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About Gillo Dorfles

Birth

1910

Death

2018

Biography

Angelo Eugenio "Gillo" Dorfles was an Italian art critic, painter, and philosopher.

Gillo Dorfles was a multifaceted figure who excelled as an art critic, philosopher, painter, and psychiatrist.

Born in Trieste in 1910, his long life allowed him to witness and shape the evolution of art for over a century.

His most renowned work, Kitsch: The World of Bad Taste, is a fundamental analysis of aesthetics and bad taste.

Throughout his career, he explored the intersection between psychology and artistic creation.

Dorfles left a prolific legacy with 86 published works ranging from aesthetics to poetry.