Mónica Bello

Mónica is an art historian and curator and since 2015 Curator and Head of Arts at CERN at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva. At CERN she leads the arts programmes of the Laboratory: artistic residencies, art commissions and exhibitions, as well as the partnerships and international collaborations. Upcoming curated exhibitions are Dark Matters at Science Gallery Melbourne, and Exploring the Unknown at CERN Science Gateway, a new centre opening in October 2023. In 2022 she curated the Icelandic Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale with the artist Sigurður Guðjónsson. Previous appointments include curation of Quantum/Broken Symmetries; guest curator of the Audemars Piguet Art Commission for Art Basel; artistic director of VIDA at Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid