Peter Benson Miller
Writer in Residence

Peter Benson Miller’s residency at the Mahler & LeWitt Studios supports the research and writing of a catalogue essay for the exhibition dedicated to the painter Filippo Marignoli (Perugia, 1926 – Seattle, 1995), marking the centenary of his birth. Curated by Davide Ferri with the participation of Susan Sayre Batton, the exhibition is promoted by the Marignoli di Montecorona Foundation and will be presented at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna of Palazzo Collicola in Spoleto. The accompanying catalogue will be published by Viaindustriae. The exhibition will open in late June, 2026, in conjunction with the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi.

Benson Miller (Ph.D. Institute of Fine Arts – New York University) is an art historian and curator based in Rome. From 2013 to 2020, he was Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, and then Curator-at-Large, at the American Academy in Rome. The exhibitions he has curated include Philip Guston, Roma; Charles Ray, Mountain Lion Attacking a Dog; Yto Barrada, The Dye Garden; Paul Thek, Italian Hours, and Eugene Berman, Modern Classic, currently at the MART in Rovereto. He teaches at LUISS and at the Università Roma Tre.

He has contributed essays to The Art Bulletin, Apollo, MLN, and Spoletium, as well as numerous other peer-reviewed journals, edited volumes, and exhibition catalogues. His book, American Artists in Postwar Rome: Art and Cultural Exchange, was published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts in 2025.