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On two artists joined by a vision of human beauty and precarityThis publication presents a selection of works by two protagonists of postwar European art: Austrian painter Arnulf Rainer (born 1929) and Italian painter Emilio Vedova (1919-2006), linked by their close friendship and a shared artistic vision.

From paper-wrapped parcels to crystalline living matter: a major new monograph on the biomorphic sculptures of Chun Kwang YoungKorean artist Chun Kwang Young (born 1944) is best known for his textured paper sculptures. Taking mulberry paper (the making of which is an ancient Korean craft) as his primary medium, Young creates large creaturely entities steeped in cultural and historical symbolism. He also uses tea and other natural dyes to color...

A spatial dialogue between the works of two great masters of sculptureThis publication juxtaposes the work of Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) with that of the contemporary British sculptor Antony Gormley (born 1950), highlighting the relationship between sign and the expressiveness of the materials used by both artists, with a selection of works in sculpture and on paper.

Esiste un¿arte pubblica contemporanea? Una democrazia può ancora utilizzare l¿arte per rappresentare i propri valori? E di quali valori si parla oggi in Italia, in Europa, in Occidente? È possibile immaginare un¿arte pubblica fondata su valori universali? Con questi interrogativi si è confrontato Anselm Kiefer nell¿ideare la sua straordinaria installazione per Palazzo Ducale, chiamato dalla Fondazione dei Musei Civici a partecipare all¿anniver...

Una delle artiste americane più innovative degli ultimi dieci anni, Anicka Yi (Seoul, 1971, vive e lavora a New York) crea sculture e installazioni che sovvertono i concetti di naturale e sintetico, generando entità ibride e simbiotiche. L¿artista esplora complessi ecosistemi attraverso una dimensione immateriale, impiegando nelle sue opere essenze, batteri e dispositivi tecnologici. Il suo lavoro si espande tramite la collaborazione con diver...

Un racconto a più voci delle principali innovazioni tecnologiche di Pirelli e dei protagonisti del mondo della ricerca dalla fondazione dell¿azienda, nel 1872, fino ai giorni nostri. In evidenza elementi di continuità nell¿approccio di Pirelli agli ambiti della ricerca, come il rapporto di collaborazione con il mondo accademico e il ruolo di avanguardia nello sviluppo tecnico-scientifico dei processi e dei prodotti del settore gomma. Il volume...

A colossal anthology of artist conversations conducted by Maurizio Cattelan This massive volume, published in conjunction with the artist's exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca, collects for the first time all of the conversations that Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has been conducting for 20 years, as interviewer. The dialogues, of which there are more than 130, were published between 2001 and 2021 in numerous magazines, including Flash Art Ita...

Il catalogo e la mostra (Palazzo Reale, Milano, 27 ottobre 2021 ¿ 30 gennaio 2022), nati originariamentedal dialogo della curatrice Francesca Alfano Miglietti con la storica dell'arte e critica militante Lea Vergine, offrono una riflessione sull'insorgere nella contemporaneità di nuove forme di rappresentazione, ponendo l'attenzione sullo storico passaggio dal corpo vivo protagonista della Body Art al corpo rifatto dell'Iperrealismo, rifletten...

Two new series from the great champion of European figurative paintingDuring 2020, German artist Georg Baselitz (born 1938) created two bodies of work, documented here: the first series is a tribute to his departed friend and Italian icon of Arte Informale, Emilio Vedova, the other is dedicated to, and named for, his wife, Elke.

A Jeff Koons overview thematizing "shine" as aesthetic substance and motif across his five-decade careerThis volume is published for Jeff Koons' (born 1955) largest ever exhibition in Italy, developed in close dialogue with the artist, and presenting some of the most celebrated works of this master who, from the mid-1970s until the present day, has forged a reputation as one of the most important figures of the global contemporary art scene.Re...

Nonostante le numerose trasformazioni avvenute nella città lagunare durante il secolo scorso ¿ tante da poter affermare che il suo centro storico è stato tra i più edificati del Novecento ¿ finora non si è mai realizzata una campagna fotografica organica dedicata alla rappresentazione dell¿intero tessuto urbano di Venezia in grado di descriverne la straordinaria complessità e continuità. Hypervenezia intende colmare questo vuoto. Tutte le citt...

A layperson's guide to one of the greatest engineering projects of our time In an effort to preserve endangered Venice, the Italian government has constructed a world wonder known as the MOSE--a vast and intricate series of gates built to protect Venice during extreme high tides. This volume lays out the complexity of this project.

New and selected works from the master prankster and art saboteurAccompanying Maurizio Cattelan's (born 1960) solo exhibition of the same name at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Breath Ghosts Blind follows the artist's first show in Italy for many years. The exhibition intermixes the artist's classic pieces with a new body of work, paralleling the show's thematic core: the cycle of life and the relationship between individual and collective memory. The...

French "photograffeur" JR's tribute to cultural institutions during COVID-19Throughout the pandemic, cultural institutions have been forced to shut their doors to the public. Palazzo Strozzi in Florence has commissioned street artist JR (born 1983) to address this unfortunate reality. He has done so by transforming the facade of the Palazzo into a towering photographic collage installation that functions like an anamorphosis: when viewed from ...

A handbook on contemporary Italian artThis lavishly illustrated publication charts the history of Italian art over the last several decades, with a focus on iconic works by artists including Carla Accardi, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Schifano, Luigi Ghirri and Anna Maria Maiolino from the MAXXI collection in Rome.

A tour through the dazzling Futurist Gesamtkunstwerk that was Giacomo Balla's home and creative laboratory Recently opened to the public for the first time, the home of the Futurist artist Giacomo Balla (1871-1958) is depicted and inventoried in this extraordinary book. The apartment in Rome in which Balla lived with his family for over 30 years was covered with lively murals, painted furniture, decorated utensils and clothes, as well as prepa...

An artist's restaging of a Venetian nautical tradition calls attention to the threats of climate change This book documents a community art project created by artist Melissa McGill (born 1969) in 2019 that activated Venice's lagoon and canals with four large-scale regattas of traditional sailboats hoisted with hand-painted red sails.

«Per me, l'arte di Giovani Bellini è una passione che dura da mezzo secolo...». Peter Humfrey ci conduce attraverso l'opera di Giovanni Bellini, uno dei massimi pittori dell'Italia del Rinascimento e certamente la figura dominante nella Venezia della seconda metà del XV secolo. La sua lunga carriera, quasi sessant'anni di attività tutti trascorsi in una Venezia all'apice del suo potere, splendente e ricchissima, segnò la transizione tra lo sti...

The witty American conceptualist offers a fresh twist on his classic 1960s walking piece"Contrapposto" refers to a pose in which the human subject is turned slightly so that the bust is positioned off-axis from the lower body. American artist Bruce Nauman (born 1941) explores this ancient artistic concept with his most recent project, in which he revisits his 1968 video piece Walk with Contrapposto that depicts the artist's attempt to hold the...