The art historian Philippe Daverio died at the age of 71 at the Cancer Institute of Milan. Born in 1949 in Mulhouse, Alsace, to an Italian father and an Alsatian mother, Daverio, who arrived in Italy for university studies, opened a gallery with his name in Via Monte Napoleone, Milan in 1975, and then a second one in New York, about ten years later.
From 1993 to 1997 he was councilor for Culture, Leisure, Education and International Relations of the Formentini council in the municipality of Milan. As a gallery owner and publisher he published about fifty titles, including some scientific publications, and was also director of the magazine Art e Dossier. With his round glasses and the inevitable bow tie, the general public met him in 1999 as a correspondent for the program Art’è su Raitre. The following year he was the author and host of the program Art.tù, then from 2002 to 2012 the author and host of Passepartout, an art and culture program that became Il Capitale, and of the 2011 program Emporio Daverio for RAI 5. In September 2014 he became artistic director of the Grande Museo del Duomo in Milan, and since 2015 a member of the Scientific Committee of the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Braidense National Library.
“An intellectual of extraordinary humanity, a capable disseminator of culture, a sensitive and refined art historian. With sagacity and passion, he accompanied Italians and Italians in the fascinating discovery of architecture, landscapes, creative expression, artists, the sources of our cultural heritage “, the remembrance words of the Minister for goods and activities. culture and tourism, Dario Franceschini.
“I am very sorry for Philippe Daverio, he was a great art historian and has shown that he knows how to make a television on art of the highest quality”, commented the Minister of Economy Roberto Gualtieri.
The mayor of the city Giuseppe Sala spoke of his love for the Lombard capital. “Daverio was a lover of Milan to which he has always given the strength of his originality and competence, from the Municipality of La Scala to the Duomo Museum and Brera”, he wrote on his Facebook page.
