Pizzini / Sentences

A book that is also a memoir. Over his long career as a gallerist, Massimo Minini has encountered a multitude of artists and forged lasting friendships with many of them. In these 80 brief texts, Minini paints a miniature portraits that are irresistibly perspicacious - full of wry humor and empathy - telling anecdotes of fellowships and misunderstandings, bizarre demands regarding logistics and materials, the gargantuan efforts put into creating unforgettable exhibitions, the artists he courted and the ones who got away.

Some of the artists included include: Carla Accardi, Vito Acconci, Lucio Amelio, Robert Barry, Alighiero Boetti, George Brecht, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Dan Graham, Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Gerard Richter, Tino Seghal, Nedko Solakov, Ian Wilson, Francesca Woodman...