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Six New Art Books: From City Branding to Concentration Camps

publication · 2026-04-27

A weekly roundup of recent art publications in Italy covers François Le Lionnais's memoir of survival through art in a concentration camp, Riccardo Gualino's autobiography as an industrialist and collector, a study of Parma's city branding by Edenspiekermann, a posthumous retrospective of photographer Sabine Weiss at Casa dei Tre Oci during the Venice Biennale, a children's book on war by Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, and a management manual for archaeology by Carolina Megale and Stefano Monti.

Key facts

  • François Le Lionnais, co-founder of Oulipo, was imprisoned in a concentration camp during WWII and used art to survive.
  • Riccardo Gualino founded Lux film company and was a collector; his autobiography 'Confessioni di un sognatore' is published by Marini.
  • Parma's city branding project was led by studio Edenspiekermann for its role as Italian Capital of Culture.
  • Sabine Weiss's exhibition 'La poesia dell'istante' at Casa dei Tre Oci is her first posthumous retrospective.
  • Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv's book 'La guerra che cambiò la Città Tonda' was published in 2015 in Lviv, Ukraine.
  • Carolina Megale and Stefano Monti's 'Manuale di management per l’archeologia' argues archaeologists must be 'knowledge officers'.

Entities

Artists

  • François Le Lionnais
  • Riccardo Gualino
  • Sabine Weiss
  • Romana Romanyshyn
  • Andriy Lesiv
  • Carolina Megale
  • Stefano Monti
  • Marco Enrico Giacomelli
  • Doisneau
  • Cartier-Bresson

Institutions

  • Oulipo
  • Marietti
  • Marini
  • Electa
  • Marsilio Arte
  • Jaca Book
  • McGraw-Hill
  • Edenspiekermann
  • Casa dei Tre Oci
  • Lux
  • Artribune

Locations

  • Bologna
  • Italy
  • Roma
  • Rome
  • Milano
  • Milan
  • Venezia
  • Venice
  • Parma
  • Lipari
  • Amsterdam
  • Santa Monica
  • Leopoli
  • Lviv
  • Ukraine
  • Francia
  • France
  • Svizzera
  • Switzerland
  • Laguna

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