Benjamin Genocchio

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Benjamin Genocchio
File:Benjamingenocchio.jpg
Born 1969
Sydney
Nationality Australian
Education Newington College
University of Sydney
Occupation Art critic
Title Editor-in-chief of Artnet News
Spouse(s) Melissa Chiu

Benjamin Genocchio (born 1969) is an art critic and non-fiction writer from Australia.[1] He lives in New York state. He is editor-in-chief of Artnet News, an art news website.[2][3] He previously worked as an art critic for The New York Times, and then as the editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters magazine, and the website "artinfo.com".[4][5]

Family and education

Genocchio was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1969, the second of four sons of an Italian father, Giorgio, who worked on a cruise ship, and an Australian mother, Jennifer.[6] Genocchio grew up in Lane Cove[7] and attended Newington College from 1981 to 1986.[8] As a youth he had a short attention span and a low boredom threshold, traits he says led him to become an art critic.[9] Genocchio completed a PhD in history of art at the University of Sydney in 1996.[10][11][12] He is a citizen of Australia and Italy.[13]

Career

In late December 2002 Genocchio moved to New York to begin writing for The New York Times.[9]:{{{3}}} In 2008 Genocchio published Dollar Dreaming, an exposé of corruption and double-dealing in the $500-million trade in Aboriginal art in Australia and abroad.[14][15]

In early 2010 he became editorial director at Louise Blouin Media, and editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters and artinfo.com. He left the post at Modern Painters in 2011.[16][dead link]

Genocchio left Blouin Media in January 2015[17]:{{{3}}} and joined Artnet, where he was made editor-in-chief of Artnet News, a 24-hour art news website.[18]:{{{3}}} In 2015 he was appointed director of the Armory Show.

Personal life

Genocchio is married to curator Melissa Chiu.[19] The two co-authored Asian Art Now. [20]

Publications

  • Dollar Dreaming: The Rise of the Aboriginal Art Market[21]
  • Fiona Foley: Solitaire[22]
  • The Art of Persuasion, Australian Art Criticism [23]
  • Simeon Nelson, Passages [24]
  • (ed.) What is Installation?[25][dead link]
  • Asian Contemporary Art
  • (ed.) Contemporary Asian Art, A Critical Reader

References

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  7. ↑ Thrills, spills, action - that's movie material
  8. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999), pp. 71.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Steve Dow (18 July 2010). Rising high in the art world. The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia), p. 8.
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  14. ↑ "Art critic hopes to educate others on Aboriginal art and the people, lives behind it", Daily Bruin.
  15. ↑ "Dollar Dreaming lifts the lid on Aboriginal art industry", Courier Mail.
  16. ↑ Artinfo
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  18. ↑ Carol Vogel (12 December 2013). Steve McQueen Among 6 Hugo Boss Prize Finalists. The New York Times. Accessed September 2015.
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  21. ↑ "Dollar Dreaming", National Library of Australia (NLA) Catalogue
  22. ↑ "Fiona Foley: solitaire", National Library of Australia Catalogue
  23. ↑ [1] worldcat.org - Art of Persuasion Australian art criticism 1950-2001
  24. ↑ [2] Worldcat.org - Simeon Nelson
  25. ↑ University of Illinois Press - What is Installation Archived 6 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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