Six New Art Books for February 2022: From Pontormo to Joe Colombo
A roundup of six new art books published in February 2022 covers six centuries of art history. The selection includes a new edition of Alessandro Conti's monograph on Pontormo, now with color photographs; Maurizio Diano's 'I piccoli borghi? Non sono solo presepi!' featuring 90+ case studies of Italian small towns; a new illustrated edition of 'Le avventure di Pinocchio' by Iacopo Bruno; a book on Mike Nelson's installation at the Palazzo dell'Agricoltore in Parma; Joan Fontcuberta's 'Il bacio di Giuda', a translation of his 1997 essays on photography; and a catalogue raisonné of Joe Colombo's design work edited by Ignazia Favata. The books are published by Jaca Book, Rubbettino, Rizzoli, Gruppo Spaggiari, Mimesis, and Silvana Editoriale respectively.
Key facts
- Alessandro Conti's monograph on Pontormo reissued with color images by Jaca Book (2021, €50).
- Maurizio Diano's 'I piccoli borghi? Non sono solo presepi!' published by Rubbettino (2022, €20).
- Iacopo Bruno illustrated a new edition of 'Le avventure di Pinocchio' for Rizzoli (2021, €25).
- Mike Nelson's installation at Palazzo dell'Agricoltore in Parma documented in a book edited by Didi Bozzini (Gruppo Spaggiari, 2021, €20).
- Joan Fontcuberta's 'Il bacio di Giuda' translated into Italian by Mimesis (2022, €16).
- Joe Colombo's catalogue raisonné edited by Ignazia Favata published by Silvana Editoriale (2021, €85).
- Pontormo's sanguine drawings are on view at Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome.
- Mike Nelson's installation at Palazzo dell'Agricoltore is open until June 12.
Entities
Artists
- Alessandro Conti
- Pontormo
- Francesco Arcangeli
- Roberto Longhi
- Maurizio Diano
- Iacopo Bruno
- Carlo Collodi
- Mike Nelson
- Joan Fontcuberta
- Michele Smargiassi
- Joe Colombo
- Ignazia Favata
- Ottone Terzi
- Didi Bozzini
Institutions
- Jaca Book
- Rubbettino
- Rizzoli
- Gruppo Spaggiari
- Mimesis
- Silvana Editoriale
- Università di Bologna
- Istituto Centrale per la Grafica
- Cappella Capponi
- Chiesa di Santa Felicita
- Palazzo dell'Agricoltore
- Disney
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Florence
- Parma
- Milan
- Cinisello Balsamo
- Soveria Mannelli
- Milano
- Udine