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Biography
Lucio Amelio (born Naples, 13 September 1931 - died Naples, 2 July 1994) was an Italian art dealer, curator, and actor. For decades he contributed to make Naples an international art centre encouraging the dialogue between European and American contemporary arts.
Biography
Born in Naples, Amelio quickly established himself as a leading figure in the international contemporary art market from the mid-sixties to the mid-nineties. In 1965 he opened the Modern Art Agency, a gallery in Parco Margherita dedicated to experimental art. In 1969 he opened the Galleria Lucio Amelio in Naples’ Piazza dei Martiri, which hosted exhibitions of artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Keith Haring, Cy Twombly, Dieter Hacker.
In 1980 Amelio introduced Joseph Beuys to Andy Warhol, and later that year he organized the exhibition of portraits "by Beuys, Warhol".
Acting
Lucio Amelio was also an actor. He worked with director Lina Wertmuller in four films.
- 1975, Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties),
- 1978, Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova, si sospettano moventi politici (Blood Feud),
- 1979, La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia (A Night Full of Rain),
- 1991, Wertmuller’s film for television Sabato, domenica e lunedì (Saturday, Sunday and Monday)
- 1992, Mario Martone’s Morte di un matematico napoletano (Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician)