Francesco Poli (born 1949,Turin, Italy) is an Italianart critic and curator. He teaches History of Contemporary Art at theAcademy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milan, Italy). He is also "chargé de cours" at University of Paris 8 and teaches Art and Communication at theUniversity of Turin.[1]
Poli writes regularly for several art journals and magazines, includingTema Celeste,[2] and for the daily newspaperLa Stampa;[3] He also worked as theart critic for the Italian newspaperIl Manifesto,[2] focusing primarily on20th century art.
La Metafisica, Laterza, Milan 1989 (reprinted and expanded in 2004)
Giulio Paolini, Lindau, Turin, 1990
Dizionario di arte contemporanea (with Martina Corgnati), Feltrinelli, Milan, 1994
Minimalismo, Arte Povera, Arte Concettuale, Laterza, Rome, 1995 (VIII edition 2009)
Catalogo generale delle opere di Felice Casorati. I dipinti, (with Giorgina Bertolino), 2 vol., Allemandi, Turin, 1996 (II edition in 3 books,Le sculture e l’aggiornamento dipinti, 2004)
Il sistema dell’arte contemporanea, Laterza 1999 (IX edition. 2008)
Gian Enzo Sperone. Torino, Roma, New York, Hopeful Monster, Turin, 2000
Dizionario dell’arte del Novecento (with Martina Corgnati), Bruno Mondadori, Milan, 2001 (pocket book 2009)
Arte Contemporanea. Le ricerche internazionali dagli anni Cinquanta a oggi, Electa, Milan, 2003 (IV ed. 2008)
La scultura del Novecento, Laterza, Rome, 2006.
Arte Moderna. Dal postimpressionismo all’informale, Electa, Milan, 2007
Felice Casorati: Art & Dossier, Giunti, Florence, 2007
Arte contemporanea, Arnoldo Mondatori Editore, Milan, 2007
L’arte del Novecento in Piemonte, Regione Piemonte, Priuli & Verlucca, Turin, 2008
Gli anni Cinquanta, Arte Contemporanea, Electa, Milan, 2008
