Claudio Costa Retrospective at C+N CANEPANERI in Milan

A comprehensive retrospective of Claudio Costa (1942–1995), the Albanian-born, Ligurian-naturalized artist, is on view at C+N CANEPANERI gallery in Milan. Curated by Stefano Castelli in collaboration with the Archivio Claudio Costa, the exhibition 'Evoluzione – Involuzione' spans Costa's avant-garde production from the late 1960s to the 1990s. The show highlights his lifelong anthropological interest, his critical stance toward mass society and the 'culture of unstoppable progress,' and his radical connections between distant peoples. Costa lived in Africa for years between the 1970s and 1990s, learning local techniques and contributing to a decolonized perspective. The exhibition features works such as 'Saltafossi,' 'Macchina Alchemica,' and 'Spine' (redated to 1968), and explores concepts like 'work in regress'—a return to origins that embraces rural, democratic, and communal roots. The show runs until September 30.