Danilo Eccher (Tione, Italy, June 27, 1953) is an Italian
art critic
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and
curator
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.
Biography
Eccher is the former director of Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento in
Trento
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(1989-1995), GAM -
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
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in
Bologna
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(1996-2000), MACRO -
Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (2001-2008), GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in
Turin
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(2009-2014).
As a curator, Eccher focused on contemporary painting, working with
Anselm Kiefer
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,
Georg Baselitz
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,
Cecily Brown
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,
Francesco Clemente,
Roy Lichtenstein
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,
Jenny Saville
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,
Sean Scully
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,
Julian Schnabel,
Ettore Spalletti
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, and
Tom Wesselmann
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Early years
Wesselmann was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati.
From 1949 ...
. He curated solo exhibitions of
Tony Cragg
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Early life and training
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,
Wolfgang Laib
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His work has ...
,
Marisa Merz
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, and
Hermann Nitsch. At GAM Turin he was the first Italian director adopting a thematic display.
In 1993 Eccher was a member of the artistic committee of the 45th Visual Arts
Venice Biennial
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, co-curating the international exhibition 'La Coesistenza dell'arte'.
From 2002 through 2006 Eccher was co-director of the Master Class for “Contemporary Art and Architecture Curators”,
Sapienza University of Rome.
From 2009 through 2011 Eccher was president of the Fondazione Galleria Civica di Trento.
Since 2015 Eccher has been working as an independent curator, realizing solo exhibitions of
Jannis Kounellis,
Albert Oehlen
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Christian Boltanski and the group exhibitions Love (2016), Enjoy (2017), and Dream (2018) at the
Chiostro del Bramante
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Today the building serves as a space for exhibiti ...
, in Rome.
Bramante’s Cloister
/ref> He is teaching „Philosophy of curatorialship” at university of Turin
Exhibitions
Mario Schifano (1986); Luigi Veronesi (1988); Nunzio (1989); Luigi Mainolfi (1989).
Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento
Enzo Cucchi (1990); Hermann Nitsch (1991); Mimmo Paladino (1992); Vettor Pisani (1992); Marco Gastini (1993); Tony Cragg (1994); Mario Merz (1994); Yoko Ono (1995); Emilio Vedova (1996).
Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Solo-shows: Gilbert & George (1996); Sean Scully (1996); Julian Schnabel (1996); Christian Boltanski (1997); Georg Baselitz (1997); Salvo (1997); Marisa Merz (1998); Shirin Neshat and Vanessa Beecroft (1998); Anselm Kiefer (1999); Francesco Clemente (1999); Mat Collishaw (2000); Francesco Vezzoli (2000); group exhibitions: 'Materiali Anomali' (1997); 'Pittura Iconica' (1997); 'Arte Aniconica' 1998; 'Appearance' (2000); 'L'Ombra della Ragione' (2000).
MACRO - Museo di arte contemporanea, Rome
Solo-shows: Tony Oursler (2002); Vik Muniz (2003); Cecilyn Brown (2003); Paola Pivi (2003); Simon Starling (2003); Michal Rovner (2003); Tatsuo Miyajima (2004); Tom Wesselmann (2005); Wolfgang Laib (2005); Jenny Saville (2005); Alfredo Jaar (2005); Marc Quinn (2006); Pedro Cabrita Reis (2006), Christian Boltanski (2006); Gadha Amer (2007); AES+F (2008); Gregor Schneider
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(2008); Paolo Canevari (2008); Ernesto Neto (2008); group exhibitions: ChinArt (2002); Ipotesi di Collezione (2003); Mediterraneans (2004); Nuove Acquisizioni (2005); La città che sale (2007).
GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin
Solo-shows:Osvaldo Licini: Masterworks (2010)Salvatore Scarpitta (2013), Nicola De Maria (2013), Ettore Spalletti (2014), Juliao Sarmento (2014), Roy Lichtenstein: Opera Prima (2014), Cecily Brown (2014); group exhibitions:The Theatre of Performance (2009), Keep Your Seat (2010), EROI (Heroes) (2011)
References
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Italian art critics
Italian art curators
Living people
1953 births
Directors of museums in Italy