Angela Ricci Lucchi, Pioneering Italian Filmmaker and Artist, Dies at 76

Angela Ricci Lucchi, the Italian artist and filmmaker known for her collaborative work with Yervant Gianikian, died on February 28, 2018, at age 76 after a brief hospitalization. Born in Lugo di Romagna in 1942, she studied under Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg and began her career with a 1972 exhibition in Ferrara curated by Renato Barilli. In 1975, she and Gianikian started making experimental short films, including 'Alice profumata di rosa' and 'Catalogo comparativo'. Their practice evolved into 'refilming' found footage, slowing and coloring historical films to expose hidden narratives. Major works include 'Dal Polo all'Equatore' (1987), 'Lo specchio di Diana' (1996), and 'Pays barbare' (2013). They were invited to the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001 by Harald Szeemann, presenting 'La marcia dell'uomo'. In 2015, they won the Golden Lion for the Armenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for 'Armenity'. The Centre Pompidou held a retrospective of their work in 2015. Her last publication, 'The Arrow of Time. Notes from a Russian Journey (1989-1990)', was released in 2017 by Humboldt. Her ashes were scattered in Dobbiaco.