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The Arts Intel Report

Tomàs Saraceno: Aria

Feb 22 – July 19, 2020
Piazza degli Strozzi, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy

Spiders are a big inspiration for Tomas Saraceno, a visionary artist whose immersive installations imagine a world of “more reciprocal relationships.” Telling stories about history and time, Saraceno questions everything: “What if we could talk to spiders?” he once asked. “Does the earth float, or does it fly?” In an installation that reaches from Palazzo Strozzi’s courtyard to its exhibition halls, Saraceno weaves a dialogue between Renaissance motifs and the contemporary world to create a powerful web. —E.C.

Tomás Saraceno, “Cloud Cities,” 2011 © bpk/Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2011