{{Short description|American art critic (c.1947–2018)}} {{Infobox person | name = David Bonetti | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = c. 1947 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and given age|2018|04|04|71}} | death_place = Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Brandeis University | employer = | occupation = Art critic | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''David Bonetti''' (c. 1947 – April 4, 2018) was an American art critic.

==Early life== David Bonetti was born circa 1947 and grew up in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref name="sfgateobit">{{cite news|last1=Whiting|first1=Sam|title=David Bonetti, former SF Examiner art critic, dies|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/David-Bonetti-former-Examiner-art-critic-12810204.php|accessdate=April 6, 2018|work=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> His father was Italian and his mother Irish.<ref name="berkshirefineartsobit">{{cite web|last1=Giuliano|first1=Charles|title=Renowned Boston Arts Critic David Bonetti Found Listening to Classical Music|url=https://www.berkshirefinearts.com/04-05-2018_renowned-boston-arts-critic-david-bonetti.htm|website=Berkshire Fine Arts|accessdate=April 6, 2018|date=April 5, 2018}}</ref> He graduated from Brandeis University in 1969.<ref name="berkshirefineartsobit"/>

==Career== Bonetti began his career as an art critic for the ''Boston Phoenix''.<ref name="sfgateobit"/> He was an art critic for ''The San Francisco Examiner'' from 1989 to 2000, and ''The San Francisco Chronicle'' from 2000 to 2002.<ref name="sfgateobit"/> He later became the art critic for the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''.<ref name="sfgateobit"/>

==Personal life and death== Bonetti was openly gay.<ref name="sfgateobit"/> He resided in Duboce Triangle, San Francisco, California, and retired in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he died on April 4, 2018, at the age of 71.<ref name="sfgateobit"/>

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