Luis Orlando Repetto Málaga (
Lima, 4 August 1953 – 9 June 2020) was a
Peruvian
museologist, cultural manager and television host.
Career
Repetto studied at the
Leoncio Prado Military Academy. He was director of the
National Institute of Culture and director of the
Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is an art museum located in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Its displays Algerian art, including rugs, jewellery, pottery and costumes. The museum is housed in a former 16th-century Ottoman palace. The ...
of the
Riva-Agüero Institute until 2018. He also served as vice president of the Peruvian Committee of the
International Council of Museums ICOM-Peru
and was the director of the Centrum Católica Museum of
PUCP
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru ( es, link=no, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, PUCP) is a private university in Lima, Peru. It was founded in 1917 with the support and approval of the Catholic Church, being the oldest private ...
. For years he hosted the program ''Noches de sábado'', together with Melanie Pérez Cartier, on
Radio Programas del Perú. He was the host of the well-known cultural diffusion programs ''
Museos puertas abiertas'' and ''Museos sin límites'' on
TV Perú.
Works
* In 1999 he published ''El arte popular peruano'' in Lima through the
(MNAAHP) and the publishing house Lluvia editores.
* Through the Regional Organization for Latin America and the Caribbean of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-LAC) he published in 2003 the book ''Museo Presbítero Maestro : cementerio de Lima''.
* Also in Lima, in 2013 he published ''El reino Chacha : etnografía de la región Amazonas'' through
Museo Casa O'Higgins.
Recognitions
* 2014: Meritorious Person of Culture, awarded by the
Ministry of Culture of Peru.
* 2018. Medal "Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza", awarded by the Provincial Council of Chachapoyas.
Death
Repetto died in Lima on 9 June 2020, aged 66, of
COVID-19 during the
pandemic in Peru.
[In memory of Luis Repetto Malaga]
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References
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1953 births
2020 deaths
Peruvian museologists
People from Lima
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru