Since the Renaissance, the book in art has symbolized knowledge, with the codex—both as an object and a concept—becoming a metonym for scholarship and learning. In the digital age, where text is increasingly detached from its printed medium, Tornabuoni Art Paris presents The Book. Object Between Memory and Symbol, a project bringing together a selection of Italian and international artists who have explored the book not only for its literary content but also for its symbolic value. Aiming to offer a broad international panorama of the use of books in contemporary art, the exhibition features works by Vincenzo Agnetti, Alighiero Boetti, Jean Boghossian, Pascal Convert, Chiara Dynys, Emilio Isgrò, Anselm Kiefer, Giulio Paolini, Claudio Parmiggiani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Yinka Shonibare, and Chen Zhen.

Spanning from the 1960s to the present day, the selection of works highlights the diversity and innovation with which these artists have incorporated books into their artistic practice. Whether physically present or merely suggested, transformed in form and materiality, or reimagined as a vessel for reinvented knowledge, each work engages with the book through different techniques and sensibilities.