Artribune's Best Art Books of 2021: Italian Publishers and Artists Dominate
The 2021 best-of list from Artribune emphasizes the achievements of Italian publishers, authors, and artists, reflecting a surge in local production. Featured works encompass essays, critiques, monographs, and writings by artists. Among the standout titles are Massimo Carboni's 'L'ornamentale' (Jaca Book), Gian Maria Tosatti's 'Esperienza e realtà' (Postmedia Books), Marco Trevisan's 'Ars factiva' (Libri Scheiwiller), and Stefano Chiodi's 'Genius loci' (Quodlibet). Additional noteworthy mentions include Germano Celant's posthumous 'The Story of (my) Exhibitions' (Silvana Editoriale), Lorenzo Canova's 'Il grande ritorno' (La nave di Teseo), and Giulia Foscari's award-winning 'Antarctic Resolution' (Lars Müller), which received the DAM Architectural Book Award.
Key facts
- Artribune's best-of list for 2021 focuses almost entirely on Italian publishers, authors, and artists.
- Massimo Carboni's 'L'ornamentale' (Jaca Book) explores the return of ornament in art.
- Gian Maria Tosatti's 'Esperienza e realtà' (Postmedia Books) is by the artist set to represent Italy at the next Venice Biennale.
- Germano Celant's posthumous 'The Story of (my) Exhibitions' (Silvana Editoriale) recounts his curatorial methodology.
- Lorenzo Canova's 'Il grande ritorno' (La nave di Teseo) examines Giorgio de Chirico's Neometaphysical period (1968-1978).
- Maurizio Cattelan's 'Index' (Marsilio) collects 130 interviews with artists and intellectuals over twenty years.
- The Chiara Fumai monograph 'Poems I will never release' (Nero) includes essays and a general catalogue.
- Giulia Foscari's 'Antarctic Resolution' (Lars Müller) won the DAM Architectural Book Award and was shown at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Entities
Artists
- Massimo Carboni
- Gian Maria Tosatti
- Marco Trevisan
- Stefano Chiodi
- Germano Celant
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Chiara Fumai
- John Rewald
- Vincent van Gogh
- Paul Gauguin
- Paolo Baratta
- Christian Caliandro
- Enrico Castellani
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Giorgio Andreotta Calò
- Luigi Serafini
- Regina Cassolo Bracchi
- Achille Bonito Oliva
- Carlo Maria Mariani
- Nathalie Léger
- Pippa Bacca
- Frédéric Pajak
- Zanele Muholi
- Francesco Jodice
- Giulia Grechi
- Legacy Russell
- Olimpia Zagnoli
- Benjamin Lacombe
- Albe Steiner
- Claudio Rocha
- Tony de Marco
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Étienne Friess
- Lynda Carter
- Chika Okeke-Agulu
- Giulia Foscari
- Massimo Maiorino
- Thomas Weil
- Federico Zevi
- Enrico Castelnuovo
- Carlo Ginzburg
- Carrà
- Sironi
- Soffici
- Maccari
- Malaparte
- Longanesi
- Francesco Urbano Ragazzi
- Milovan Farronato
- Andrea Bellini
- Giovanna Zapperi
- Chus Martínes
- Paulina Olowska
- Claudia Giraud
- Alessandra Mammì
- Nicola Davide Angerame
- Alessandro Paolo Lombardo
- Stefano Castelli
- Andrea Viliani
- Daniela Ferrari
- Emanuela Termine
- Marco Petroni
- Giorgia Basili
- Desirée Maida
- Luca Barcellona
- Lafcardio Hearn
- Marco Enrico Giacomelli
Institutions
- Artribune
- Jaca Book
- Postmedia Books
- Libri Scheiwiller
- Quodlibet
- Silvana Editoriale
- La nave di Teseo
- Nero
- Johan and Levi
- Marsilio Editori
- Mondadori
- Abscondita
- Humboldt Books
- Rizzoli
- GAMEC
- Centre Pompidou
- Skira
- Castello di Rivoli
- CRRI – Centro di Ricerca Castello di Rivoli
- Manfredi
- Allemandi
- La Nuova Frontiera
- L'orma
- 24 Ore Cultura
- Gropius Bau
- Mimesis
- Perrone
- Franco Maria Ricci
- Plumes
- Lazy Dog
- L'ippocampo
- Scalpendi
- Politecnico di Milano
- Phaidon
- Princeton University
- Lars Müller
- New York Times
- Venice Biennale
- Venice Architecture Biennale
- Quadriennale
- Hangar Bicocca
- Centro Pecci
- La Loge
- Casa Encendida
- Palazzo Pigorini
- DC Comics
- Gucci
Locations
- Italy
- Milano
- Macerata
- Cinisello Balsamo
- Monza
- Venezia
- Roma
- Parigi
- Bergamo
- Imola
- Torino
- Zurigo
- Londra
- Berlino
- Ginevra
- Prato
- Bruxelles
- Madrid
- Parma
- Fontanellato
- San Paolo
- Tokyo
- Viterbo
- Celleno
- L'Aquila
- Antarctica
- Africa
- Europe
- Japan
- Brazil
- South Africa