Five Art Books for Summer Reading: From Cattelan to Leibovitz
Artribune recommends five recently published art books for summer reading. Fabrizio Bellomo's 'Meridiani, paralleli e pixel' (postmedia books, 2017) explores the grid as a recurring medium. Annie Leibovitz's 'Portraits: 2005-2016' (Phaidon, 2017) collects new portraits of key figures, completing her trilogy. Costantino D'Orazio's debut novel 'Ma liberaci dal male' (Sperling & Kupfer, 2017) is set in Rome and blends fiction with art history. Ludovico Pratesi's 'Arte contemporanea. I protagonisti della scena globale da Koons a Cattelan' (Giunti, 2017) surveys global contemporary art, including the Venice Biennale and Italian museums. 'Milton Gendel. Uno scatto lungo un secolo' by Barbara Drudi (Fondazione Passaré – Quodlibet, 2017) profiles American photographer Milton Gendel, who documented Italian art and the 'Dolce vita' from Rome.
Key facts
- Fabrizio Bellomo's 'Meridiani, paralleli e pixel' published by postmedia books in 2017.
- Annie Leibovitz's 'Portraits: 2005-2016' published by Phaidon in 2017.
- Costantino D'Orazio's novel 'Ma liberaci dal male' published by Sperling & Kupfer in 2017.
- Ludovico Pratesi's 'Arte contemporanea' published by Giunti in 2017.
- Barbara Drudi's 'Milton Gendel. Uno scatto lungo un secolo' published by Fondazione Passaré – Quodlibet in 2017.
- Milton Gendel was an American photographer born in New York in 1918, resident in Rome from 1946.
- Gendel introduced Italian artists like Alberto Burri and Toti Scialoja to the US.
- Leibovitz's book is part of a series including 'Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, 1970–1990' and 'A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005'.
Entities
Artists
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Fabrizio Bellomo
- Annie Leibovitz
- Costantino D'Orazio
- Ludovico Pratesi
- Barbara Drudi
- Milton Gendel
- Alberto Burri
- Toti Scialoja
Institutions
- Artribune
- postmedia books
- Phaidon
- Rolling Stones
- Vanity Fair
- Vogue
- Sperling & Kupfer
- Giunti
- Fondazione Passaré
- Quodlibet
- eBay
- Biennale di Venezia
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- New York
- Venice