16 Italian Art Books as Christmas Gift Guide
Artribune presents a curated list of 16 Italian art books for Christmas, ordered by artist birth year. The selection ranges from an unpublished 1921 text by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti on Tattilismo to a monograph on anonymous street artist Blu by Fabiola Naldi. Key titles include Marilena Pasquali's summa on Giorgio Morandi, a Savinio A-Z encyclopedia edited by Ester Coen, the second volume of Mimmo Rotella's catalogue raisonné curated by Germano Celant, Gianni Berengo Gardin's autobiography, Enzo Mari's reenacted exhibition book, Emilio Isgrò's poetry collection, Chiara Dynys's thematic monograph, Adelaide Cioni's silent book, Marco Bongiorni's boxing-drawing connection, Riccardo Giacconi's card deck, Luca Santese & Marco P. Valli's photobook on Matteo Salvini, Riccardo Banfi's Los Angeles series, Emilio Vavarella's DNA textile project, and Fabiola Naldi's study of Blu. The list includes works from 2019 and 2020, published by FVE Editori, Gli Ori, Quodlibet, Electa, Skira, Contrasto, Humboldt Books, Guanda, Les cerises, Milieu, Rorhof, Cesura, SAM Sampling Moods, Mousse Publishing, and Postmedia Books.
Key facts
- List of 16 Italian art books for Christmas 2020
- Ordered by artist birth year, from Marinetti to Blu
- Includes unpublished Marinetti text on Tattilismo from 1921
- Marilena Pasquali's Giorgio Morandi book is a summa of her 30-year work
- Massimo Maiorino's Il dispositivo Morandi traces reception from 1934 to 2018
- Savinio A-Z edited by Ester Coen has 107 entries by 30 contributors
- Rotella catalogue raisonné volume 2 covers 1962-1973, 720 pages
- Gianni Berengo Gardin autobiography recounts his first photographs under Nazi occupation
- Enzo Mari's Falce e martello reenacts 1973 exhibition
- Emilio Isgrò poetry collection Quel che resta di Dio published in 2019
- Chiara Dynys monograph in 500 copies with plexiglas case
- Adelaide Cioni's silent book I see me published by Les cerises
- Marco Bongiorni links drawing and boxing in Drawing As Fighting
- Riccardo Giacconi's Options is a card deck with 40 cards
- Santese & Valli's Il corpo del capitano documents Matteo Salvini's 2018-2019 events
- Riccardo Banfi self-published Sunshine Noir after two years in Los Angeles
- Emilio Vavarella's RS548049170_1_69869_TT translates his DNA into fabric using Jacquard loom
- Fabiola Naldi's Tracce di Blu is the first monograph on street artist Blu
Entities
Artists
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
- Giorgio Morandi
- Alberto Savinio
- Mimmo Rotella
- Gianni Berengo Gardin
- Enzo Mari
- Emilio Isgrò
- Chiara Dynys
- Adelaide Cioni
- Marco Bongiorni
- Riccardo Giacconi
- Luca Santese
- Marco P. Valli
- Riccardo Banfi
- Emilio Vavarella
- Blu
- Marilena Pasquali
- Massimo Maiorino
- Ester Coen
- Germano Celant
- Giorgio Verzotti
- Fabiola Naldi
- Nicoletta Misler
- John Bowlt
- Nicola Pellegrini
- Bianca Trevisan
- Riccardo Venturi
- Achille Bonito Oliva
- Gabriele Tinti
- Robert Davi
- David Foster Wallace
- John Cheever
- Roberto Longhi
- Gilles Deleuze
- Dino Campana
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Lea Vergine
- Paolo Mele
Institutions
- Artribune
- FVE Editori
- Gli Ori
- Quodlibet
- Electa
- Skira
- Contrasto
- Humboldt Books
- Guanda
- Les cerises
- Milieu
- Rorhof
- Cesura
- SAM Sampling Moods
- Mousse Publishing
- Postmedia Books
- Mimmo Rotella Institute
- Museo Morandi di Bologna
- Centro Studi Giorgio Morandi
- Museo Novecento di Firenze
- Galleria Milano
- Triennale di Milano
- Fondazione Cini di Venezia
- Treccani
- NABA di Milano
- Harvard University
- Ramdom
- Italian Council
- Kunstverein Graz
- steirischer herbst
- P420 Bologna
- Palazzo Reale di Milano
- Time
- Los Angeles Times
- Hyperallergic
Locations
- Milano
- Italy
- Parigi
- France
- Théâtre de l'Oeuvre
- Paris
- Bologna
- via Fondazza
- Grizzana
- Firenze
- Catanzaro
- Roma
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Bolzano
- Alto Adige
- Sudtirolo
- Graz
- Austria
- Pianello Val Tidone
- Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto
- Messina
- Mantova
- Venezia