Giorgio Di Genova (23 October 1933 – 25 July 2023) was an Italian art historian, critic, and curator, mostly known for being the author of ''

History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century ''History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century'' (Storia dell'arte italiana del '900) is an art encyclopedia written between 1981 and 2010 by critic and art historian Giorgio Di Genova published by Edizioni Bora in Bologna. Description The enc ...

''.

Biography

Giorgio Di Genova was born in

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on 23 October 1933. He graduated in

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La Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is as such one of the ...

with a dissertation on

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. He then became a member of the

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, only to leave after the

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. In 1975 he founded the quarterly magazine ''Third Eye'', published by Bora in

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, which he edited until 2006. In 1984 he was the curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 41st edition of the

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, where he invited

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, Mario Padovan, and Novello Finotti to exhibit. In 1993 he was one of the organizers of the 12th

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. In 1980 he was appointed Artistic Director of the National Biennial of Contemporary Art in the Province of

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. The first edition, ''Generation Twenties'', was followed by two more, ''Generazione Anni Dieci'' (1982) and ''Generazione Primo Decennio'' (1985). Disagreements over the direction of the biennial led to Di Genova's resignation in 1986. In 1990 he started working on a revised and expanded edition of his book ''

'' (1981). In 1999 Di Genova was one of the founders of Museo MAGI '900 in Pieve di Cento near Bologna. Di Genova was also Artistic Director until his resignation in 2006. In 2008, he was appointed Artistic Director of the Lìmen International Art Prize by the Chamber of Commerce of

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Works

*''“Il Prometeo”. Scultura di Vittorio Amadio.'' Collezioni ed esposizioni temporanee ed itineranti - Sala Consiliare - Castel di Lama (Ascoli Piceno).La Sfinge.1997 Ascoli Piceno, Italy *''Enrico Accatino. La circolarità dello spirito.'' IGER, 1991, Roma, Italy *''Fiannacca. Storia e geografia delle belle arti e delle arti decorative. Artisti.'' Edizioni Bora, 1990, Bologna, Italy *''GAD. Gruppo Aniconismo Dialettico. W. Coccetta, A. Di Girolamo,

Renzo Eusebi Renzo Eusebi (born 18 April 1946 in Montalto delle Marche), Italian painter, sculptor of contemporary art. He is co-founder of the artistic movements of Transvisionismo (1995) and GAD (Dialectical Aniconism Group-1997). Biography He was born ...

, G. Leto,'' La Sfinge, 1990, Ascoli Piceno, Italy *''Gruppo aniconismo dialettico, GAD. Con un omaggio a Pasquale Di Fabio,'' Edizioni De Luca, 1999, Roma, Italy *''Carlo Verdecchia, 1905 - 1984'' Storia e geografia delle belle arti e delle arti decorative. Artisti - Palazzo Ducale - Atri (Teramo), Edizioni De Luca, 1998, Roma, Italy *''History of Italian Art of the Twentieth Century'', Bologna, Bora, 1981, ISBN
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* ''Marzio Banfi: The Scenes of the Unconscious (2000-2003)'', Bologna, Bora, 2003, * ''Idioms of Contemporary Sculpture 2'', Milan, Electa, 1989,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Di Genova, Giorgio 1933 births 2023 deaths Italian art historians Italian art critics Italian art curators Directors of museums in Italy Italian magazine editors Sapienza University of Rome alumni