Wolfgang Laib's Diffuse Exhibition in Florence's Historic Sites

The Museo Novecento in Florence presents 'Without Time, Without Place, Without Body', a diffuse exhibition featuring German artist Wolfgang Laib across four historic venues. Curated by Sergio Risaliti, the show places Laib's organic works—using pollen, milk, rice, beeswax, and honey—in dialogue with Renaissance masterpieces. At the Museo di San Marco, Laib's pollen pieces occupy cells frescoed by Beato Angelico for the opening weekend. In the Cappella dei Magi at Palazzo Medici Riccardi, his 'Pollen from Hazelnut' confronts Benozzo Gozzoli's frescoes. The Cappella Rucellai in San Pancrazio hosts Laib's beeswax 'Towers' on the marble altar. At the Cappella Pazzi in Santa Croce, the monumental 'Without Beginning and Without End' (1999) in wood and beeswax occupies the center of Brunelleschi's chapel. Risaliti emphasizes Laib's essentiality and spirituality, noting that the exhibition transcends temporal boundaries to connect with the essence of creation.