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.Demetrio Paparoni's page on Domani Magazine He has curated a number of major exhibitions. In 1983 he founded the contemporary art magazine Tema CelesteHyperallergic 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.Demetrio Paparoni Official WebsiteTreccani Official website Biography at TreccaniConcilio Europeo dell'Arte Premio Paradiso 2021 a Demetrio PaparoniArtribune 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).Abrams BooksHyperallergic by Aida Amoako, published March 18, 2020Società Dante Aligheri and Art and Posthistory, Conversations on the End of Aesthetics written with Arthur Danto (Columbia University Press).Columbia University Press Official Website 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),Skira Official Website Nyoman Masriadi, Rafael Megall, Andres Barrioquinto (Rizzoli New York).Rizzoli USA Official WebsiteArt 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.Demetrio Paparoni Official WebsiteSegno Magazine The Devil by Demetrio Paparoni, published February 16th 2017
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Roberta Scorranese (2020). Demetrio Paparoni, Critico d'arte, Il tempo delle donne del Corriere della Sera John Sallis (2017). Shades—Of Painting at the Limit, Indiana University Press David Carrier (1994). The Aesthete in the City: The Philosophy and Practice of American Abstract Painting in the 1980s, Pennsylvania State University Press Michael Schmidt (2013). From demonic terrorist to sainted icon: The transfiguration of Nelson Mandela, Daily Maverick Paolo Falcone, Valentina Bruschi (2009). Passaggi in Sicilia la collezione di Riso e oltre, Skira Tiziana Andina, Erica Onnis (2019). The Philosophy and Art of Wang Guangyi, Bloomsbury Publishing Andrea Mecacci (2014). Introduzione a Andy Warhol, Editori Laterza Massimo Melotti (2017). Vicende dell'arte in Italia dal dopoguerra agli anni Duemila, Franco Angeli Edizioni Maria Cristina Carratù (2015). Demetrio Paparoni: "L'estetica non basta, serve l'economia. L'arte sia un concreto motore di rilancio", La Repubblica Davide Vecchi (2014). "Expo, al critico d’arte Celant contratto di consulenza da 750mila euro", Il Fatto Quotidiano V.v. A.a. (1996). Arte contemporanea italiana pittori e scultori 1946-1996 : opere e mercato 1996-1997, Agnellini V.v. A.a. (1998). Guida ragionata ai periodici italiani, La Rivisteria "Demetrio Paparoni", Samtidskunst.com Contemporary Art Av Nora Joung (2018) Vold, sentimentalitet og maktesløshet, Kunstkritikk