Artribune's 2017 holiday book roundup: travel, gardens, and Banksy
Artribune presents five art books for the 2017 holiday season, each centered on travel and discovery. 'The Bruce Chatwin Project' (Moleskine, 2017) celebrates 30 years of 'The Songlines' and 20 years of Moleskine, pairing a reprint of Chatwin's classic with a blank notebook. Sophie Walker's 'The Japanese Garden' (Phaidon/L'Ippocampo, 2017) features essays by Lee Ufan, Anish Kapoor, and Tadao Ando, focusing on Japan's finest gardens. Philippe Daverio's 'Ho finalmente capito l'Italia' (Rizzoli, 2017) offers a witty treatise on Italian identity for foreigners and Italians alike. Calum Storrie's 'Delirious Museum' (Johan and Levi, 2017) traces a 'delirious' journey from Paris to Las Vegas through museum and city architectures, with a new chapter and updated bibliography. Xavier Tapies' 'Ma dov'è Banksy?' (L'Ippocampo, 2017) provides an unofficial survey of Banksy's works from Bristol to Bethlehem, though it may quickly date as murals disappear or new ones appear.
Key facts
- The Bruce Chatwin Project marks 30 years since 'The Songlines' and 20 years of Moleskine.
- Sophie Walker's 'The Japanese Garden' includes essays by Lee Ufan, Anish Kapoor, and Tadao Ando.
- Philippe Daverio's 'Ho finalmente capito l'Italia' is a political book with many images on coated paper.
- Calum Storrie's 'Delirious Museum' covers museums and cities from John Soane to Rem Koolhaas.
- Xavier Tapies' 'Ma dov'è Banksy?' is an unofficial book with a disclaimer that Banksy did not participate.
- The book covers Banksy's works from 'The Mild Mild West' in Bristol to the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem.
- All books were published in 2017.
- The article is by Marco Enrico Giacomelli for Artribune.
Entities
Artists
- Bruce Chatwin
- Lee Ufan
- Anish Kapoor
- Tadao Ando
- Sophie Walker
- Philippe Daverio
- Calum Storrie
- Xavier Tapies
- Banksy
- John Soane
- Carlo Scarpa
- Rem Koolhaas
- Marco Enrico Giacomelli
Institutions
- Moleskine
- Penguin
- Phaidon
- L'Ippocampo
- Rizzoli
- Johan and Levi
- Graffiti Books
- Artribune
Locations
- Milano
- Italy
- Londra
- United Kingdom
- Parigi
- France
- Las Vegas
- United States
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Bristol
- Betlemme
- Palestine