Press｜Germano Celant, Curator Behind Italy’s Arte Povera, pass away at 80

Germano Celant, the founder of Italy’s “Poor Art”, died on April 29, 2020 at the age of 80 due to complications from the coronavirus.

Germano Celant was not only a famous Italian art critic and curator, but also the art and science director of the Prada Foundation before his death. He was the curator of the Venice Biennale. And in 2019, the exhibition “KAWS: ALONG THE WAY” was co-operated with the Hong Kong Contemporary Art Foundation (HOCA). Germano Celant’s various developments are great contributions to the entire art circle.

Arte Povera began in the 1960s and prevailed from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. Italian art critic Germano Celant organized an exhibition named “Arte Povera · Im spazio” in 1967, targeting the artistic style and According to the concept, the original intention of the creation of these works is to resist industrial society and consumerism, and at the same time allow art works to become a carrier reflecting social problems, and then extend the Arte Povera.