Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giuseppe Veneziano


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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) LibStar (talk) 02:30, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

Giuseppe Veneziano

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fails WP:CREATIVE. No significant acclaim or awards as an artist. Also an orphan article LibStar (talk) 08:53, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep: First a note that his article has been deleted 3 times on it-wiki, however the most recent was because of a copyvio, and the previous ones were deleted in 2007 and 2008 before he had attracted as much notice. Although he appears to only have marginal claims against (say) NARTIST #3 and #4c, and coverage of "Italian Newbrow"/"Nuova Arte Italiana" might not (yet?) be enough for #2, I believe that his article is a GNG keep.
 * His portfolio is here, and while it's primary, as a pointer to exhibitions (eg curated by Vittorio Sgarbi) it may be indicative.
 * His equally primary biography provides other potentially verifiable claims: 2 covers of Flash Art magazine, representation at international exhibitions, etc.
 * He achieved some notoriety with his exhibition Zeitgeist - which attracted particular criticism for (mainly) la Madonna del terzo Reich including international coverage here, here and here. There's no obvious merge target apart from the worse option of a new article on la Madonna..., but BLP1E is avoided anyway, since...
 * According to his biography, an earlier work, Occidente Occidente, also attracted some notice (hard to find much online, though here is something from Robert Spencer (author), and that that exists suggests there was indeed further coverage at the time).
 * He subsequently exhibited at the 54th Venice Biennale, which isn't necessarily quite notable given there were 250 artists from Italy alone that year, but he appears to have attracted a little notice.
 * Significant coverage by it:Andrea G. Pinketts in his book Ho una tresca con la tipa nella vasca (Pinketts has curated his work). Appears to be in Newbrow: 50 Contemporary Artists by Shane Pomajambo published by Schiffer Publishing.
 * There's this passing coverage of his Dolce&Gabbana piece in the Financial Times, and a bunch of other bits and pieces including this 2007 interview. He also provided the cover for McMAO by band Management del Dolore Post-Operatorio (released by Universal). ~Hydronium~Hydroxide~(Talk)~ 12:33, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:10, 8 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Italy-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 15:10, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. In addition to the analysis and sources above, Veneziano and his often controversial works received coverage in art-related Italian websites (eg., , ) plus coverage in mainstream news sources such as Corriere della Sera , La Repubblica (, , , more trivially ), La Gazzetta dello Sport , Affaritaliani, Giornale di Sicilia . According to this summary an article about him was published in an issue of the Italian edition of Rolling Stone. I think WP:GNG and WP:NARTIST #3 and #4 are met. Cavarrone  16:20, 8 August 2016 (UTC)


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