Nationality Australian Spouse Melissa Chiu Role Art critic | Name Benjamin Genocchio Occupation Art critic | |
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Born 1969 (age 54), Sydney Title Editor-in-chief of Artnet News Books Contemporary Asian Art, Fiona Foley, Simeon Nelson: Passages Similar Simeon Nelson, Geoffrey de Groen, Melissa Chiu Education Newington College, University of Sydney Website www.benjamingenocchio.net | ||
Benjamin Genocchio (born 1969) is an art critic and non-fiction writer from Australia. He is currently director of the Armory Show, a New York-based art fair. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Artnet News, an art news website. He also worked as an art critic for The New York Times, and then as the editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters magazine, and the website "artinfo.com".
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- Benjamin Genocchio Independent
- The Armory Show 2017 Benjamin Gnocchi Executive Director Talking Art with Michelle
- Family and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Publications
- References
Benjamin Genocchio - Independent
The Armory Show 2017, Benjamin Gnocchi, Executive Director, Talking Art with Michelle
Family and education
Genocchio was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1969, the second of four sons of an Italian father, Giorgio, who worked on a cruise ship, and an Australian mother, Jennifer. Genocchio grew up in Lane Cove and attended Newington College from 1981 to 1986. As a youth he had a short attention span and a low boredom threshold, traits he says led him to become an art critic. Genocchio completed a PhD in history of art at the University of Sydney in 1996. He is a citizen of Australia and Italy.
Career
In late December 2002 Genocchio moved to New York to begin writing for The New York Times. In 2008 Genocchio published Dollar Dreaming, an exposé of corruption and double-dealing in the $500-million trade in Aboriginal art in Australia and abroad.
In early 2010 he became editorial director at Louise Blouin Media, and editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters and artinfo.com. He left the post at Modern Painters in 2011.
Genocchio left Blouin Media in January 2015 and joined Artnet, where he was made editor-in-chief of Artnet News, a 24-hour art news website. In December 2015 he was appointed director of the Armory Show.
Personal life
Genocchio is married to curator Melissa Chiu and lives in New York state. The two co-authored Asian Art Now.