by Giacomo Castagnini | 4 Aug, 2026 | Art Criticism, Art History, Non categorizzato
Nilda Comas’s Sculpture and the Memory of San Mateo de Cangrejos In the forecourt of the Del Chiaro foundry in Pietrasanta, Saint Matthew holds a crab above his head. Nilda Comas’s bronze has not yet reached the place for which it was conceived. It will travel to...
by Giacomo Castagnini | 15 Apr, 2026 | Art History
New York, spring 1971. A German artist spent months in the city’s public archives: property records, notarial deeds, corporate registrations. He photographed 142 buildings in the South Bronx, Harlem, and the Lower East Side. Dilapidated tenements, stairwells without...
by Giacomo Castagnini | 11 Nov, 2025 | Art History
You don’t need a title to be capital when beauty is a way of life. Florence, January 29, 1475.The Piazza of Santa Croce swarms with anticipation. The entire city has gathered to witness a spectacle that transcends the chivalric contest itself: a total...
by Giacomo Castagnini | 26 Apr, 2025 | Art Criticism, Art History, Crumbs
Who Sculpts Today? The Human or the Code? A Lively Debate Between Chisels and Robotic Arms: Can Art Survive Without the Gesture? In Pietrasanta, amidst marble dust and ancient stone blocks, a silent metamorphosis — or perhaps a conflict — is unfolding. A challenge...
by Giacomo Castagnini | 5 Nov, 2024 | Art History
Friday night, I had dinner at a small restaurant in Viareggio’s dock area called “Lucifero.” What an unusual name for a restaurant; it carries a sense of seductive contradiction. On one hand, we have the ‘bearer of light,’ a symbol of brilliance and...
