Island Treasures

Remapping: Renato Leotta's artwork places Sicily in the crosshairs of antiquity and nature

- by Saim Demircan

'ISTITUTO SICILIA an occasional series of publications compiled and edited by Italian artist Renato Leotta — was born, according to its editorial statement, ‘out of the idea of imagining Sicily as a fluctuating entity in the Mediterranean’. In addition to two volumes focused on topics pertaining to regions of Sicily, Leotta has published two issues of Sicilia: a magazine-like compendium of writing commissioned from academics, curators and art historians on subjects relating to the island’s history, geography and cultural past.