Gary Catalano (30 October 1947 – 8 December 2002) was an Australian poet and art critic.
Life Calatano was born on 30 October 1947 in Brisbane. He married writer Helen Hewitt in 1990. Prominent amongst regular art critics for news periodicals, he wrote for The Age 1985–1990.
He died on 8 December 2002 in Melbourne.
Awards 1992 Grace Leven Prize for Poetry (with Kevin Hart) 1997 Australia Council's Keesing Studio in Paris residency 2002 Harold White Fellowship from the National Library in Canberra
Bibliography
Poetry Collections
Selected list of poems TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collectedThe cupboard1998 Sacred site1998 Thoughts1998 Translation1995 Creek1995
Short stories
Non-fiction The Years of Hope: Australian Art and Criticism, 1959-1968 1981 The Bandaged Image: a study of artists' books 1983 An Intimate Australia: The Landscape and Recent Australian Art 1985
Building a Picture: Interviews with Australian Artists 1997 The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and His Art 2001
Anthologies
References review by Gig Ryan, The Age, 31 January 2004
Obituary, The Age