by Giacomo Castagnini | 23 Jun, 2026 | Art Criticism
A method that outlives its author Carlo Ginzburg died on 17 June 2026. He was the historian who described, better than anyone else, a way of knowing the world through traces: clues, symptoms, signs. It is a method I recognise in two different practices: technical...
by Giacomo Castagnini | 24 Apr, 2026 | Art Criticism
Someone looks at a work by Ibrahim Mahama, sees a sewn, torn, weathered jute sack, and thinks of Burri. That sack climbs a wall, wraps a sail, binds an architectural structure, and the reflex immediately changes name: Christo and Jeanne-Claude. It is a shortcut so...
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...
