Art critic and historian Marisa Vescovo dies at 78

Marisa Vescovo, a prominent Italian art critic and historian, died on August 15, 2016, at age 78, reportedly due to a sudden illness while on holiday in Liguria. She taught Phenomenology of Contemporary Art at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Genova for 25 years and curated artistic activities for the Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio in Turin. In the 1980s, under director Maurizio Calvesi, she served as Commissioner for the Venice Biennale in 1984 and curated the Italian Pavilion in 1986. In 2004, she curated the 11th Biennale of Contemporary Sacred Art in Isola del Gran Sasso d'Italia, Abruzzo. She later directed IGAV (Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive), curating five exhibitions in China, South Korea, and Russia. Since 2007, she was a curator for the Collezione Farnesina in Rome. She also published catalogs and essays with publishers such as Skira and Giunti.