Benjamin Genocchio

Benjamin Genocchio
Born	1969 Sydney
Nationality	Australian
Education	Newington College University of Sydney
Occupation	Art critic
Title	Executive Director, The Armory Show
Spouse(s)	Melissa Chiu

Benjamin Genocchio (born 1969) is an art critic and non-fiction writer from Australia. He is currently director of the Armory Show, a New York-based art fair. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Artnet News, an art news website. He also 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".

Genocchio was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1969, the second of four sons of an Italian father, Giorgio, who worked on a cruise ship, and an Australian mother, Jennifer. Genocchio grew up in Lane Cove and attended Newington College from 1981 to 1986. As a youth he had a short attention span and a low boredom threshold, traits he says led him to become an art critic. Genocchio completed a PhD in history of art at the University of Sydney in 1996. He is a citizen of Australia and Italy.

In late December 2002 Genocchio moved to New York to begin writing for The New York Times. In 2008 Genocchio published Dollar Dreaming, an exposé of corruption and double-dealing in the $500-million trade in Aboriginal art in Australia and abroad.

In early 2010 he became editorial director at Louise Blouin Media, and editor-in-chief of Art+Auction magazine, Modern Painters and artinfo.com. He left the post at Modern Painters in 2011.

Genocchio left Blouin Media in January 2015 and joined Artnet, where he was made editor-in-chief of Artnet News, a 24-hour art news website. In December 2015 he was appointed director of the Armory Show.

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