Top 10 Art Books of 2024: From Biennale Interviews to African Venice

Artribune has selected the ten best art books published in 2024, covering a wide range of topics from the Biennale to fascist art, video art, exhibitions as medium, and Leonardo's mountains. The list includes 'Caffè Paradiso' by Massimiliano Gioni, a collection of thirty years of interviews with directors of the Venice Biennale; 'Venezia Africana' by Paul Kaplan and Shaul Bassi, exploring African influences in Venice; 'Videoarte e arte, tracce per una storia' by Silvia Bordini and Valentino Catricalà, tracing video art from the 1960s to AI; 'Mostra come Medium' by Vincenzo Di Rosa, analyzing exhibitions as artistic media; 'Di-scordare' by Viviana Gravano, examining culture and consensus under Italian fascism; 'Raffaello 1520-2020', a conference volume on Raphael; 'Alberto Garutti', a comprehensive monograph curated by Studio Celant; 'Adriatico Mare d’Inverno', a collective work on the Adriatic Sea; 'Tutte le montagne di Leonardo' by Sandro Albini, on Leonardo's geological knowledge; and 'Fernanda! Fernandissima!' on Fernanda Wittgens, director of the Pinacoteca di Brera. The books were published by Johan & Levi, Wetlands, Postmedia books, Mimesis Edizioni, DeriveApprodi, Officina Libraria, a+mbookstore, Artem, GAM Editrice, and Skira.