Italian artist and publisher Ezio Gribaudo dies at 93

Ezio Gribaudo, the Italian artist, editor, and collector, died on July 18, 2022, at age 93, surrounded by his family. Born in Turin in 1929, he collaborated with Lucio Fontana, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, and Peggy Guggenheim. His works are held at MoMA New York, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Ca' Pesaro Venice, Museum of Imagination Hudson, Musée des Arts Décoratifs Paris, Petit Palais Musée d'Art Moderne Geneva, Narodni galerie v Praze Prague, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Rome, Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti Turin, and Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento. He met Pablo Picasso in 1951 in Vallauris, Marcel Duchamp, Michel Tapié, Joan Miró, Henry Moore, Asger Jorn, Ennio Morricone, and Pier Paolo Pasolini (who made his portrait). In 1976, he organized the first Peggy Guggenheim Collection exhibition at Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Torino. He received the Medaglia d'Oro dei Benemeriti della Cultura e dell'Arte from President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi in 2003. He served as President of Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino from 2005 to 2007 and was Honorary President until his death. His autobiography "La bellezza ci salverà" was recently reissued by Skira. A docufilm produced by his archive Quinta Luce, directed by Alberto Bader, was released in 2021. His funeral will be held at Chiesa della Gran Madre di Torino on July 21, 2022, at 10:30 AM, with a wake at Accademia di Belle Arti di Torino on July 20 from 10 AM to 1 PM.