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Benjamin Genocchio was born on 1969 in Sydney, is an Australian art critic. Discover Benjamin Genocchio's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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1969

Benjamin Genocchio (born 1969) is an Australian art critic and non-fiction writer.

Genocchio was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1969, the second of four sons of an Italian father, Giorgio, who worked on a cruise ship, and an Australian mother, Jennifer.

1981

Genocchio grew up in Lane Cove and attended Newington College from 1981 to 1986.

As a youth he had a short attention span and a low boredom threshold, traits he says led him to become an art critic.

1996

Genocchio completed a PhD in history of art at the University of Sydney in 1996.

He is a citizen of Australia and Italy.

2002

In late December 2002 Genocchio moved to New York to begin writing for The New York Times.

2008

In 2008 he published Dollar Dreaming, an exposé of corruption and double-dealing in the $500-million trade in Aboriginal art in Australia and abroad.

2010

In early 2010 he became editorial director at Louise Blouin Media, and editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters and artinfo.com.

2011

He left the post at Modern Painters in 2011.

2014

Genocchio left Blouin Media in January 2014 and joined Artnet, where he was made editor-in-chief of Artnet News, a 24-hour art news website.

In 2014 Genocchio lived in New York state.

He is married to curator Melissa Chiu, with whom he wrote Asian Art Now.

2015

In December 2015 he was appointed director of the Armory Show.

In September 2015, The Washington Post reported that Genocchio had edited the content of Chiu's Wikipedia entry in order to remove negative commentary about her work at the Hirshhorn and to add laudatory statements.

2017

He was director of the Armory Show until November 2017, when he was ousted following allegations of sexual harassment, which he denied.

He was previously editor-in-chief of Artnet News, where he also faced accusations of sexual harassment.

He was ousted in November 2017 after multiple accusations of sexual harassment were made against him that extended to his time at Louise Blouin Media, Artnet and the Armory.

He denied the accusation in a statement saying that while he had conflicts with employees, he never acted inappropriately, and apologized for any behavior perceived as disrespectful.

2019

Since October 2019 he has been director-at-large for Shoshana Wayne in Los Angeles and New York.

He worked as an art critic for The New York Times, and then as editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters magazine and the website "artinfo.com".

In October 2019 he was director-at-large for the Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Los Angeles and New York.