in 1974, celant edited and curated the catalogue raisonné of italian artist piero manzoni. he curated many exhibitions on italian art, including "identité italienne. l'art en italie depuis 1959" (centre georges pompidou, paris, 1981), "italian art, 1900-1945" (palazzo grassi, venice, 1989; with pontus hultén), and "italian metamorphosis 1943-1968" (guggenheim museum, new york, 1994).