Francesco Poli
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Francesco Poli teaches History of Contemporary Art at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milan, Italy). He is also "chargé de cours" at University of Paris 8 and teaches Art and Communication at University of Turin
. Poli is art critic, exhibition curator and he writes regularly for several art publications and for the daily newspaper La Stampa
.
, curator and he writes regularly for several art journals, such as Tema celeste, and for the daily newspaper La Stampa
; He also worked as the art critic
for Italian newspaper Il Manifesto
. Poli focuses primarely on 20th century art
. He published:
-Produzione artistica e mercato, Einaudi 1975;
-L’arte bella, Feltrinelli 1979 (with L. Caramel)
-La Metafisica, Laterza 1989 (II edition 2004).
-Giulio Paolini,Lindau 1990;
-Dizionario di arte contemporanea (with M.Corgnati), Feltrinelli 1994 )
-Minimalismo, Arte Povera, Arte Concettuale, Laterza 1995 (VIII edition 2009);
-Catalogo generale delle opere di Felice Casorati. I dipinti, (with G.Bertolino), 2 vol., Allemandi 1996 (II edition in 3 books, Le sculture e l’aggiornamento dipinti, 2004).
-Il sistema dell’arte contemporanea, Laterza 1999 (IX edition. 2008);
-Gian Enzo Sperone. Torino, Roma, New York (cum alii ) , 2 books, Hopeful Monster 2000;
-Dizionario dell’arte del Novecento (with M. Corgnati), Bruno Mondadori 2001 (pocket book 2009)
- (editor), Arte Contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dagli anni Cinquanta a oggi., Electa, Milano 2003 , IV ed. 2008);
- La scultura del Novecento, Laterza 2006.
- (editor), Arte Moderna. Dal postimpressionismo all’informale, Electa, Milano 2007.
- Felice Casorati, «Art & Dossier», Ed. Giunti, Firenze 2007.
- Arte contemporanea, Arnoldo Mondatori Editore, Milano 2007.
- (editor), L’arte del Novecento in Piemonte, Regione Piemonte, Priuli e Verlucca ed., Torino 2008.
- Gli anni Cinquanta, Arte Contemporanea, Electa (for « L’Espresso »), Milano 2008.
-“Il colore del lavoro” (with C.Gianferrari), Mole Antonelliana, Torino; Palazzo Reale, Milano; Palazzo Gotico Piacenza, 1990
-“Pinot Gallizio nell’Europa dei dissimmetrici”, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino 1992-3
-Sezione “Persone” (F.Mauri, E.Isgrò), Padiglione italiano, XLV Biennale di Venezia, 1993.
-“Felice Casorati”, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino 1996
-Curator of XIII Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma 1999.
-“Da Warhol al 2000. Gian Enzo Sperone 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America”, Palazzo Cavour, Torino 2000.
-“Naif? Da Rousseau a Ligabue”, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino 2002.
-“André Derain. La forma classica”, Centro St.Benin Aosta, e Permanente Milano, 2003.
-“L’estetica della macchina. Da Balla al futurismo torinese”(con altri), Palazzo Cavour, Torino 2005
-“Chronos. Il tempo nell’arte dall’età barocca a oggi” (cum alii), Ex-Filatoio Caraglio 2005.
-Curator of the XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, 2008
-“In-Finitum” (with A.Vervoordt, D.Ferretti, G.D.Romanelli), Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia 2009.
-“Alberto Burri”, Palazzo Clemente Fondazione Menegaz, Borgo medioevale di Castelbasso, 2009.
University of Turin
The University of Turin is a university in the city of Turin in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy...
. Poli is art critic, exhibition curator and he writes regularly for several art publications and for the daily newspaper La Stampa
La Stampa
La Stampa is one of the best-known, most influential and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers. Published in Turin, it is distributed in Italy and other European nations. The current owner is the Fiat Group.-History:...
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Publications
He is art criticArt critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
, curator and he writes regularly for several art journals, such as Tema celeste, and for the daily newspaper La Stampa
La Stampa
La Stampa is one of the best-known, most influential and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers. Published in Turin, it is distributed in Italy and other European nations. The current owner is the Fiat Group.-History:...
; He also worked as the art critic
Art critic
An art critic is a person who specializes in evaluating art. Their written critiques, or reviews, are published in newspapers, magazines, books and on web sites...
for Italian newspaper Il Manifesto
Il Manifesto
il manifesto is an Italian newspaper. While it calls itself communist, it is not connected to any political party. It was founded as a monthly review in 1969 by a collective of left-wing journalists engaged in the wave of critical thought and activity on the Italian left in that period. Prominent...
. Poli focuses primarely on 20th century art
20th century art
20th-century art and what it became known as — modern art — really began with modernism in the late 19th century. Nineteenth-century movements of Post Impressionism and Art Nouveau led to the first twentieth-century art movements of Fauvism in France and Die Brücke in Germany. Fauvism in Paris...
. He published:
-Produzione artistica e mercato, Einaudi 1975;
-L’arte bella, Feltrinelli 1979 (with L. Caramel)
-La Metafisica, Laterza 1989 (II edition 2004).
-Giulio Paolini,Lindau 1990;
-Dizionario di arte contemporanea (with M.Corgnati), Feltrinelli 1994 )
-Minimalismo, Arte Povera, Arte Concettuale, Laterza 1995 (VIII edition 2009);
-Catalogo generale delle opere di Felice Casorati. I dipinti, (with G.Bertolino), 2 vol., Allemandi 1996 (II edition in 3 books, Le sculture e l’aggiornamento dipinti, 2004).
-Il sistema dell’arte contemporanea, Laterza 1999 (IX edition. 2008);
-Gian Enzo Sperone. Torino, Roma, New York (cum alii ) , 2 books, Hopeful Monster 2000;
-Dizionario dell’arte del Novecento (with M. Corgnati), Bruno Mondadori 2001 (pocket book 2009)
- (editor), Arte Contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dagli anni Cinquanta a oggi., Electa, Milano 2003 , IV ed. 2008);
- La scultura del Novecento, Laterza 2006.
- (editor), Arte Moderna. Dal postimpressionismo all’informale, Electa, Milano 2007.
- Felice Casorati, «Art & Dossier», Ed. Giunti, Firenze 2007.
- Arte contemporanea, Arnoldo Mondatori Editore, Milano 2007.
- (editor), L’arte del Novecento in Piemonte, Regione Piemonte, Priuli e Verlucca ed., Torino 2008.
- Gli anni Cinquanta, Arte Contemporanea, Electa (for « L’Espresso »), Milano 2008.
His most important exhibitions as a curator
-“Standing sculpture” (with R.Fuchs e J. Gachnang), Castello di Rivoli 1988-“Il colore del lavoro” (with C.Gianferrari), Mole Antonelliana, Torino; Palazzo Reale, Milano; Palazzo Gotico Piacenza, 1990
-“Pinot Gallizio nell’Europa dei dissimmetrici”, Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Torino 1992-3
-Sezione “Persone” (F.Mauri, E.Isgrò), Padiglione italiano, XLV Biennale di Venezia, 1993.
-“Felice Casorati”, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino 1996
-Curator of XIII Quadriennale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma 1999.
-“Da Warhol al 2000. Gian Enzo Sperone 35 anni di mostre tra Europa e America”, Palazzo Cavour, Torino 2000.
-“Naif? Da Rousseau a Ligabue”, Palazzo Bricherasio, Torino 2002.
-“André Derain. La forma classica”, Centro St.Benin Aosta, e Permanente Milano, 2003.
-“L’estetica della macchina. Da Balla al futurismo torinese”(con altri), Palazzo Cavour, Torino 2005
-“Chronos. Il tempo nell’arte dall’età barocca a oggi” (cum alii), Ex-Filatoio Caraglio 2005.
-Curator of the XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, 2008
-“In-Finitum” (with A.Vervoordt, D.Ferretti, G.D.Romanelli), Palazzo Fortuny, Venezia 2009.
-“Alberto Burri”, Palazzo Clemente Fondazione Menegaz, Borgo medioevale di Castelbasso, 2009.
External links
- Articles published in journal ARTKEY