Art critic and professor Fabrizio D'Amico dies at 69
Fabrizio D'Amico, who passed away at the age of 69 on March 9, 2019, after a prolonged illness, was a prominent art critic for La Repubblica and a professor specializing in contemporary art history. He was born in 1950 to an intellectual family and studied under Cesare Brandi at the University of Rome, where he began his teaching career in 1976. D'Amico contributed to La Repubblica's contemporary art section and curated various exhibitions featuring notable artists such as Toti Scialoja and Giorgio Morandi. His exhibitions were held at venues like PAC in Milan and Museo di Villa Torlonia in Rome. He also taught at the University of Pisa until 2009, directed Quaderni di scultura contemporanea, and advised Banca d'Italia on art acquisitions.
Key facts
- Fabrizio D'Amico died on March 9, 2019, at age 69 after a long illness.
- He was an art critic for La Repubblica since 1976.
- He studied under Cesare Brandi at the University of Rome.
- He curated exhibitions of artists including Toti Scialoja, Giorgio Morandi, and Pino Pascali.
- He taught contemporary art history at the University of Pisa until 2009.
- He directed the journal Quaderni di scultura contemporanea from 1997.
- He was an academician of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca from 2006.
- He curated the exhibition Immagini at the European Central Bank in Frankfurt for Banca d'Italia.
Entities
Artists
- Fabrizio D'Amico
- Alessandro D'Amico
- Silvio D'Amico
- Maria Luisa Aguirre
- Luigi Pirandello
- Cesare Brandi
- Toti Scialoja
- Mario Mafai
- Giorgio Morandi
- Antonietta Raphael
- Osvaldo Licini
- Fausto Pirandello
- Ferruccio Ferrazzi
- Hans Hartung
- Afro
- Giulio Turcato
- Achille Perilli
- Antonio Sanfilippo
- Fausto Melotti
- Pino Pascali
- Vasco Bendini
- Guido Strazza
- Carlo Lorenzetti
- Eliseo Mattiacci
- Paolo Mauri
- Gabriella Drudi
Institutions
- La Repubblica
- Università di Roma
- PAC di Milano
- Mart di Trento e Rovereto
- Palazzo Venezia
- Accademia di San Luca
- Palazzo Braschi
- Museo di Villa Torlonia di Roma
- Palazzo dei Diamanti
- PAC di Ferrara
- Galleria Civica di Modena
- Galleria Comunale di Bologna
- GAM di Torino
- Pinacoteca Civica di Macerata
- Museo di Santa Giulia di Brescia
- Palazzo Lanfranchi
- Museo di San Matteo di Pisa
- Università di Pisa
- Archivio Accardi Sanfilippo di Roma
- Quaderni di scultura contemporanea
- Edizioni della Cometa di Roma
- Centro per la scultura Torre Martiniana di Cagli
- Centro Studi Giorgio Morandi di Bologna
- Accademia Nazionale di San Luca
- Banca d'Italia
- Banca Centrale Europea di Francoforte
- Fondazione Toti Scialoja e Gabriella Drudi
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Milan
- Trento
- Rovereto
- Ferrara
- Modena
- Bologna
- Turin
- Macerata
- Brescia
- Pisa
- Cagli
- Pesaro
- Frankfurt
- Germany