LIVORNO ART BOOK FAIR

• A60 International Art, Novate Milanese

• Artphilein Edition, Lugano

• Barbara Salvadori, Lucca

• Blow Up Press, Varsavia

• Civico 23, Salerno

• Giorgio Barbetta, Desio

• Hopper&Fuchs, Anversa

• Johan & Levi, Milano

• Juliet Art Magazine, Trieste

• Libreria Antigone, Milano

• Libreria del Portone, Reggio Emilia

• Lorenzo Buongiovanni, Napoli

• Lucca Manga School, Lucca

• L’Arengario Studio Bibliografico, Cellatica 

• Mark Andrew Brooks, Pisa

• Massimo De Santis, Frosinone

• Metilene Edizioni, Pistoia

• Origini Edizioni, Livorno

• Sincresis, Empoli 

• Studio Montespecchio, Montespecchio

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Public Programme

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Archive Exhibition

UNO STRANO MOVIMENTO

Tano D’Amico e l’editoria del ’77

Curated by Paolo Tonini, L’Arengario Studio Biografico

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On the eve of the fiftieth anniversary of the 1977 Movement, L'Arengario Bibliographic Studio presents, as part of Livorno Art Book Fair, an exhibition dedicated to one of the most intense and innovative periods in Italian culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Through the photographs of Tano D'Amico, one of the Movement's foremost visual interpreters, alongside a selection of original newspapers, magazines, books, and editorial materials, the exhibition explores 1977 as a laboratory for new languages, images, and cultural practices that shaped a generation and profoundly transformed political, visual, and publishing communication.

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Friday, July 31

Ore 19.00 | Sound performance

By Anna Vezzosi
 

Artist Anna Vezzosi presents a live set among the bookshelves. From ambient and dreamcore to spoken word and lo-fi soundscapes, the printed page becomes sonic material in a dialogue between publishing, graphic design, and listening.

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Workshop 

As part of the Livorno Art Book Fair programme, two workshops explore drawing and collage as practices of research, storytelling, and creative exchange. Through mark-making, paper, and imagery, participants are invited to experiment with visual languages connected to contemporary publishing and the artist's book.

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Saturday, August 1

Ore 18.30 | Le espressioni del volto

Workshop by Lucca Manga School

A hands-on workshop with Riccardo Pieruccini exploring how to express emotions through manga-style drawing.

Suitable for participants aged 8 and above
Duration: 45 minutes

Free admission, subject to availability.
Booking required: info@livornoartbookfair.com

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Domenica 2 Agosto

Ore 19.00 | Life by a Thousand Paper Cuts
Workshop a cura di Mark Andrew Brooks (Artista)

Through fragments of paper and images, participants will create a collage that becomes a bookmark—a small, personal object to accompany their reading. The workshop will be accompanied by a cup of tea, evoking the ritual of hospitality and sharing that forms part of the artist’s creative process.

Duration: 90 minutes

Free participation, subject to availability.

Booking required by emailing info@livornoartbookfair.com

 

Talk

The Livorno Art Book Fair talk programme is conceived as a space for discussion and exchange dedicated to contemporary art publishing. At the Museo della Città di Livorno, publishers, artists, curators, and cultural practitioners will share their experiences, latest publishing projects, and the different practices connected with artists’ books, photography, visual culture, independent publishing, and editorial experimentation. The special participation of Tano D’Amico will also offer an insight into one of the most significant chapters in Italian visual culture.

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Sabato 1 Agosto                                            

Ore 19.30
Nuovi strumenti di promozione artistica. L'esperienza dell'Annuario Cina/Italia e della Rivista in Scatola
Intervengono Angelo D'Amato, Cristina Tafuri (Civico 23), Pengpeng Wang e Emanuele Gregolin (A60 International Art)

 

Ore 20.00
100x100. Cento libri per cento artisti in mostra
Talk con Alessandra Scappini (Sincresis), moderatrice Alice Merelli

 

Ore 21.00
Imboscata. Independent art project
Intervengono gli artisti ideatori del progetto Imboscata a cura di Metilene Shilha Cintelli, Rachel Morellet, Eva Sauer e Enrico Vezzi

 

Ore 21.30
Il 77’. Conversazione con Tano D’Amico
Dialogo tra Tano D’Amico (Fotografo) e Paolo Tonini (Arengario Studio Bibliografico)

 

Domenica 2 Agosto

Ore 20.00

Origini. Come nasce il libro fotografico d'Artista
Intervengono con Matilde Vittoria Laricchia (Origini Editore), moderatrice Alice Merelli 

 

Ore 21.30

Gli artisti e i loro libri
a cura di Alessandra Scappini (Sincresis)

Intervengono Gianluca Badiani (artista), Luigi Balsebre (artista) e Maddalena Bellorini (artista)

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