programs for institutions including MACRO, Cinecittà Si Mostra, and MIAC – Museum of Cinema and Audiovisual.
Press Review
2025
2024
– Edoardo De Cobelli, Veronica Botta "Vent’anni di visual cultures e studi curatoriali. Una messa in prospettiva sulla formazione delle figure professionali nel sistema dell’arte", Quadriennale di Roma, 2024
– Nicola Zanella, "Contemporanea: Il Weekend delle gallerie nella capitale", Il Sole 24ore, 2024.
– Giorgia Basili, "CASTRO projects:le attività in programma nello spazio ibrido nel cuore di Roma", Exhibart, 2024.
2023
2022
– Davide Maria Mannocchi, "CASTRO, lo spazio indipendente per artisti a Trastevere", Insideart, 2022.
– Laura Larcan, "Creativa e colta: la "Vera" sorpresa della perife est", Il Messaggero, 2022.
– Ana Vukadin. "What’s Behind the Boom in Rome’s Artist-Run Spaces?", Frieze, 2022.
ABOUT US
CASTRO is an experimental learning program based in Rome. CASTRO’s programming is articulated on 3 independent tracks: the Studio Program, the Public Program and the Academia Program.
team
The Team at CASTRO is formed by Gaia Di Lorenzo, Angelica Bollettinari, Anna Tagliacozzo and Federica Nicastro
STUDIOS
CASTRO is based in Trastevere, in the center of Rome. Faced with rising property prices and rents in Rome, we work hard to keep artists and creative community at the heart of the city.