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“Chasing Rainbows”, a solo exhibition by Chiara Gambirasio curated by Giulia Bortoluzzi
🗓️on view until October 10th, 2026
📍BUILDING TERZO PIANO, Milan

The main body of works on display consists of new artworks created by Gambirasio following her artist residency in Iceland (Herusið), which took place from February 26th to April 1st, 2026. Beginning as a “hunt for rainbows” and ephemeral atmospheric phenomena—capable of inspiring awe for their beauty and unpredictability—the artist’s expedition gradually evolved into a more intimate journey of exploration. From an investigation of extrinsic forms of interiorization, such as iridescence, to the practice of contemplation, and finally to the exploration of an intimate and personal space of light.

The experience of living surrounded by the white of the snow has, in fact, reversed the chase for the fleeting and ephemeral sign, inviting the artist to pause and delve into her own emotional depths. The time she would normally have spent waiting has thus been transformed into a generative time—a time of listening and observation, an active time of possibility and spontaneity.

ph. Chiara Navanzino
Chiara Gambirasio
Giulia Bortoluzzi

GALLERY
“Vincenzo Castella. Timeless Archaeology”
curated by Marco Scotini

At the heart of Vincenzo Castella’s investigation lies a radically de-subjectivized, non-metaphorical gaze, devoid of any mediation other than that offered, in each instance, by the optical properties of the lens used: an optical device that becomes an instrument of measurement and openness, capable of capturing the complexity of reality on film without imposing interpretive readings.

vincenzo castella
ph. Edoardo Bonacina (Edoardo Bonacina )

“Chasing Rainbows”, a solo exhibition by Chiara Gambirasio curated by Giulia Bortoluzzi
🗓️on view until October 10th, 2026
📍BUILDING TERZO PIANO, Milan

The main body of works on display consists of new artworks created by Gambirasio following her artist residency in Iceland (Herusið), which took place from February 26th to April 1st, 2026. Beginning as a “hunt for rainbows” and ephemeral atmospheric phenomena—capable of inspiring awe for their beauty and unpredictability—the artist’s expedition gradually evolved into a more intimate journey of exploration. From an investigation of extrinsic forms of interiorization, such as iridescence, to the practice of contemplation, and finally to the exploration of an intimate and personal space of light.

The experience of living surrounded by the white of the snow has, in fact, reversed the chase for the fleeting and ephemeral sign, inviting the artist to pause and delve into her own emotional depths. The time she would normally have spent waiting has thus been transformed into a generative time—a time of listening and observation, an active time of possibility and spontaneity.

ph. Chiara Navanzino
Chiara Gambirasio
Giulia Bortoluzzi

BOX presents “Per filo e per segno. Percorsi di arte tessile in Italia”, an annual exhibition project curated by Alberto Fiz, involving twelve Italian artists from different generations, invited to reflect on the theme of contemporary .

9/12. Sissi “Nidi” (2026)
🗓️on view until September 30th, 2026 – visible 24/7 in via Monte di Pietà 23, Milan

Each element is defined first and foremost by its own void, and the deep central cavities subtract matter to transform it into presence, becoming the symbolic fulcrum of the entire composition. What might appear to be a tear or a wound is instead revealed as a generative space. From these openings emerges an unexpected explosion of color: reds, blues, yellows, greens, oranges, and purples form a sort of venous system that evokes the human body. According to this principle, sewing, embroidery, and weaving are not merely technical processes, but cognitive practices through which thought takes shape.

“Nidi” can therefore be interpreted as a reflection on the emergence of form and on the processual nature of inhabiting. The nest is not depicted as a finished object, but as a constructive device in a state of constant becoming.


Alberto Fiz


ph. Tatiana Russi Soto (Tatiana Russi Soto )

“Il presente come reperto” - Conversation between Vincenzo Castella, Vittorio Gallese, Luca Molinari, Francesco Zanot and Marco Scotini

🗣️ Speakers: Vincenzo Castella, Artist; Vittorio Gallese, Professor and Neuroscientist; Luca Molinari, Professor, Università degli Studi della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”; Francesco Zanot, Curator; Marco Scotini, Curator of the exhibition and Art Director of NABA (Milan, Rome, London)

The event will be held in Italian.

🗓️On Friday, September 25th, 2026, at 5.30PM
📍BUILDING GALLERY, Milan
✏️RSVP required, limited seats available
📹 Instagram Live Stream

Taking Vincenzo Castella’s exhibition “Timeless Archaeology”as their starting point, the speakers will reflect on industrial landscapes as a form of active memory of the present, exploring photography as a medium capable of connecting perception, space, and historical consciousness. Castella’s images, freed from a purely documentary function, invite a form of slowed-down vision, in which every object becomes an embodied experience, a material archive, and a construction of thought.

The exploration thus examines the relationship between the body and perception, the urban and architectural transformation of industrial areas, and, finally, the specific nature of the photographic language—encompassing detail, scale, and seriality. What emerges is a conception of photography as an archaeological practice, capable of discerning, within the forms of the present, the stratifications of a time still unfolding, where matter, work, memory, and representation continue to overlap.

vincenzo castella Vittorio Gallese Luca Molinari Francesco Zanot

ph. Edoardo Bonacina (Edoardo Bonacina )

of “Chasing Rainbows”, a solo exhibition by Chiara Gambirasio (Bergamo, 1996), curated by Giulia Bortoluzzi.

TERZO PIANO presents an ongoing journey of exploration that unfolds between two complementary polarities: from the open space of a larger, brighter area—where absolute lightness manifests as the breath of a rainbow—to a more intimate space, where one can immerse oneself to perceive intimacy as a vibrant refraction of darkness. Once completed, the journey can begin again where it started: in the light.

🗓️on view until October 10th, 2026.
📍BUILDING TERZO PIANO, Milan

Thank you all for taking part in this special event!✨


Giulia Bortoluzzi

ph. Chiara Navanzino

GALLERY is pleased to present “Testimoni”, a solo exhibition by Georgian artist Sophie Ko (Tbilisi, 1981) – represented by the gallery – curated by Federico Ferrari.

📌Opening: Tuesday, October 13th, 2026, from 5.00PM to 8.30PM
🗓️From October 14th to December 23rd, 2026

Six years after her participation in the exhibition “Materie, Spazi, Visioni”, BUILDING dedicates a major solo show to the artist, presenting a comprehensive overview of her graphic, painterly, sculptural, and installation work across the gallery’s three exhibition floors.

On this occasion, Sophie Ko presents to the public, for the first time, a corpus of approximately sixty works, that explore the themes and artistic languages that characterize her work.

📷Sophie Ko, “Testimoni” (detail), 2026, mixed media on bark, gilded panel, 70 x 50 cm, ph. Edoardo Bonacina

Sophie Ko
Federico Ferrari

TERZO PIANO presents “Chasing Rainbows”, a solo exhibition by Chiara Gambirasio (Bergamo, 1996), curated by Giulia Bortoluzzi.

📌Opening: Tonight, Thursday, September 10th, 2026, from 5.00PM to 8.30PM staytuned


The process of personal discovery and inner growth takes shape within the spaces of BUILDING TERZO PIANO through a journey mediated by Gambirasio across different phases and states of her own exploration of the absolute. The artist does not conceive of the gallery space as three-dimensional; rather, it is experienced in its fourth dimension as well: time. The works are thus arranged as cardinal points or points of reference within an ideal field of exploration. Their behavior and the way they present themselves to the visitor’s experience are, in fact, ever-changing: depending on the quality of the light, the temperature, or the movements generated around them, the sculptures that sprinkle the main “clearing” become tools through which to interpret and understand the space.

ph. Chiara Navanzino
Chiara Gambirasio
Giulia Bortoluzzi

Last day to visit the exhibition “Aurelio Amendola. Capolavori fotografati. Burri, Vedova, Nitsch, Duomo di Milano, Bernini, Canova, Michelangelo”

📍Palazzo Reale, Milano
🎫Free Exhibition Entry
🗓️Open to the public until 06.09.2026

A special thanks to everyone who has visited the exhibition in these months✨

ph. Rebecca Amendola (Rebecca Amendola | Photographer )
Aurelio Amendola Palazzo Reale Milano Skira Comune di Milano - Cultura

We are pleased to announce the publication of “Michele Ciacciofera. Lettere mediterranee”, the exhibition catalogue dedicated to the last solo show of the artist presented in BUILDING GALLERY in Milan (29.10.2025-20.12.2025).
 
📚The catalogue, published by BUILDING Publisher, includes texts by Christine Macel, Elio Cappuccio and Angelo Crespi, as well as a previously unpublished conversation between Christine Macel and Michele Ciacciofera. In addition to this content, the publication features a complete photographic documentation of the exhibition project.
 
📍The exhibition catalogue is available at BUILDING, in the gallery’s online bookshop, and at select retailers.

Michele Ciacciofera