Book tells a tangled personal narrative through the Louvre's 1819 painting Raft of Medusa

Leading directors, curators and artists reveal their favourite books of the past year

Other art world figures recognised include Edmund de Waal and Martin Parr

Ceramicist’s installation The library of exile, currently on show in Venice, will also travel to the Japanisches Palais in Dresden

From a psychedelic furry grotto to a Tintoretto tribute—what to see at the pavilions and beyond

The ceramicist will also unveil library of books by exiled writers at Ateneo Veneto to coincide with the opening of the 58th Biennale

The artist and author tells The Art Newspaper podcast about his motives behind selling the Japanese figures and lending them back to Vienna—the city from which his family fled

How artists fight persecution is explored with the artist and author of the Hare with Amber Eyes and Krzysztof Gil, who describes the chilling history of "Roma hunting". Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

The Japanese carved toggles feature in his 2010 memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes

Edmund de Waal's porcelain creations will open a dialogue with the historic art and furnishings and 'will not shock', curator says