Six New Art Books: From Banksy to Picasso
A roundup of six recent art publications includes an anastatic reprint of the 1978 Venice Biennale catalogue 'Materializzazione del linguaggio', curated by Mirella Bentivoglio and focused on women and language. The reprint gains new resonance with Cecilia Alemani's 2022 Biennale. Elmgreen & Dragset's 'Useless bodies?' is a 528-page critical reader accompanying their Fondazione Prada exhibition, featuring essays by Christian Marazzi, David Le Breton, Claudia Bianchi, Kate Crawford, Salvatore Settis, Rem Koolhaas, and Rosi Braidotti. Paolo Pellegrin's 'La fragile meraviglia' documents climate change through photographs taken over a year worldwide, exhibited at Gallerie d’Italia in Turin. 'Caro Hans…' collects the correspondence between Piero Manzoni and Hans Sonnerberg from 1958 to 1963, revealing Manzoni's character. Alan Ket's 'Pianeta Banksy' offers a street artist's perspective on the urban art movement boosted by Banksy's fame. Andrea Concas's 'Picasso' is a chatbot-style book with 100 questions and 150 answers, part of a series also covering Leonardo, Banksy, and Frida Kahlo.
Key facts
- Anastatic reprint of 1978 Biennale catalogue 'Materializzazione del linguaggio' curated by Mirella Bentivoglio.
- Elmgreen & Dragset's 'Useless bodies?' published by Progetto Prada Arte, 528 pages, €80.
- Paolo Pellegrin's 'La fragile meraviglia' focuses on climate change, published by Gallerie d’Italia-Skira.
- Piero Manzoni's letters to Hans Sonnerberg (1958–1963) published by Abscondita, 176 pages, €22.
- Alan Ket's 'Pianeta Banksy' published by Mimesis, 128 pages, €18.
- Andrea Concas's 'Picasso' published by Mondadori, 223 pages, €9.90.
- The book on Picasso includes an anecdote about Claudia Borgogno winning a 1921 Picasso still life in a lottery.
- Alan Ket is a street artist and scholar who was charged in 2007 for painting New York subway cars.
Entities
Artists
- Mirella Bentivoglio
- Irma Blank
- Tomaso Binga
- Lucia Marcucci
- Giulia Niccolai
- Cathy Berberian
- Elmgreen & Dragset
- Paolo Pellegrin
- Piero Manzoni
- Hans Sonnerberg
- Alan Ket
- Alain Maridueña
- Andrea Concas
- Pablo Picasso
- Banksy
- Frida Kahlo
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Rozanova
- Goncharova
- Claudia Borgogno
- Christian Marazzi
- David Le Breton
- Claudia Bianchi
- Kate Crawford
- Salvatore Settis
- Rem Koolhaas
- Rosi Braidotti
- Cecilia Alemani
- Germano Celant
- Walter Guadagnini
- Gaspare Luigi Marcone
- Rosalia Pasqualino di Marineo
- Angela Bianchini
- Silvia Mejia
- Giovanna Sandri
Institutions
- La Biennale di Venezia
- Fondazione Prada
- Progetto Prada Arte
- Gallerie d’Italia
- Skira
- Fondazione Piero Manzoni
- Abscondita
- Hauser & Wirth
- Mimesis
- Mondadori
- Artribune
- Reggia di Venaria
Locations
- Venice
- Italy
- Milan
- Turin
- Paris
- New York
- Bristol
- Ventimiglia