Zvonko Maković was born in Osijek, Croatia, in 1947. He graduated in history and art history, and obtained a PhD in art history in Zagreb. A university professor of modern art, art historian, poet and essayist. A founder and curator of many solo and retrospective exhibitions and the national commissioner for the Venice Biennale in 2001. “In poems it all seems different. / When I read the phrases others write, / it all seems clear and easy.” he says in his poem Poslije. He has published several books of essays, columns and supplements, as well as a dozen art books dedicated to contemporary artists.