Benjamin Genocchio

Quick Facts

Full Name	Benjamin Genocchio
Occupation	Art Historian
Date Of Birth	Apr 28, 1969(1969-04-28)
Age	55
Country	Australia
Birth City	Sydney
Horoscope	Aries

Benjamin Genocchio Biography

Benjamin Genocchio is one of the most popular and richest Art Historian who was born on April 28, 1969 in Sydney, Australia. Genocchio was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1969. He was the fourth son from the Italian father Giorgio and worked for a cruise ship as well as an Australian mother, Jennifer. Genocchio was raised at Lane Cove and attended Newington College between 1981 and 1986. In his youth, he was known to have an insufficient attention span and a low threshold for boredom and these traits have led him to becoming an artist critic. Genocchio earned an PhD in the field of history of art from the University of Sydney in 1996. Genocchio is a citizen of Australia as well as Italy.

Genocchio has left Blouin Media in January 2014 and was a part of Artnet in January 2014, where he was appointed editor-in-chief for Artnet News which is a 24 hour art news site. In December of 2015, he was named director for the Armory Show. He was fired in November 2017 following a series of allegations of sexual harassment were brought against him that were able to be traced back to his employment in Louise Blouin Media, Artnet and the Armory. The accused denied the accusations in a statement that said when he was in conflict with colleagues, he never did anything inappropriate and has since apologized for any actions he perceived as unprofessional.

As of October 2019, Genocchio is currently serving as the director at Large for Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Los Angeles and New York.

In the early part of 2010, he was appointed the editorial director of Louise Blouin Media, and the editor-in chief of Art+Auction Magazine, Modern Painters and artinfo.com. He resigned from his position in Modern Painters in 2011.

Benjamin Genocchio Net Worth

Benjamin Genocchio is one of the richest Art Historian from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benjamin Genocchio 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Benjamin Genocchio (born 1969) is an artist critic and non-fiction writer from Australia. He is the Director at Large of Shoshana Wayne between Los Angeles and New York in October of this year.

In the latter part of December 2002, Genocchio relocated into New York to begin writing for The New York Times. In 2008, Genocchio released Dollar Dreaming, an expose of double-dealing and corruption in the $500 million trade in Aboriginal art from Australia and around the world.

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. Before that, he worked as an art critic for The New York Times, and then as the editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters magazine, and the website “artinfo.com”. As of 2018, he is a partner with Galerie Gmurzynska.

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Benjamin Ranked on the list of most popular Art Historian. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Benjamin Genocchio celebrates birthday on April 28 of every year.