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Francesco Bonami was born in Florence in 1955. Lives between New York and Milan. From 1995 to 2014 he was the Artistic Director of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. He’s now Program and Exhibition Advisor for Phillips. He has curated international exhibitions such as the 50th Venice Biennale (2003), the 75th Whitney Biennial (2010), Manifesta 3 in Ljubliana (2000), and Site Santa Fe’ Biennial (1997). From 1999 to 2009 he was the Manilow Senior Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. For the Qatar Museum Authority he has curated “Yan Pei Ming : Painting the History” (2012) and “Relics” (2013) a major retrospective of Damien Hirst’s work. He is regular contributor to magazines such as: Artforum, Frieze, Parkett, T Magazine, Panorama, Vanity Fair Italia, AD, Donna Moderna, Wired, Grazia Casa, Uomo Vogue, Flair, IL, W Magazine, Tate etc., La Stampa, La Gazzetta dello Sport. At the moment he is working at the art program and artists’ residency for the new JNBY building designed by Renzo Piano that will be inaugurated in 2017 in Huangzhou, China. In 2010 he received the honor of the Chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur of the French Republic. His new book “Il Bonami dell’Arte: Incontri Ravvicinati nella Giungla dell’arte” has just been published by Electa. Among his previous books are “Lo potevo fare anch’io,” Oscar Mondadori, 2009; “Maurizio Cattelan: Autobiografia non Autorizzata,” Mondadori 2011; “Mamma Voglio Fare l’Artista,” Electa Mondadori 2013.
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