Igor Zidić

Igor Zidić (born 10 February 1939) is a Croatian art historian, art critic, poet and essayist. He is considered one of the foremost authorities on visual arts in Croatia and a top expert on Croatian modern art.[1]

Zidić was born in Split, where he graduated from the Classical Gymnasium. He obtained a diploma in art history and comparative literature from the University of Zagreb in 1964. Zidić became the editor of Hrvatski tjednik in 1971, but lost his job after the magazine was shut down in a government crackdown on the Croatian Spring movement.

Zidić was a director of Modern Gallery in Zagreb from 1989 to 2008. From 2002-14 he was the president of Matica hrvatska. In 1986, Zidić received the Tin Ujević Award for poetry.[2]

References

  1. Nina Ožegović (25 February 2008). "Igor Zidić - devetnaest opasnih godina karizmatičnog modernista" [Igor Zidić – Nineteen perilous years of a charismatic modernist]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. "Nagrada "Tin Ujević"". dhk.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 March 2014.

Sources

Cultural offices
Preceded by
Josip Bratulić
0President of Matica hrvatska0
2002–2014
Succeeded by
Stjepan Damjanović
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