Become a Professional in the World of Visual Arts
NABA, the largest academy in Italy for art and design education, offers a comprehensive study programme in Visual Arts, providing students with both theoretical and practical skills to think in a multidisciplinary manner about complex concepts, adapt to changes, and envision future scenarios.
Campuses: Milan and Rome
Course Start Date: October 2026, with qualifications recognised by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) and internationally.
Visual Arts Area: NABA's Academic Offer
The Bachelor's Degree program introduces students to the transformations of contemporary artistic practices, fostering interaction with productive and social life through the exploration of various environments, techniques, and methods, while reinterpreting the traditional academic approach.
Founded in 2006, the Master's Degree program combines a solid education in artistic production with specialized curatorial practice, exploring the relationship between art, visual culture, aesthetics, and social dynamics to create new educational and operational models for the international art system.
The Master’s program provides the most effective tools for interpreting the structures and dynamics of the art market, with a particular focus on contemporary languages, and includes study trips to Artissima in Turin and Art Basel in Basel, key events in the sector.
The Master’s program is an intensive course that prepares students to enter the world of photography, art, and communication on both national and international levels. It aims to train key figures in contemporary photography, including photographers, curators, and specialized editors.
The Academic Master trains professionals specialising in the management, preservation, and promotion of artistic and cultural collections. The programme deepens the skills required to operate within museums and cultural institutions, covering areas such as registrar practices, curatorship, logistics, and administrative management of artworks. It provides the tools to coordinate exhibitions and loan activities while ensuring the protection and accessibility of cultural heritage.
What NABA's Visual Arts Alumni Say
«In NABA I have had the opportunity to develop and define my artistic research, experimenting with any means of expression and establishing connections with high-level artists. Thanks to the experience I have gained, I have exhibited my works in collective and personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad».
Among my memories of NABA, I remember the Director who, in class, would speak about art as a constantly changing social phenomenon, and about the museum as the place of origin of a cultural production that can be questioned and renewed. Today, I still remember these words, aiming at tracing the outlines of an alternative gaze on art.
“When I was studying at NABA, I remember the director said ‘we are interested in collaborating with students in a professional way instead of traditional teaching’. Now I have started my career, my former professors have become my colleagues and we continue working together as we did at NABA.”
You will engage in individual and group work, lectures and tutoring, experimentation, and workshops.
Among the companies with which NABA's Visual Arts area collaborates or has collaborated are: Fondazione La Triennale di Milano, Oliviero Toscani Studio, Sotheby's Italy, MiArt, Fondazione Trussardi, Art for the World Europe.
By choosing a Visual Arts course at NABA, you can start building your career in the world of contemporary visual arts! The professional opportunities offered include: Visual Artist, Illustrator, Cultural Event Organizer, Director, Graphic Designer, Director of Photography, Exhibition and Installation Designer, Art Dealer, Photographer, Art Curator, Art Critic.