and active as a non-profit Community Interest Company since 2019. We work with a network of international partners

to develop new models of ethical curating and

shared resources in the global context.

Our work has a specific focus on

social justice, sustainability,

equality and care.

We are a forward-thinking curatorial office based in London

We work at the intersection of art,

design and social practices, providing a

series of services to the creative industries and

platforms to develop opportunities and ambitious projects.

Founded by Carolina Lio, Looking Forward operates as an extended network of international associated practitioners that come together to challenge traditional curatorial models and create impactful projects.

Some of the people in the Looking Forward network:

Carolina Lio

Founding director of Looking Forward

Andy Merritt

Lead artist, Field Hospital project

Marzia Migliora

Artist of the monography Seven Imaginative Exhibitions

Matteo Lucchetti

Co-curator of the book Marzia Migliora: Seven Imaginative Exhibitions

LOOKING FORWARD

At Looking Forward, we curate and facilitate innovative curatorial projects while also working on project management and coordination, communication strategies, and digital services to ensure each project runs smoothly. We are committed to fundraising for meaningful projects that lack resources, and we design public programming and engagement initiatives, often incorporating technology and AI to reach new and ever-wider audiences. Our work also extends to research and publishing, driving forward new conversations in art and social practices.

Curating and commissioning

Exhibitions

Public programmes and events

Fundraising and budget management

Publishing

Production

Digital services, web and socials

Communication for the creative industry

Project management and coordination

Workshops and partecipation

Mentorship and artist support

Research and academy

New publication: Artistic Practices as Environmental Research

Publication of a new chapter by Looking Forward’s founding director, Carolina Lio-Rodrigues, in Sustainable Design, Art, and Innovation: A New Paradigm on Creative Practice, published by Springer and edited by Muhammad Nawaz Tunio, Hasim Altan, Shlagha Agarwal and Marina Checa Olivas. “Artistic Practices as Environmental Research: Designing and Implementing Public Engagement for Sustainability” explores how socially engaged art can operate not simply as commentary on the clim

Soft Ground: Free Weekly Drop-in Workshops at SET Social Peckam

We are pleased to announce that our community engagement programme, Soft Ground, will recommence from 31st July to 11th September 2026. Soft Ground is a series of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making. Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all but particularly welcoming to neurodivergent participants. To continue the progra

ECAH2026 - Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts

The 14th European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH2026) is taking place at SOAS and UCL, in London. We are pleased to share that our founding director, Carolina Lio Rodrigues, will be presenting and chairing the session “Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts”. ECAH2026 is an international interdisciplinary conference organised by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR). The conference brings together scholars, researchers and practitioners working across t

Presentation of Marzia Migliora's Monograph at Galleria Franco Noero

Conversation on 05 June at 7:30 PM with Marzia Migliora and Eva Brioschi at Galleria Franco Noero, Turin. The conversation is hosted by Archivorum on the occasion of the Notte degli Archivi event, part of the ninth edition of Archivissima. Conceived as a concept book in which the body of work is revisited through seven recurring themes in Marzia Migliora's practice, Marzia Migliora: Sette Mostre Immaginifiche 1993-2024 consists of seven exhibitions on paper, curated by seven

Slow Disasters Study Circle: Land and Food Transitions

Slow Disasters: Land and Food Transitions is an online study circle that creates space for dialogue about the transformations shaping land and food today, as part of the Mexican edition of the Slow Disasters project. How do we inhabit the changes currently moving through our territories and food systems? We invite you to participate in Slow Disasters: Land and Food Transitions, a study circle that opens a space for dialogue in the face of gradual, yet increasingly profound,

Slow Disasters in Oaxaca: Thinking and Cooking for the Soil

Launched in Santo Domingo Tomaltepec in Oaxaca, Pensar y Cocinar represents the Mexican chapter of Slow Disasters, a long-term, multi-continental project and methodology by British artist Andrew Merritt. Since August 2025, the project has been applying Merritt's methodology of using art and food to respond to "slow disasters", the gradual, often invisible processes of socio-ecological degradation. In the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, these processes manifest as soil erosion, wat

Soft Ground: Free Weekly Drop-in Workshops at SET Social Peckam

We are pleased to announce that our community engagement programme, Soft Ground, will recommence from 31st July to 11th September 2026. Soft Ground is a series of free weekly drop-in textile-based art sessions designed to support mental wellbeing through creativity, routine, and communal making. Drawing from neurodivergent practices and trauma-informed methodologies, the sessions are open to all but particularly welcoming to neurodivergent participants. To continue the progra

Presentation of Marzia Migliora's Monograph at Galleria Franco Noero

Conversation on 05 June at 7:30 PM with Marzia Migliora and Eva Brioschi at Galleria Franco Noero, Turin. The conversation is hosted by Archivorum on the occasion of the Notte degli Archivi event, part of the ninth edition of Archivissima. Conceived as a concept book in which the body of work is revisited through seven recurring themes in Marzia Migliora's practice, Marzia Migliora: Sette Mostre Immaginifiche 1993-2024 consists of seven exhibitions on paper, curated by seven

Slow Disasters Study Circle: Land and Food Transitions

Slow Disasters: Land and Food Transitions is an online study circle that creates space for dialogue about the transformations shaping land and food today, as part of the Mexican edition of the Slow Disasters project. How do we inhabit the changes currently moving through our territories and food systems? We invite you to participate in Slow Disasters: Land and Food Transitions, a study circle that opens a space for dialogue in the face of gradual, yet increasingly profound,

Slow Disasters in Oaxaca: Thinking and Cooking for the Soil

Launched in Santo Domingo Tomaltepec in Oaxaca, Pensar y Cocinar represents the Mexican chapter of Slow Disasters, a long-term, multi-continental project and methodology by British artist Andrew Merritt. Since August 2025, the project has been applying Merritt's methodology of using art and food to respond to "slow disasters", the gradual, often invisible processes of socio-ecological degradation. In the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, these processes manifest as soil erosion, wat

Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis 2

On the 19th of March 2026, Looking Forward convened the second iteration of its Feedforward series Curating in a Climate Crisis, bringing together curators and researchers to address the role of curatorial work within the climate and ecological emergency. This Feedforward session, hosted at Gasworks in London, and convened by Carolina Lio, Director, and Francesca Fantoni, Assistant Curator at Looking Forward, brought together curators from major UK institutions. Participants

Feedforward: Curating in a Climate Crisis

On the 29th of January 2026, Looking Forward convened curators and cultural producers working at the intersection of art and ecology for a Feedforward session titled Curating in a Climate Crisis. Bringing together practitioners working across institutional, independent and interdisciplinary contexts, the session created space to reflect collectively on what it means to curate amidst ecological collapse and how curators and cultural institutions might respond with care and ima

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