Danilo Eccher (Tione, Italy, June 27, 1953) is an Italian

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Biography

Eccher is the former director of Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento in

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(1989-1995), GAM -

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(1996-2000), MACRO -

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(2001-2008), GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in

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(2009-2014). As a curator, Eccher focused on contemporary painting, working with

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, Ettore Spalletti, and

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. He curated solo exhibitions of

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, and

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. At GAM Turin he was the first Italian director adopting a thematic display. In 1993 Eccher was a member of the artistic committee of the 45th Visual Arts

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, co-curating the international exhibition 'La Coesistenza dell'arte'. From 2002 through 2006 Eccher was co-director of the Master Class for “Contemporary Art and Architecture Curators”,

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. From 2009 through 2011 Eccher was president of the Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento. Since 2015 Eccher has been working as an independent curator, realizing solo exhibitions of

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and the group exhibitions Love (2016), Enjoy (2017), and Dream (2018) at the

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, in Rome.Bramante’s Cloister
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Exhibitions

Mario Schifano (1986); Luigi Veronesi (1988); Nunzio (1989); Luigi Mainolfi (1989).

Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento

Enzo Cucchi (1990); Hermann Nitsch (1991); Mimmo Paladino (1992); Vettor Pisani (1992); Marco Gastini (1993); Tony Cragg (1994); Mario Merz (1994); Yoko Ono (1995); Emilio Vedova (1996).

Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna

Solo-shows: Gilbert & George (1996); Sean Scully (1996); Julian Schnabel (1996); Christian Boltanski (1997); Georg Baselitz (1997); Salvo (1997); Marisa Merz (1998); Shirin Neshat and Vanessa Beecroft (1998); Anselm Kiefer (1999); Francesco Clemente (1999); Mat Collishaw (2000); Francesco Vezzoli (2000); group exhibitions: 'Materiali Anomali' (1997); 'Pittura Iconica' (1997); 'Arte Aniconica' 1998; 'Appearance' (2000); 'L'Ombra della Ragione' (2000).

MACRO - Museo di arte contemporanea, Rome

Solo-shows:

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(2002); Vik Muniz (2003); Cecilyn Brown (2003); Paola Pivi (2003); Simon Starling (2003); Michal Rovner (2003); Tatsuo Miyajima (2004); Tom Wesselmann (2005); Wolfgang Laib (2005); Jenny Saville (2005); Alfredo Jaar (2005); Marc Quinn (2006); Pedro Cabrita Reis (2006), Christian Boltanski (2006); Gadha Amer (2007); AES+F (2008);

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(2008); Paolo Canevari (2008); Ernesto Neto (2008); group exhibitions: ChinArt (2002); Ipotesi di Collezione (2003); Mediterraneans (2004); Nuove Acquisizioni (2005); La città che sale (2007).

GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin

Solo-shows:Osvaldo Licini: Masterworks (2010)Salvatore Scarpitta (2013),

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(2013), Ettore Spalletti (2014), Juliao Sarmento (2014), Roy Lichtenstein: Opera Prima (2014), Cecily Brown (2014); group exhibitions:The Theatre of Performance (2009), Keep Your Seat (2010), EROI (Heroes) (2011)

References

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