The general objective is the training of cultural operators who have adequate theoretical, critical, historical and cultural knowledge, as well as technical skills and technological skills for communication, promotion and organization of artistic events. The diploma lays the foundations for two main professional profiles: ? the first addressed to the theoretical-critical study of modern image societies in their most diverse manifestations; ? the second to the art world and to its places of exhibition, study and conservation. The approach to Visual Cultures promotes research into the history and theory of modern and contemporary visual practices. Art is analyzed in its interdisciplinary potential and in the ways in which these are commensurate with the social, cultural and political aspects of the world. The teaching is therefore aimed at exploring "visual cultures" through an analytical grid composed of critical theory, philosophy and cultural studies. In this sense, the student will be encouraged to develop skills in critical methodologies and cultural research and more generally to be able to deploy these skills within the complex debate that involves the social space of media, industrial culture, institutions and the contemporary cultural and artistic scene. The approach to curatorial practices provides the figure of the manager of cultural events (curator) with specialist theoretical-practical knowledge and a specific preparation to understand the complex mechanisms relating to the art system in its operational dynamics, in the management of resources and in its offer cultural. The future curator will be able to conceive, organize and communicate artistic events for museums, galleries, public and private institutions and will have the necessary skills for art publishing, museum education and the organization of archives and libraries. The study program encourages the student to analyze, conceptually and creatively, the different ways in which contemporary artistic practice, critical theory, and exhibition techniques intersect. The approach to teaching, learning and research is both innovative and rigorous. All students will be encouraged to develop independence of thought through the discovery, evaluation and use of a vast array of historical, theoretical and creative fields of research and writing (sometimes with collaborative practices)