Luciano Pistoi

Luciano Pistoi (1927 in

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– 1995 in

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) was an Italian art critic, dealer, journalist, publisher, promoter and organizer of cultural events. He is considered one of the most prominent figures in the postwar Italian art world. Pistoi was born in Rome into a family of Tuscan origins. In the early 1950s he moved to Turin where he started working as an art critic for the newspaper ''

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''. In 1957 he opened his first gallery called Galleria Notizie with an exhibition of Wols. He subsequently presented artists such as

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, Olga Jevric, George Mathieu,

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, Spazzapan, Imai,

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, Asger Jorn, Shiraga, Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Riopelle, Sam Francis, Louise Nevelson,

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, and

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. He also collaborated with many international art dealers, including Arne Glimcher, Ernst Beyeler, Paul Maenz, Niccolò Sprovieri, Plinio De Martiis, Gasparo del Corso, and Alexander Jolas. In 1959 he organized the first European exhibition of the Japanese group

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and the exhibition "Arte Nuova" (New Art) in collaboration with the French critic Michel Tapié. From the early 1960s Pistoi was interested in work by young artists like Piero Manzoni, Pino Pascali, Giulio Paolini,

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and Christo, parallel to his focus on protagonists of the European avant-gardes such as

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, René Magritte,

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. In the 1970s he started organizing an exhibition that would take place every year in the medieval town of Castello di Volpaia near

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pistoi, Luciano Italian art critics Italian art historians Italian art curators Italian art dealers Italian male journalists 1927 births 1995 deaths People of Tuscan descent 20th-century Italian journalists 20th-century Italian male writers