Francesco Poli (born 1949,

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, Italy) is an Italian

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and curator. He teaches History of Contemporary Art at the

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(Milan, Italy). He is also "chargé de cours" at University of Paris 8 and teaches Art and Communication at the

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. Poli writes regularly for several art journals and magazines, including ''Tema Celeste'',Biography
at Enciclopedia Multimediale delle Scienze Filosofiche and for the daily newspaper ''

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''; He also worked as the

for the Italian newspaper ''

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'', focusing primarily on 20th century art.

Publications

*''Produzione artistica e mercato'',

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, Turin, 1975 *''L’arte bella'', Feltrinelli, Milan 1979 (with Luciano Caramel) *''La Metafisica'', Laterza, Milan 1989 (reprinted and expanded in 2004) *''Giulio Paolini'', Lindau, Turin, 1990 *''Dizionario di arte contemporanea'' (with Martina Corgnati), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1994 *''Minimalismo, Arte Povera, Arte Concettuale'', Laterza, Rome, 1995 (VIII edition 2009) *''Catalogo generale delle opere di Felice Casorati. I dipinti'', (with Giorgina Bertolino), 2 vol., Allemandi, Turin, 1996 (II edition in 3 books, , 2004) *''Il sistema dell’arte contemporanea'', Laterza 1999 (IX edition. 2008) *''Gian Enzo Sperone. Torino, Roma, New York'', Hopeful Monster, Turin, 2000 *''Dizionario dell’arte del Novecento'' (with Martina Corgnati), Bruno Mondadori, Milan, 2001 (pocket book 2009) *''Arte Contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dagli anni Cinquanta a oggi'', Electa, Milan, 2003 (IV ed. 2008) *''La scultura del Novecento'', Laterza, Rome, 2006. *''Arte Moderna. Dal postimpressionismo all’informale'', Electa, Milan, 2007 *''Felice Casorati: Art & Dossier'', Giunti, Florence, 2007 *''Arte contemporanea'', Arnoldo Mondatori Editore, Milan, 2007 *''L’arte del Novecento in Piemonte, Regione Piemonte'', Priuli & Verlucca, Turin, 2008 *''Gli anni Cinquanta, Arte Contemporanea'', Electa, Milan, 2008

Curated exhibitions

*"Standing Sculpture" (with

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e Johnalbert Gachnang), Castello di Rivoli, Turin, 1988 *"Il colore del lavoro" (with Claudia Gian Ferrari), Mole Antonelliana, Turin, toured to Palazzo Reale, Milano; Palazzo Gotico, Piacenza, 1990 *"Pinot Gallizio nell’Europa dei dissimmetrici", Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin, 1992 *"Persone", Italian Pavilion, XLV

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, 1993 *"Felice Casorati", Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, 1996 *XIII Rome Quadriennial, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1999 *"Da Warhol al 2000: Gian Enzo Sperone 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America", Palazzo Cavour, Turin, 2000 *"Naif? Da Rousseau a Ligabue", Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, 2002 *"André Derain: La forma classica", Centro St. Benin,

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, e Museo della Permanente, Milan, 2003 *"L’estetica della macchina: Da Balla al futurismo torinese"(con altri)", Palazzo Cavour, Turin, 2005 *"Chronos: Il tempo nell’arte dall’età barocca a oggi", Ex-Filatoio,

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, 2005 *XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, 2008 *"In-Finitum" (with Axel Vervoordt, Daniela Ferretti, Gian Domenico Romanelli), Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, 2009 *"

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", Palazzo Clemente Fondazione Menegaz, Borgo Medioevale di Castelbasso, 2009

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