Achille Bonito Oliva
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Achille Bonito Oliva, (November 4, 1939) is a highly recognized and respected Italian contemporary art critic, author of essays on mannerism, and a teacher of History of Contemporary Art at La Sapienza University in Rome. Oliva has curated thematic and interdisciplinary exhibitions both in Italy and abroad, including "Contemporanea" "Aperto 80", "Avanguardia transavanguardia", "Arte e depressione", and "Minimalia". He directed the 45th Venice Biennale, and was awarded several prizes and recognitions, such as the Valentino d’Oro, an international prize for art critics.
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- Art Tribes
- The Idelology of the Traitor: Art, Manner and Mannerism
- Installation & Performance Art
- Illy Collection: A Decade of Artist Cups by Illycaff
- Travelers Without Baggage
- Pignatelli
- American Graffiti
- Superart
- Italian Transavantgarde
- Marcello Levi: Portrait of a Collector
- Giuseppe Pulvirenti
- Fathi Hassan
- Italian Architects
- Appearance
- Giovanni Rizzoli
- White and Other in Any Case, Art
- Braco Dimitrjevic
- Minimalia
- Luisa Rabbia
- Europe/America: the different avant-gardes
- James Lee Byars: The Perfect Thought
- Andy Warhol
- Frida Kahlo
