by Giacomo Castagnini | 2 Apr, 2025 | Art Criticism
The Stabbed Transitional Object and a Society That Has Forgotten How to Console. The starting point for this article is a 2009 lecture by Donna Varga, Professor of Childhood Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, entitled “Teddy Bear Culture: Childhood...
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...
by Giacomo Castagnini | 15 Aug, 2024 | Site
Who is the Art Critic? When discussing art history and criticism, it’s easy to imagine being in a grand museum, wandering through its halls, surrounded by paintings, sculptures, and installations from every era and style. In some rooms, it feels like stepping into...
