# Denys Zacharopoulos

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Greek theorist and art historian

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**Denys Zacharopoulos** (born 1952 in [Athens](/source/Athens), [Greece](/source/Greece)) is an [art historian](/source/Art_historian) and [theorist](/source/Art_theory). He works as Professor of [Art History](/source/Art_History), author, and curator, amongst others at the 48th [Biennale](/source/Venice_Biennale) in [Venice](/source/Venice) ([Italy](/source/Italy)) and [documenta](/source/Documenta) IX in [Kassel](/source/Kassel) ([Germany](/source/Germany)).

## Biography

Denys Zacharopoulos studied music in Athens and from 1970 in [France](/source/France) literature, semantics and philosophy, followed by history and sociology of the arts and in literature.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] His teachers were [Jean Cassou](/source/Jean_Cassou), [Gaëtan Picon](/source/Ga%C3%ABtan_Picon), [Louis Marin](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Marin_(philosophe)) and [Roland Barthes](/source/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](/source/Institute_of_Contemporary_Arts) in [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England). He then spent time in [New York](/source/New_York_City) and taught as Professor in the Academies of Fine Arts in [Geneva](/source/Geneva), [Vienna](/source/Vienna), and [Amsterdam](/source/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](/source/Jean-Marc_Bustamante), [Juan Muñoz](/source/Juan_Mu%C3%B1oz_(sculptor)), [Thomas Schütte](/source/Thomas_Sch%C3%BCtte) and Reinhard Mucha.

## Professional activities

Denys Zacharopouls' first major works centered on the [Arte Povera](/source/Arte_Povera) movement.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He curated a long series of exhibitions in major museums in [Europe](/source/Europe) and the [United States](/source/United_States). Since 2001, he has published extensively and curated intensively many exhibitions on the artistic production and the issue of [Avantgarde](/source/Avantgarde) in Greece in the second half of the 20th century.

- Director of the [Domaine de Kerguehennec](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Domaine_de_Kerguehennec&action=edit&redlink=1),[1] in France (1992–1999)

- Co-director with Jan Hoet of [documenta](/source/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 [Biennale](/source/Venice_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](/source/Rijksakademie_van_Beeldende_Kunsten)[2] in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1996–2005)

- Professor for art history and art theory at the [Aegean University](/source/University_of_the_Aegean) in Lesvos, Greece (2002–2010)

- Artistic director of the [Macedonian Museums for Contemporary Art](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Macedonian_Museums_for_Contemporary_Art&action=edit&redlink=1),[3] 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).[4]

Numerous catalogues and theoretical publications listed in Zacharopoulos' bibliography,[5] with particular emphasis on the following artists: [Gerhard Richter](/source/Gerhard_Richter), [Mario Merz](/source/Mario_Merz), Gilberto Zorio, Iannis [Kounellis](/source/Kounellis), [Per Kirkeby](/source/Per_Kirkeby), Eugene Leroy, [Michelangelo Pistoletto](/source/Michelangelo_Pistoletto), Pat Steir, [Carl Andre](/source/Carl_Andre), Pierpaolo Calzolari, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, [Marina Abramović](/source/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87), [Lothar Baumgarten](/source/Lothar_Baumgarten), Marisa Merz, [Jean-Marc Bustamante](/source/Jean-Marc_Bustamante), Matt Mullican, [Thomas Schütte](/source/Thomas_Sch%C3%BCtte), Jan Vercruysse, Helmut Dorner, Gaylen Gerber, [Harald Klingelhöller, [Franz West](/source/Franz_West), Jim Lutes, Tadashi Kawamata, Reinhard Mucha, Adrian Schiess, [Herbert Brandl](/source/Herbert_Brandl), Jimmy Durham, Michel François, Eran Schaerf, [Xavier Noiret-Thomé](/source/Xavier_Noiret-Thom%C3%A9).

## 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](/source/Chevalier_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres) of the [French Republic](/source/French_Republic)

- [Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art](/source/Austrian_Cross_of_Honour_for_Science_and_Art) (2002)[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Domaine de Kerguehennec](http://www.art-kerguehennec.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190109110334/http://www.art-kerguehennec.com/) 2019-01-09 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten](http://www.rijksakademie.nl/ENG/), Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Macedonian Museums for Contemporary Art](http://www.mmca.org.gr/mmst/el/index.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090918094744/http://www.mmca.org.gr/mmst/el/index.htm) 2009-09-18 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Thessalonica, Greece.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ZACHAROPOULOS Denys - Archives de la critique d'Art"](https://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/auteur/zacharopoulos-denys). *Archives de la critique d'Art* (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Denys Zacharopoulos Bibliography](https://www.archivesdelacritiquedart.org/outils_documentaires/critiques_d_art/386/bibliographie).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Reply to a parliamentary question"](http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf) (pdf) (in German). p. 1523. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

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