EVENT
INSTITUTT FOR DEGENERERT KUNST

INSTITUTT FOR DEGENERERT KUNST

LA SETTIMANA ENIGMISTICA

25 Maggio 2013

N. 4235

Institutt for degenerert kunst’s brain-teasing contribution to the current issue of La Settimana Enigmistica takes the format of a cryptogram and is available at local kiosks & newsstands in Venice throughout the opening week of the 55th Venice Biennale.

About La Settimana Enigmistica:

Published since 1932 – La Settimana Enigmistica was created by Giorgio Sisini, a Sardinian nobleman, count of Sant’Andrea, and the son of the founder of the Rotary Club of Sardinia.

Sisini died in 1972 and the production of the magazine was taken up at first by Raoul De Giusti and then by Francesco Baggi Sisini.

The first edition of the magazine was published on 23 January 1932 and featured the Mexican actress Lupe Vélez on the front cover.

Since its founding, the magazine has featured puzzles created by famous puzzle-setters, including by the magazine´s founder who created puzzles for readers up until the last days of his life. One of the footers on the front page of the magazine states è il settimanale che vanta innumerevoli tentativi di imitazione (“it is the weekly magazine that boasts countless attempts at imitation”).

Numerous other publications have followed in the wake of La Settimana Enigmistic’s popularity. In November 2008, it reached the milestone of 4,000 issues.