David Bonetti (c. 1947 – April 4, 2018) was an American art critic.

Early life

David Bonetti was born circa 1947 and grew up in

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, Massachusetts. His father was Italian and his mother Irish. He graduated from

Brandeis University , mottoeng = "Truth even unto its innermost parts" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = NECHE , president = Ronald D. Liebowitz , ...

in 1969.

Career

Bonetti began his career as an art critic for the ''

Boston Phoenix ''The Phoenix'' (stylized as ''The Phœnix'') was the name of several alternative weekly periodicals published in the United States of America by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts, including the ''Portland Phoenix'' an ...

''. He was an art critic for ''

The San Francisco Examiner The ''San Francisco Examiner'' is a newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863. Once self-dubbed the "Monarch of the Dailies" by then-owner William Randolph Hearst, and flagship of the Hearst Corporat ...

'' from 1989 to 2000, and ''

The San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young. The p ...

'' from 2000 to 2002. He later became the art critic for the ''

St. Louis Post-Dispatch The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-De ...

''.

Personal life and death

Bonetti was openly gay. He resided in

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, and retired in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he died on April 4, 2018, at the age of 71.

References

1940s births 2018 deaths American people of Italian descent American people of Irish descent People from Boston People from San Francisco Brandeis University alumni American art critics Gay men {{US-journalist-1940s-stub