Massimiliano Gioni’s Favorite Phaidon Publications

The New Museum in New York will host the Next Generation dinner on November 6 and 100 volumes selected from the archives of Phaidon will be raffled off during the event. For the occasion, New York based curator, contemporary art critic and artistic director at the New Museum, Massimiliano Gioni shared his top 10 favorite books published by Phaidon with W Magazine.

Here, Gioni’s top ten essential reads from Phaidon;

Warhol: Paintings and Sculpture Vols. 1–4, Catalogue Raisonné

Gilbert & George

Mike Kelley

The Story of Art

Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State

Massimo Bottura: Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef

They Called Her Styrene, Etc.

Agnes Martin: Paintings, Writings, Remembrances

Boring Postcards

Dada