{{Short description|Greek theorist and art historian}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2018}} '''Denys Zacharopoulos''' (born 1952 in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]) is an [[art historian]] and [[Art theory|theorist]]. He works as Professor of [[Art History]], author, and curator, amongst others at the 48th [[Venice Biennale|Biennale]] in [[Venice]] ([[Italy]]) and [[documenta]] IX in [[Kassel]] ([[Germany]]).
== Biography == Denys Zacharopoulos studied music in Athens and from 1970 in [[France]] literature, semantics and philosophy, followed by history and sociology of the arts and in literature.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} His teachers were [[Jean Cassou]], [[Gaëtan Picon]], [[:fr:Louis Marin (philosophe)|Louis Marin]] and [[Roland Barthes]]. He lived in France and became a French citizen. Since 2000, he has lived in Greece.
In 1975, Denys Zacharopoulos became program coordinator of the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in [[London]], [[England]]. He then spent time in [[New York City|New York]] and taught as Professor in the Academies of Fine Arts in [[Geneva]], [[Vienna]], and [[Amsterdam]].
During this period he forged intensive personal contacts to many contemporary artists of his generation, in particular to James Welling, Matt Mullican, Ernst Caramelle, [[Jean-Marc Bustamante]], [[Juan Muñoz (sculptor)|Juan Muñoz]], [[Thomas Schütte]] and Reinhard Mucha.
== Professional activities == Denys Zacharopouls' first major works centered on the [[Arte Povera]] movement.{{citation needed|date=April 2012}} He curated a long series of exhibitions in major museums in [[Europe]] and the [[United States]]. Since 2001, he has published extensively and curated intensively many exhibitions on the artistic production and the issue of [[Avantgarde]] in Greece in the second half of the 20th century.
*Director of the [[Domaine de Kerguehennec]],<ref>[http://www.art-kerguehennec.com Domaine de Kerguehennec] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109110334/http://www.art-kerguehennec.com/ |date=2019-01-09 }}.</ref> in France (1992–1999) *Co-director with Jan Hoet of [[documenta]] IX in Kassel, Germany (1992) *General inspector for contemporary art in the French Ministry for Culture (1999) * Curator of the French Pavilion at the 48th [[Venice Biennale|Biennale]] in Venice (1999) * Visiting professor at the École Supérieure des Arts Visuels (ESAV) in Geneva (1985–1991) * Professor at the [[Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten]]<ref>[http://www.rijksakademie.nl/ENG/ Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten], Amsterdam, the Netherlands.</ref> in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1996–2005) *Professor for art history and art theory at the [[University of the Aegean|Aegean University]] in Lesvos, Greece (2002–2010) *Artistic director of the [[Macedonian Museums for Contemporary Art]],<ref>[http://www.mmca.org.gr/mmst/el/index.htm Macedonian Museums for Contemporary Art] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918094744/http://www.mmca.org.gr/mmst/el/index.htm |date=2009-09-18 }}, Thessalonica, Greece.</ref> Thessalonica (2006).
== Publications == Since 1977, Zacharopoulos has produced art critiques in: ''Artforum'' (New York); ''Artistes'' (Paris); ''Arti'' (Athens); ''Parkett'' (Zurich); ''Furor'' (Geneva); ''Faces'' (Geneva); ''Museumjournal'' (Amsterdam); ''Art e Dossier'' (Rome); ''Artstudio'' (Paris); ''Juliett'' (Trieste); ''Acrobat Mime Parfait'' (Bologna); ''Teuchos'' and ''Artime'' (both Athens).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/auteur/zacharopoulos-denys|title=ZACHAROPOULOS Denys - Archives de la critique d'Art|work=Archives de la critique d'Art|access-date=2018-01-25|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
Numerous catalogues and theoretical publications listed in Zacharopoulos' bibliography,<ref>[https://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/outils_documentaires/critiques_d_art/386/bibliographie Denys Zacharopoulos Bibliography].</ref> with particular emphasis on the following artists: [[Gerhard Richter]], [[Mario Merz]], Gilberto Zorio, Iannis [[Kounellis]], [[Per Kirkeby]], Eugene Leroy, [[Michelangelo Pistoletto]], Pat Steir, [[Carl Andre]], Pierpaolo Calzolari, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, [[Marina Abramović]], [[Lothar Baumgarten]], Marisa Merz, [[Jean-Marc Bustamante]], Matt Mullican, [[Thomas Schütte]], Jan Vercruysse, Helmut Dorner, Gaylen Gerber, [Harald Klingelhöller, [[Franz West]], Jim Lutes, Tadashi Kawamata, Reinhard Mucha, Adrian Schiess, [[Herbert Brandl]], Jimmy Durham, Michel François, Eran Schaerf, [[Xavier Noiret-Thomé]].
==Bibliography== *Denys Zacharopoulos/Ulrich Look, "Gerhard Richter", S. Schreiber, Munich, 1984 * "Reinhard Mucha: Das Figur/Grund Problem in der Architektur des Barocks", Kunstverein, Stuttgart 1985. *"Per Kirkeby", Musée Saint-Pierre, Lyon, 1987 *"Gerhard Richter", Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris 1991. *"Jean-Marc Bustamante", Kröller-Müller, Otteloo, 1994 *"Per Kirkeby", Arts Club, Chicago, 2007 *"Xavier Noiret-Thomé", Analogues, maison d'édition pour l'art contemporain, Arles, 2013
==Awards and honors== * [[Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres]] of the [[French Republic]] * [[Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art]] (2002)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf | title = Reply to a parliamentary question | language = German | page=1523 |trans-title=| format = pdf | accessdate = 2 March 2013 }}</ref>
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