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Three new books explore Triennale posters, Pompeii photos, and Caillois minerals

publication · 2026-04-27

Three recent works intertwine human, artistic, and geological timelines. 'Triennale. Cento anni di manifesti' by Mario Piazza (Marsilio Arte, 2024, €18) explores a century of Triennale Milano posters, showcasing artists like Marcello Nizzoli, Mario Sironi, and Ettore Sottsass. This book, dedicated to the late Italo Lupi and Pierluigi Cerri, includes a preface by Triennale president Stefano Boeri. Piazza refers to it as a 'saggio' that narrates the evolution of graphic design through 23 official International Exhibition posters. Luigi Spina's 'Interno pompeiano' (5 Continents Editions, 2023, €150) documents empty Pompeii interiors during the pandemic, featuring texts from Gabriel Zuchtriegel and others. Lastly, 'Scritto nella pietra. Minerali collezionati e descritti da Roger Caillois' (Franco Maria Ricci Editore, 2024, €80), edited by Stefano Salis, showcases Caillois's mineral collection, first displayed in 1965.

Key facts

  • Mario Piazza's 'Triennale. Cento anni di manifesti' covers 100 years of Triennale Milano posters.
  • The book includes works by Marcello Nizzoli, Mario Sironi, Max Huber, and others.
  • It is dedicated to Italo Lupi and Pierluigi Cerri, who died in the last two years.
  • Stefano Boeri wrote the preface.
  • Luigi Spina photographed Pompeii's empty interiors during the pandemic.
  • 'Interno pompeiano' includes texts by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Massimo Osanna, Carlo Rescigno, Giuseppe Scarpati, and Spina.
  • Giuseppe Scarpati's text quotes Goethe's 'Italian Journey' from 1787.
  • Roger Caillois's mineral collection is featured in 'Scritto nella pietra', edited by Stefano Salis.
  • The collection is at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.
  • Caillois first exhibited the minerals in 1965 at Katia Granoff's gallery.

Entities

Artists

  • Mario Piazza
  • Marcello Nizzoli
  • Mario Sironi
  • Max Huber
  • Eugenio Carmi
  • Massimo Vignelli
  • Albe Steiner
  • Ettore Sottsass
  • Bob Noorda
  • Giulio Confalonieri
  • Italo Lupi
  • Pierluigi Cerri
  • Luigi Spina
  • Roger Caillois
  • Marguerite Yourcenar
  • Stefano Salis
  • Gabriel Zuchtriegel
  • Massimo Osanna
  • Carlo Rescigno
  • Giuseppe Scarpati
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Stefano Boeri
  • Katia Granoff

Institutions

  • Triennale Milano
  • Marsilio Arte
  • 5 Continents Editions
  • Franco Maria Ricci Editore
  • FMR
  • Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
  • Parco Archeologico di Pompei
  • Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
  • Università di Napoli Federico II
  • Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
  • Académie de France
  • Collegio di Sociologia

Locations

  • Monza
  • Milan
  • Italy
  • Pompeii
  • Naples
  • Paris
  • France

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