Artribune's Christmas Book Guide: From Manet to Merda d'artista
Artribune's Marco Enrico Giacomelli presents a curated selection of art books for Christmas, covering modern and contemporary art. The roundup includes Fred Licht's monograph on Manet, which argues against his Impressionist classification; Ambroise Vollard's firsthand account of Cézanne; John Rewald's monumental study of van Gogh and Gauguin; an interdisciplinary analysis of Pellizza da Volpedo's 'Il Quarto Stato'; Giovanna Ginex's 'Album del Divisionismo'; Josef Albers' photographs of Mexico; Lorenzo Canova's study of de Chirico's Neometafisica; Mark Tobey's writings; a catalogue on Regina Cassolo Bracchi; Chiara Perin's research on Guttuso and Realism; a monograph on Bobo Piccoli; a quadrilingual book on Piero Manzoni's 'Merda d'artista'; and Giorgio Griffa's reflections on painting. The books were published in 2021 by various Italian publishers.
Key facts
- Fred Licht's Manet monograph reissued by Jaca Book in 2021
- Ambroise Vollard's notes on Cézanne published by Abscondita in 2021
- John Rewald's 'Gli anni di van Gogh e Gauguin' published by Johan and Levi in 2021
- Interdisciplinary study 'Nel Quarto Stato' published by Nomos in 2021
- Giovanna Ginex's 'Album del Divisionismo' published by Electa in 2021
- Josef Albers' Mexico photographs published by Humboldt Books in 2021
- Lorenzo Canova's 'Il grande ritorno' on de Chirico published by La nave di Teseo in 2021
- Mark Tobey's 'Geografie dell’immaginazione' published by Christian Marinotti in 2021
- Regina Cassolo Bracchi catalogue co-published by GAMeC and Centre Pompidou in 2021
- Chiara Perin's 'Guttuso e il Realismo in Italia 1944-1954' published by Silvana Editoriale in 2021
- Bobo Piccoli monograph published by Skira in 2021
- Quadrilingual book on Piero Manzoni's 'Merda d’artista' published by Carlo Cambi in 2021
- Giorgio Griffa's 'Undici cicli di pittura' published by Allemandi in 2021
Entities
Artists
- Édouard Manet
- Paul Cézanne
- Vincent van Gogh
- Paul Gauguin
- Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo
- Giovanni Segantini
- Vittore Grubicy De Dragon
- Giovanni Fattori
- Josef Albers
- Giorgio de Chirico
- Mark Tobey
- Regina Cassolo Bracchi
- Renato Guttuso
- Bobo Piccoli
- Piero Manzoni
- Giorgio Griffa
- Fantasio Piccoli
- Meyer Schapiro
- Gillo Dorfles
- Valerio Dehò
- Eduardo Chillida
- Barnett Newman
- André Masson
- John Cage
- Marcel Duchamp
- Roger Fry
- Charles Baudelaire
- Roderigo Di Castiglia (Palmiro Togliatti)
Institutions
- Artribune
- Jaca Book
- Abscondita
- Johan and Levi
- Nomos
- Electa
- Humboldt Books
- La nave di Teseo
- Fondazione Giorgio e Isa de Chirico
- Christian Marinotti
- GAMeC
- Centre Pompidou
- Silvana Editoriale
- Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
- Biblioteca Hertziana – Istituto Max Planck per la storia dell’arte
- Skira
- Fondazione Piero Manzoni
- Carlo Cambi
- Allemandi
- MART di Rovereto
- GAM di Torino
- GAM di Milano
- Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
- Biennale di Venezia
- MAN di Nuoro
- Università di Pavia
- Studio Sonnoli
- Burlington Magazine
Locations
- Italia
- Milano
- Monza
- Busto Arsizio
- Cinisello Balsamo
- Poggibonsi
- Torino
- Bergamo
- Parigi
- New York
- Venezia
- Rovereto
- Amsterdam
- Tahiti
- Messico
- Oriente