sert ation . ▁As ▁he ▁said , ▁" I ▁was ▁en rolled ▁at ▁B oc con i ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 – 1 9 6 9 , ▁but ▁I ▁don ' t ▁hold ▁a ▁degree . ▁In ▁those ▁years ▁you ▁would ▁go ▁to ▁university ▁to ▁learn , ▁not ▁to ▁gradu ate ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁he ▁opened ▁Gall eria ▁Philippe ▁Da ver io ▁in ▁Via ▁Monte ▁Napole one ▁in ▁Milan , ▁where ▁he ▁mostly ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁avant - gar de ▁movements ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁he ▁opened ▁the ▁Philippe ▁Da ver io ▁Gallery ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁he ▁opened ▁a ▁second ▁gallery ▁of ▁contemporary ▁art ▁in ▁Milan , ▁Italy . ▁The ▁gallery ▁eventually ▁went ▁bank rupt ▁and ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁gall er ist ▁and ▁publish er , ▁Da ver io ▁has ▁organized ▁many ▁exhib itions , ▁including ▁Andy ▁War hol ' s ▁Last ▁Su pper ▁at ▁Gall eria ▁del ▁Cred ito ▁V alt ell inese ▁in ▁Milan ; ▁he ▁has ▁also ▁edited ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁Giorg io ▁De ▁Ch ir ico ' s ▁work ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁and ▁a ▁catalog ue ▁raison né ▁on ▁G ino ▁Sever ini ' s ▁work . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Da ver io ▁author ed ▁many ▁books ▁with ▁R