Biography of Philippe Daverio
Philippe Daverio was born on October 17, 1949 in Mulhouse in Alsace, the fourth of six children: her mother, Aurelia Hauss, Alsatian, while his father, Napoleon Daverio, is an Italian manufacturer. After receiving an education in nineteenth-century College, Philippe he moved with his family to Italy and attended the European school in Varese. So he enrolled at the Faculty of Economics at Bocconi University in Milan, passes all the exams but does not write the thesis (and therefore did not graduate) to follow the 1968 mentality of the time that the University isn't going to graduate, but to study.
In 1972 he starts to live with Garity (which will give him a son, Sebastiano). Scholar of historical musicology, edited several publications dedicated to avant-garde movements sprung up between the wars; in 1977 with Paolo Baldacci "graphic work and glassmaking. With an essay by Gio Ponti and a witness of Aldo Salvadori ', while in 1984 together with Distinct Vespignani and Maurizio Fagiolo dell'arco Baroque Expressionism and tonal painting "Rome". Become quite by accident a art dealer, in the 1980s opened two galleries, one in Milan and one in New York. Between 1993 and 1997 is Alderman of the city of Milan in the Junta de Marco Formentini, in proportion to the Northern League, with responsibility for Culture, education, leisure and international relations.
Contributor to various newspapers ("Panorama", "Liberal"), in 1999 is Special Envoy of "Art ' is," broadcast airing on Raitre. In 2001 always Raitre, Philippe Daverio presents "Passepartout" program that meets a good success with critics and audiences: placed in the Sunday afternoon band gives rise also to a spinoff, "Maremma" night (repeats replace betting different blanks with unpublished materials). Since 2004 Daverio began working annually with the farm Colonos of Villa di Lestizza, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, taking some summer conferences; that same year, she published for Mazzotta "amazing art. From Dada to Cracking art ". In 2005 he wrote "the design was born in Milan. History of boys from good families "and" another history of design and a modest attempt at interpretation ". Care, in addition, the exhibition "13x17", designed and developed by Christine Alaimo, Elena Agudio and Momo Calascibetta, giving rise to much controversy: it will come also the catalogue "13x17. 1000 artists for an eccentric survey on art in Italy ", made in collaboration with Jean Blanchaert. The exhibition, inaugurated among others by Mr Buttiglione, Minister of cultural heritage, comes after it is reported that the Italy Pavilion at the 51st International art exhibition in Venice could not have hosted no Italian artist; onset is staged in the Venetian Church of San Gallo, with works of size 13 x 17, considered superstitious, then touch the city of Biella, Potenza, Naples, Milan, Palermo, Pescara, Rome and Bologna.
In 2008 Vittorio Sgarbi, who became mayor of the Sicilian town of Salemi, city librarian appoints Philippe Daverio . In the 2009 provincial elections, is a candidate in Milan as a counselor in the civic list of Filippo Penati being elected; shortly thereafter, however, a circular of the Rai that prevents anyone who covers administrative or political positions can sign contracts with public tv induces him to resign as member of the provincial Council and reject the offer of the city of Palermo to become head of culture. The following year the Mayor of Palermo Diego Cammarata, appointed him counselor for the feast of Santa Rosalia: during the celebration, however, Daverio receives a heavy dispute that leads him to resign at the end of the festivities.
In 2010 he appointed Director of the Museo del Paesaggio di Verbania, but again leave controversially armchair after a few months. The 2010 is, among other things, a year marked by numerous publications: Skira come out "Giorgio Milani. The book of letters "and" Joseph Vijaya Lakshmi, "while for Rizzoli is published" the adventure of Mille. Garibaldi's expedition through the designs found by Joseph Nagy ". As of December 2010 (and up to March 2011) out of Rai5, network of cultural mold of Rai, Daverio leads the weekly program "Emporio Daverio", realized with the collaboration of Alessandro Whelks and Joseph kids, where the Alsatian Critic analyzes the culture, art, gastronomy and architecture of cities or regions of Italy.
In 2011, the year that marks the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, he founded "Save Italy" movement of opinion without organizational structure that aims to encourage citizens and intellectuals in favor of protecting huge cultural heritage of Italy: the English name, which might appear to contradict the intent, was chosen to highlight the Italian cultural heritage is not only of the Italians but around the world. Among other initiatives to "Save Italy", a demonstration against the proposal to build a landfill in Tivoli near Villa Adriana, an event that gets a big hit to the point that the landfill project is abandoned. In 2012 back broadcast on Raitre with "Capital by Philippe Daverio," aired on Sundays (and repeated on Rai5): a series of betting single-issue inspired from exhibitions staged by the news story of current affairs, history and culture. Also in 2012 Philippe Daverio releases for Rizzoli "imagined" and "The long century of modernity. The Museum imagined ", and for" the art of looking at art "; the following year, again for Rizzoli, gives to the press "Look away see near".
At the beginning of 2014 ends in the viewfinder of the movement 5 stars of Beppe Grillo, appointed by the comic blog ligure "journalist of the day" as guilty of having spoken, host of Lilli Gruber in the transmission of La7 "Otto e mezzo" Casaleggio (termed "that disguised as blind of Sorrento, the one with the dark glasses"), Grillo ("a little scary") as part of an "unstoppable path towards trashologia". On the web, the statements by Philippe Daverio arouse controversy and name-calling by the electorate little cricket.
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