Discover the monumental journey of Anselm Kiefer, the contemporary alchemist who transforms lead into memory and ruins into places of knowledge. Our latest article explores the unbreakable bond between the artist and Milan, from the iconic concrete towers of Pirelli HangarBicocca to the scarred walls of the Sala delle Cariatidi at Palazzo Reale with the new exhibition Le Alchimiste.
In this article, we’ll discuss Anselm Kiefer, one of the most important artists of the post-World War II era. He emerged in the late 1970s as a leader of Neo-Expressionism, alongside Georg Baselitz and Julian Schnabel. In an era dominated by Minimalism and Conceptual Art, characterized by lightness and, often, immateriality, Kiefer did something counterintuitive: he reintroduced the concept of weight. This resulted in the creation of big installations and a return to large-scale painting, creating works that are more easily…