Silvio Benedetto, the Argentine painter and sculptor, died on May 16, 2026, at the age of 88.
Born in Buenos Aires on March 21, 1938, he came from a family of artists of Italian origin. In 1956, at 18, he won first prize at the second Biennial of Pan-American Sacred Art in Buenos Aires.
Between 1957 and 1961, he held several solo exhibitions, including one at the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes in Tucumán.
Silvio Benedetto, 88, Argentine painter.