Luciano Caramel

Luciano Caramel
Caramel in 2013
Born(1935-12-13)13 December 1935
Como, Italy
DiedNovember 2022 (aged 86)
Occupation(s)Art critic, art historian

Luciano Caramel (13 December 1935 – November 2022)[1] was an Italian art critic, curator, and art historian. In the 1980s he was Deputy Director of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan.[1] He taught contemporary art at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and at Accademia Albertina in Turin.[2][3] He was an expert on the work of Medardo Rosso.[4] His publications include Arte in Italia 1945-1960, a university textbook.[2]

In 2002, he co-curated with Carlo Chenis the 10th edition of The Sacred Art Biennial in Teramo.[5]

A festschrift dedicated to him, Il presente si fa storia, scritti in onore di Luciano Caramel, was published in 2008.[6]

Caramel died in November 2022, at the age of 86.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b [s.n.] (30 June 2013). Accademia di Brera: Luciano Caramel verso la presidenza (in Italian). Corriere di Como. Accessed September 2016.
  2. ^ a b [s.n.] (29 January 2014). Il gusto di Caramel per l'arte moderna (in Italian). La Repubblica. Accessed September 2016.
  3. ^ Ilaria Carra (29 June 2013). Caramel, Galateri e Roth tre nomi per il futuro di Brera (in Italian). La Repubblica. Accessed September 2016.
  4. ^ Paola Naldi (19 February 2002). Rosso e Caramel i martedì d'arte a palazzo Poggi (in Italian). La Repubblica. Accessed September 2016.
  5. ^ "Studio Esseci - Mostra". www.studioesseci.net. Archived from the original on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  6. ^ Cecilia de Carli, Francesco Tedeschi (editors) (2008). Il presente si fa storia, scritti in onore di Luciano Caramel. Milan: Vita e Pensiero. ISBN 9788834313855.
  7. ^ Morto lo storico dell’arte, docente e curatore Luciano Caramel (in Italian)