Book Talk, devoted exclusively to art books, returned for its third edition with a full schedule of presentations. Critics, experts, and artists will offer the public some of the most interesting Italian books recently (or soon to be) published, including theoretical essays, artist books, catalogs, and monographs.
12 noon
Quaderni d’Arte Italiana, n. 08 formazione (Treccani)
Participants: Nicolas Ballario (Editor of "Quaderni d'Arte Italiana"), Edoardo De Cobelli (Curatorial Team of "Panorama", La Quadriennale Foundation, Rome), and Gian Maria Tosatti (Artistic Director of La Quadriennale Foundation, Rome)
Uliana Zanetti, La performance a Bologna negli anni '70 (Edizioni MAMbo, 2023)
Participants: the author, Pasquale Fameli (PhD in visual, performance, and media arts at the University of Bologna) and Silvia Grandi (art historian and curator)
3 PM
Luca Trevisani, Walking loaves (NERO Editions, 2023)
Participants: the author, Lisa Andreani (curator and art historian) and Matteo Lucchetti (contemporary arts and cultures curator, Museo delle Civiltà, Rome)
5 PM
Oscar Giaconia. Parasite soufflé (Lubrina Bramani Editore, 2023)
Participants: the artist, Elio Grazioli (author and contemporary art critic), Claudia Santeroni (catalogue curator and The Blank coordinator) and Andrea Zucchinali (author and PhD in contemporary art history)
12 N
Francesco Jodice, WEST (Electa, 2023)
Participants: the author and Francesco Zanot (curator of the book)
2 PM
Raffaella Perna, Gruppo 70 (Silvana Editoriale, 2023)
Participants: the author and Nicolas Martino (critic and philosopher)
3 PM
Damiano Gullì, Pittura italiana oggi (Electa, 2023)
Participants: the author, Davide Ferri (curator of Pittura XXI section of Arte Fiera) and Sofia Silva (artist)
4 PM
Opus novum #6: Luisa Lambri
Meet the artist. Moderator: Simone Menegoi, Director of Arte Fiera
5 PM
Sergio Lombardo. Scritti (Magonza, 2023)
Participants: Lorenzo Balbi (Director of MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna), Sergio Lombardo (artist), Anna Mecugni (curator) and Simone Zacchini (curator of the book)
6 PM
Roberto Grossi, Atlante delle imprese culturali e creative in Italia (Treccani, 2023)
Participants: the author, Massimo Bray (CEO of Treccani) and Mauro Felicori (Councillor for culture and landscape, Emilia-Romagna Region)
12 N
Ludovica Carbotta, Very well, on my own (Edizioni MAMbo, 2024)
Participants: the artist, Lorenzo Balbi (Director of MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna), Giulio Ferrarella (art director, Al mare. Studio) and Caterina Molteni (curator of the book)
2 PM
Fluxus arte per tutti. Edizioni italiane dalla Collezione Luigi Bonotto (Danilo Montanari Editore, 2023) and George Maciunas. Scritti Fluxus (Abscondita, 2023)
Participants: Martina Corgnati (art historian and critic) and Patrizio Peterlini (Director of Fondazione Bonotto)
3 PM
POZZATI XXL (Maretti Manfredi, 2023)
Participants: Mariuccia Casadio (art critic) and Maura Pozzati (art critic, professor, curator, and Director of the Concetto Pozzati Archive)
4 PM
Marco Meneguzzo, Gio' Pomodoro. Catalogo ragionato delle sculture (Silvana Editoriale, 2023)
Participants: the author, Rossella Farinotti (executive director of Gio' Pomodoro Archive), Emilio Mazza (member of Scientific Committee, Gio’ Pomodoro Archive), and Bruto Pomodoro (vice president of Gio’ Pomodoro Archive)