Germano Celant ( Italian: Germano Celant , 1940 , Genoa ) - Italian art critic and curator .
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| Date of Birth | 1940 |
| Place of Birth | Genoa , Italy |
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In 1967 , he introduced the term “ poor art ” ( arte povera ) in relation to the direction in Italian art, as well as the author of several books on this direction. Chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Contemporary Art , curator of the 47th Venice Biennale. Editor - in-chief of the New York magazines Art Forum and Interviews . Browser of the Italian magazine L´Espresso . Lives in New York.
Curatorial work
- 1982 - co-director of Documents 7
- 1994 - Curator of the first retrospective exhibition of Keith Haring and Castello di Rivoli , Rome (special exhibition was held in Hamburg , Tel Aviv , Madrid and Sydney )
- 1994 - curator of a retrospective exhibition of Louise Nevelson , Palazzo Espositio , Rome
- 1995 - curator of the first major retrospective exhibition of Klas Oldenburg ( Washington National Gallery , Los Angeles , New York, Bonn , London )
- 1995 - curator of the exhibition Joel-Peter Whitkin and Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York
- 1996 - Artistic Director of the first Florence Biennale. (with Ingrid Sisi and Luigi Settembrini )
- since 1996 - Artistic Director of Fondazione Prada, Milan
- 1997 - curator of the 47th Venice Biennale
- 2001 - Curator of the Brazilian Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale.
Books and Publications
- Celant G. Notes for a Guerilla // Flash art , 1967
- Celant G. Arte Povera. NY, 1969;
- Celant G. Mario Merz. NY 1989;
- Celant G. Michelangelo Pistoletto. NY, 1989.