Vittorio Sgarbi
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Vittorio Umberto Antonio Maria Sgarbi (born May 8, 1952 in Ferrara
Ferrara
Ferrara is a city and comune in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north...

) is an Italian
Italy
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 art critic
Art critic
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, politician, cultural commentator and TV personality.

He was appointed curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale. Several times a member of the Italian
Italy
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 Parliament
Parliament
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 and municipal governments like that of Milan
Milan
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, from June 30 2008 is the mayor of the Sicilian
Sicily
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 town of Salemi
Salemi
Salemi is a town and comune in South-Western Sicily, Italy, administratively part of the province of Trapani. It is located in the Belice Valley.-History:...

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