From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denys Zacharopoulos
Denys Zacharopoulos
Denys Zacharopoulos (born 1952 in Athens, Greece) is
an art historian and theorist. He works as Professor for
Publications
Art history, author and curator, amongst others at the Since 1977 art critiques in Artforum ( N.Y.); Artistes
48th Biennale in Venice and documenta IX in Kassel (Ger- (Paris); Arti (Athens); Parkett (Zurich); Furor (Geneva);
many). Faces (Geneva); Museumjournal (Amsterdam); Art e
Dossier (Rome); Artstudio (Paris); Juliett (Trieste); Acro-
bat Mime Parfait (Bologna); Teuchos and Artime (both
Biography Athens).
Denys Zacharopoulos studied music in Athens and from Numerous catalogues and theoretical publications
1970 in France literature, semantics and philosophy, fol- listed in Zacharopoulos’ bibliography, with particular
lowed by history and sociology of the arts and in litera- emphasis on the following artists: Gerhard Richter, Mario
ture. His teachers were Jean Cassou, Gaëtan Picon, Marin Merz, Gilberto Zorio, Iannis Kounellis, Per Kirkeby, Eu-
and Roland Barthes. He lived in France and became a gene Leroy, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pat Steir, Carl An-
French citizen. Since 2000, he lives in Greece. dre, Pierpaolo Calzolari, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Marina
In 1975, Denys Zacharopoulos became program coor- Abramovic, Lothar Baumgarten, Marisa Merz, Jean-Marc
dinator of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Bustamante, Matt Mullican, Thomas Schütte, Jan Ver-
He then spent time in New York and taught as Professor cruysse, Helmut Dorner, Geylan Gerber,[Harald Klingel-
in the Academies of Fine arts in Geneva, Vienna and Am- höller, Franz West, Jim Lutes, Tadashi Kawamata, Rein-
sterdam. hard Mucha, Adrian Schiess, Herbert Brandl, Jimmy
During this period he forged intensive personal con- Durham, Michel François, Eran Schaerf, Xavier Noiret-
tacts to many contemporary artists of his generation, Thomé.
in particular to James Welling, Matt Mullican, Ernst • Denys Zacharopoulos/Ulrich Look, "Gerhard
Caramelle, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Juan Munoz, Thomas Richter", S.Schreiber, Munich, 1984
Schütte and Reinhard Mucha. • "Reinhard Mucha: Das Figur/Grund Problem in der
Architektur des Barocks", Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Professional activities 1985.
• "Per Kirkeby", Musée Saint-Pierre, Lyon, 1987
Denys Zacharopouls’ first major works centered on the • "Gerhard Richter", Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert,
Arte Povera movement. He curated a long series of ex- Paris 1991.
hibitions in major museums in Europe and the US. Since • "Jean-Marc Bustamante", Kröller-Müller, Otteloo,
2001 he published extensively and curated intensively 1994
many exhibitions on the artistic production and the issue • "Per Kirkeby", Arts Club, Chicago, 2007
of Avantgarde in Greece in the 2nd half of the 20th Cen-
tury.
• Director of the Domaine de Kerguehennec, in France
Awards & Honors
(1992–1999) • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of the French
• Co-Director with Jan Hoet of documenta IX in Kassel, Republic
Germany (1992) • Cross of Honor for the Arts and Sciences of the
• General inspector for contemporary art in the Republic of Austria
French Ministry for Culture (1999) Persondata
• Curator of the French Pavilion at the 48th Biennale
Name Zacharopoulos, Denys
in Venice (1999)
• Professor at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Alternative names
Kunste in Amsterdam, Holland (1996–2005) Short description Greek art historian
• Professor for art history and art theory at the Date of birth 1952
Aegean University in Lesvos, Greece (2000)
Place of birth Athens
• Artistic director of the Macedonian Museums for
Contemporary Art, Thessalonica (2006). Date of death
Place of death
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