Barbara Casavecchia is a contributing editor of frieze and a freelance writer and curator based in Milan, Italy.
The creator of ‘allegorical’ exhibitions, who believed in the potential of mistakes, has died aged 88
MACRO’s ‘Museum for Preventive Imagination: Editorial’ is an experiment with new exhibition formats
Ahead of his new work, filmed on a boat in Venice, an interview with the Italian auteur
At Converso, Milan, the artist transforms a baroque church into a playground for sculptural interventions
Why we’re excited about new works by Jamie Crewe, Sung Tieu, Rodrigo Hernández and Thảo Nguyên Phan
From Michael Rakowitz to Monica Bonvicini, contributing editor Barbara Casavecchia on the exhibitions to catch this week
Barbara Casavecchia on the 2019 Golden Lion-winning artist
The artists in ‘Time Forward!’ at the V-A-C Foundation in Venice speculate on what the future might bring
After an extensive restoration, the lavish palazzo hosts Peter Bartoš, Jimmie Durham and Henrik Håkansson
Renato Leotta employs moonlight, waves, dry-stone walls and ‘southern thought’ in order to ‘slow down time’
Barbara Casavecchia talks to the show’s curator, Milovan Farronato
Curated by Paola Antonelli, ‘Broken Nature’ offers a few rays of hope amid environmental disaster
A guide to the best shows in the Italian city
At Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, the artist explores technical virtuosity and trompe l’oeil through bronze-branches on fire, fake mirrors and floating candles
‘The last time I felt maenadically enthusiastic was during this year’s Pride, marching down the streets of Milan under a scorching sun’
The Italian city’s latest art space is a welcome addition to its booming art scene
Hiller’s discomfort towards dominant narratives made her look at all sorts of suppressed subjects, from outlaw cowgirls to protest songs
From the errors of AI to the pleasures of VR, contributing editor Barbara Casavecchia gives the lowdown on the best shows opening this week
Showing at Istanbul’s Protocinema, the artist’s new film uses the ancient site of Çatalhöyük to investigate a community and its collapse
In its autumn exhibitions, the Milanese art world focuses on the work of women artists
