Germano Celant (1940–2020) was a prominent Italian art historian, critic, and curator. He is most famously known for coining the term 'Arte Povera' (poor art) in his 1967 manifesto 'Appunti Per Una Guerriglia,' which defined a radical postwar European art movement emphasizing raw, everyday materials as an anti-commercial rebellion against institutional norms. Celant held significant roles in the international art world, serving as a contributing editor for Artforum and Interview, and as a senior curator of Contemporary Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York from 1988 to 2016. He also served as the artistic director of the Prada Foundation in Milan (starting in 1993) and was the director of the Venice Biennale in 1997. His scholarship spans conceptual art, land art, and various Italian movements.[1,2,3]
