Demetrio Paparoni
{{short description|Italian art critic and curator (b. 1954)}}
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|caption = Anish Kapoor and Demetrio Paparoni, Athene 1983
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|01|25}}
|birth_place = Siracusa, Italy
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|occupation = Art critic ; Curator ; Writer ; Editor
|website = {{URL|https://www.demetriopaparoni.com/lang/en.html|demetriopaparoni.com}}
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Demetrio Paparoni (born Siracusa, Italy, 1954) is an Italian art critic, curator, writer, and editor who has taught History of Modern Art and History of Contemporary Art at the University of Catania.
Art Criticism
Paparoni is the art critic of the Italian newspaper Domani.[https://www.editorialedomani.it/autore/demetrio-paparoni-qf5633n6 Demetrio Paparoni's page on Domani Magazine ] He has curated a number of major exhibitions. In 1983 he founded the contemporary art magazine Tema Celeste[https://hyperallergic.com/615541/francesco-polenghi-death-in-milan/ Hyperallergic] What a Painter Taught Me by David Carrier, Published January 23rd 2021Figures Du Diable, Art Press, published March 2020 and the publishing house of the same name, which he ran until 2000.[https://www.demetriopaparoni.com/biografia.html Demetrio Paparoni Official Website][https://www.treccani.it/istituto/chi-siamo/profilo/persone/autori/paparoni_demetrio.html Treccani Official website] Biography at Treccani[https://www.concilioeuropeodellarte.org/evento/premio-paradiso-2021-to-demetrio-paparoni/ Concilio Europeo dell'Arte] Premio Paradiso 2021 a Demetrio Paparoni[https://www.artribune.com/professioni-e-professionisti/2018/07/demetrio-paparoni-armenia-medaglia/ Artribune] L’italiano Demetrio Paparoni riceve la medaglia d’oro dal Ministro armeno alla Cultura Tigran Gals, Published July 4th, 2018
His art criticism books include The Devil: A Visual History (Cernunnos/Abrams).[https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/art-of-the-devil_9782374951171/ Abrams Books][https://hyperallergic.com/547833/the-art-of-the-devil-a-delightfully-diabolic-illustrated-history// Hyperallergic] by Aida Amoako, published March 18, 2020[https://ladante.it/biografie/3330-demetrio-paparoni-2.html Società Dante Aligheri] and Art and Posthistory, Conversations on the End of Aesthetics written with Arthur Danto (Columbia University Press).[http://cup.columbia.edu/book/art-and-posthistory/9780231204774 Columbia University Press Official Website ][https://www.raicultura.it/arte/articoli/2020/06/Arte-e-Poststoria--956b10d1-cb79-44e2-8fff-013a78a35a7e.html RAI Cultura] "Arte e Poststoria" di Demetrio Paparoni e Arthur C. Danto on RAI Cultura
Paparoni has published monographs on Chuck Close, Jonathan Lasker, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Alberico Cetti Serbelloni editore), Wang Guangyi, Natee Utarit, Ronald Ventura, Gottfried Helnwein (Skira),[https://www.skira.net/cerca/?search_key=Demetrio%20Paparoni&search_argument= Skira Official Website] Nyoman Masriadi, Rafael Megall, Andres Barrioquinto (Rizzoli New York).[https://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9788891832412 Rizzoli USA Official Website][https://artslife.com/history/2015/05/paparoni-demetrio/, Art Life History]
His essays are featured in monographs and catalogs of many artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Peter Halley, Keith Haring, Edward Hopper, Zhang Huan, Alex Katz, David La Chapelle, Markus Lupertz, Tony Oursler, Mimmo Paladino, Michelangelo Pistoletto, David Salle, Jenny Saville, Sean Scully, Li Songsong, Doug and Mike Starn, Joana Vasconcelos, and Andy Warhol, among others.[https://www.demetriopaparoni.com/monografie.html Demetrio Paparoni Official Website][https://www.rivistasegno.eu/events/the-devil-demetrio-paparoni/ Segno Magazine] The Devil by Demetrio Paparoni, published February 16th 2017
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References
- {{in lang|it}} Roberta Scorranese (2020). [https://27esimaora.corriere.it/il-tempo-delle-donne/ospiti/20_agosto_27/demetrio-paparoni-24ba3268-e60e-11ea-943c-b2c77e7530c9.shtml Demetrio Paparoni, Critico d'arte], Il tempo delle donne del Corriere della Sera
- John Sallis (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=QToJDgAAQBAJ&dq=demetrio+paparoni&pg=PT164 Shades—Of Painting at the Limit], Indiana University Press {{ISBN|9780253031334}}
- David Carrier (1994). [https://books.google.com/books?id=RY4iBEhepysC&dq=Demetrio+Paparoni&pg=PA12 The Aesthete in the City: The Philosophy and Practice of American Abstract Painting in the 1980s], Pennsylvania State University Press {{ISBN|9780271042978}}
- Michael Schmidt (2013). [https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2013-12-12-from-demonic-terrorist-to-sainted-icon-the-transfiguration-of-nelson-mandela/ From demonic terrorist to sainted icon: The transfiguration of Nelson Mandela], Daily Maverick
- Paolo Falcone, Valentina Bruschi (2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Zm1IAQAAIAAJ&q=demetrio+paparoni Passaggi in Sicilia la collezione di Riso e oltre], Skira {{ISBN|9788876247231}}
- Tiziana Andina, Erica Onnis (2019). [https://iris.unito.it/bitstream/2318/1697746/2/Barbero.Wang.pdf The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi], Bloomsbury Publishing {{ISBN|978-1-3500-1937-9}}
- {{in lang|it}} Andrea Mecacci (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=FHZaDwAAQBAJ&dq=demetrio+paparoni&pg=PT105 Introduzione a Andy Warhol], Editori Laterza {{ISBN|9788858115350}}
- {{in lang|it}} Massimo Melotti (2017). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DGHZDgAAQBAJ&dq=demetrio+paparoni&pg=PT190 Vicende dell'arte in Italia dal dopoguerra agli anni Duemila], Franco Angeli Edizioni {{ISBN|9788891755490}}
- {{in lang|it}} Maria Cristina Carratù (2015). [https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2015/01/24/news/demetrio_paparoni_l_estetica_non_basta_serve_l_economia_l_arte_sia_un_concreto_motore_di_rilancio-105660928/?ref=search Demetrio Paparoni: "L'estetica non basta, serve l'economia. L'arte sia un concreto motore di rilancio"], La Repubblica
- {{in lang|it}} Davide Vecchi (2014). [https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/05/25/expo-al-critico-darte-celant-contratto-di-consulenza-da-750mila-euro/999296/ "Expo, al critico d’arte Celant contratto di consulenza da 750mila euro"], Il Fatto Quotidiano
- {{in lang|it}} V.v. A.a. (1996). [https://books.google.com/books?id=CPzpAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Demetrio+Paparoni%22+-wikipedia Arte contemporanea italiana pittori e scultori 1946-1996 : opere e mercato 1996-1997], Agnellini {{ISBN|9788841537688}}
- {{in lang|it}} V.v. A.a. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ws8qAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Demetrio+Paparoni%22+-wikipedia Guida ragionata ai periodici italiani], La Rivisteria
- {{in lang|no}} [https://samtidskunst.com/category/kurator/demetrio-paparoni-kurator/ "Demetrio Paparoni"], Samtidskunst.com Contemporary Art
- {{in lang|no}} Av Nora Joung (2018) [https://kunstkritikk.no/vold-sentimentalitet-og-maktesloshet/ Vold, sentimentalitet og maktesløshet], Kunstkritikk
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