Jovan Despotović
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Portrait of Jovan Despotović
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16 April 1952 Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Known for | Art historian, art critic |
Jovan Despotović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Деспотовић), born 16 April 1952) is a Serbian art historian and art critic who lives in Belgrade.
Jovan Despotović was educated in The University of Belgrade, (Academic Degree in Art History 1976), SFR Yugoslavia, today Republic of Serbia.
From 2001–2004, Despotović was the Deputy Minister of Culture for the Republic of Serbia. He was also director for the protection of cultural heritage at the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija. 2004-2014, he has been editor of the Cultural and Information Desk at Third Programme of Radio Belgrade and Radio-Television Serbia. 2014-2015 Despotović was Director of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade. Since 2015 he is Editor in Chef on Serbian Broadcasting Corporation.
Despotović is a well-known presence in Belgrade’s art and culture scene, which includes the Open Society Institute, Center for Cultural Decontamination and the Auction House Madl’Art. Prepared by 300 authors show in Serbia, former Yugoslavia and abroad. He was the Yugoslav Commissioner at the 7th International Small Sculpture Exhibition in Budapest, 1987, and the 22nd Biennale in São Paulo in 1994.
Despotović is an art historian with wide-ranging interests in contemporary and recent arts. He has published over 2,000 articles, critical reviews, and essays and is the founder and editor of numerous journals: Sveske (edition Association of Art Historians of Serbia), Vreme umetnosti (special supplement of the Vreme weekly), Treći program (edition Radio Belgrade), Moment. His work has been translated into French, English, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Macedonian and Albanian.
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