Vittorio Sgarbi

Vittorio Sgarbi ( born May 8, 1952 in Ferrara ) is an Italian art critic, politician, cultural commentator and a TV personality.

Life

Sgarbi studied from 1974 to 1978 at the University of Bologna and from 1984 to 1988 at the University of Udine. He was curator of the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011. He is mayor of Salemi, and was several times in the Italian Parliament. Sgarbi is chairman of the Liberal Party Sgarbi - I Libertari.

Awards

In 1990 he received for his work Davanti all'immagine the literary prize Premio Bancarella.

Publications

  • Klaus Karl Mehrkens: Opere 1983-2008. Protagon Editore / Città di Salemi, Siena 2009, ISBN 978-88-8024-262-8.
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