Six New Art Books Explore Body, Society, and Ecology

Artribune presents six new publications released in 2025 that span art criticism, anthropology, photography, ecology, public art, and sculpture. Gabriele Guercio's "Arte o decadenza. Dilettanti professionisti maestri" (Quodlibet, €26) examines contemporary art's crisis through figures like Koons, Cattelan, Calle, and Kiefer. Piero Zanini and Franco La Cecla's "Una morale per la vita di tutti i giorni" (Eleuthera, €15) maps informal moral rules from New Guinea villages to Sicilian squares. Amanda Sauer's "Giant Willow Oak" (L'Artiere, €65) photographs a single swamp oak in Washington D.C. over time. Anna Buzzoni's "Ecologia Mestruale" (Mimesis Edizioni, €16) reframes menstruation as an ecological indicator. Rita Pamela Ladogana's "Isole, arte, spazio pubblico" (postmedia books, €16) analyzes public art in Sardinia and Sicily, referencing Maria Lai, Alberto Burri, and Gibellina. "Brancusi. Scolpire il volo" (Electa, €40), edited by Alfonsina Russo, Philippe-Alain Michaud, Maria Laura Cavaliere, and Daniele Fortuna, accompanies a show at the Uccelliere Farnese of the Parco archeologico del Colosseo, exploring Brancusi's studio, photography, and dialogue with Duchamp.