Philippe Daverio, historian and art critic, died. I was 70 years old

The historian and art critic leaves at 70 Philippe Daverio. Lecturer and essayist, he was councilor for culture of the municipality of Milan from 1993 to 1997. To give the news of his death, which occurred tonight inCancer Institute from the Lombard capital, is the director and director of the theater Franco Parenti Andree Ruth Shammah. “My friend … your silence forever is a heartbreaking cry this morning,” Shammah writes on Instagram, posting the dedication that Daverio wrote to her at the bottom of her latest book. My Europe in small steps.

Born on October 17, 1949 in Mulhouse, Alsace, Daverio was a teacher, essayist and television personality, as well as an art historian. Councilor of the Milan City Council From 1993 to 1997 on the board of Formentini, with delegations of Culture, Free Time, Education and International Relations, he was responsible for the reconstruction of the Contemporary Art Pavilion destroyed after the bomb explosion on July 27, 1993, starting from the search for sponsors to the coordination of both technical and administrative interventions. The arts and culture program “Passepartout“On Rai3, from 2002 to 2013, followed by”The capital“It made him famous to the general public.

In 2008 Vittorio Sgarbi he had named him Salemi’s “librarian.” He taught History of Art at the IULM in Milan and History of Design at the Politecnico di Milano, and until 2016 he held the position of Senior Lecturer in Industrial Design at the University of Palermo. In 2010 he was appointed by the mayor of Palermo as a consultant for the Festa di Santa Rosalia. In 2011, coinciding with the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, he founded the opinion movement Save Italy.

His eccentrics are iconic Look with the inevitable bow tie: “When I was eighteen I stopped wearing my tie and switched to a bow tie. It is more practical: it does not fall into the broth. Now, however, I confess, it has become a mania, “he said in an interview.

“An intellectual of extraordinary humanity, a skilled disseminator of culture, a sensitive and refined art historian. With sagacity and passion, he accompanied Italians and Italians in the fascinating discovery of architecture, landscapes, creative expression, artists and the sources of our cultural heritage. All this was Philippe Daverio, a man whose great intelligence and critical spirit I have always appreciated and that we all lack ”. This is what the Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activities and Tourism recalls, Dario Franceschini. And the mayor of Milan Beppe Sala: “With Philippe Daverio, one of the great protagonists of Milan’s cultural life in recent decades disappears. Daverio was a lover of Milan to whom he has always given the strength of his originality and competence, from the La Scala Town Hall to the Duomo and Brera Museum. I have seen him work in many situations, I have not always shared his positions, but his freedom of thought has always caught my attention. Milan and Italy owe above all to the international spirit and the communicative capacity of Philippe his fight in defense of the beauty and art of our country, of which he was a tireless and brilliant promoter. Thank you, Philippe, and ‘save Italy’ ”. “I am very sorry for Philippe Daverio, he was a great art historian and has shown that he can make television about art of the highest quality,” said the Minister of Economy. Roberto Gualtieri during an interview with Agorà Estate on Rai3.