Cassina Projects

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 “In the portrait “Apatia” (2026), the subject’s psychological tension seeps through a mask-like face that only appears expressionless. Even in “Naufragio” (2026), the sense of drama is held in suspension, as everything seems on the verge of collapse, yet the collapse never comes – the motionless boat in the distance reinforces this sense of stillness. (…)” — text by @federico__montagna “Un assoluto al posto di Dio” running at Cassina Projects Until May 29th, 2026 

Images: 1. Alessandro Fogo, Apatia, 2026, Oil on wood panel, 50 x 40 cm 2. Alessandro Fogo, Naufragio, 2026, Oil on linen, 155 x 122 cm - Ph. Roberto Marossi @fogo.alessandro #unassolutoalpostodiDio #cassinaprojects

Artist Announcement. Ca’ Riviera and Cassina Projects present @yvesscherer as part of The Shape of the Self / La forma del Sé exhibition. On view from May 10 to July 25 at Ca’ Riviera. #CaRiviera

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 “Formally, Fogo’s subjects embody a striking duality. On one hand, they feel elusive and incomplete, resisting clear interpretation. The ephemeral image of God in “Straniero in terra straniera” (2026), for example, flickers behind a red and blue holographic presence, like a digital or mental projection. On the other hand, they also appear calm, composed, and almost monumental, hinting at an intensity held beneath their surface. In “Colombe” (2026), the composition is meticulously controlled, yet the cage at its center is too small to contain the birds’ restless energy. (…)” — text by @federico__montagna “Un assoluto al posto di Dio” running at Cassina Projects Until May 29th, 2026 

Images: 1. Alessandro Fogo, Straniero in terra straniera, 2026, Oil on wood panel, 40 x 50 cm 2. Alessandro Fogo, Colombe, 2026, Oil on linen, 90 x 80 cm - Ph. Roberto Marossi @fogo.alessandro #unassolutoalpostodiDio #cassinaprojects

Artist Announcement. Ca’ Riviera and Cassina Projects present @ceciliagranara as part of The Shape of the Self / La forma del Sé exhibition. On view from May 10 to July 25 at Ca’ Riviera. #CaRiviera

Artist Announcement. Ca’ Riviera and Cassina Projects present Leonor Fini as part of The Shape of the Self / La forma del Sé exhibition. On view from May 10 to July 25 at Ca’ Riviera. Thanks to @agence_ds @loeveandco #CaRiviera

Ca’ Riviera and Cassina Projects present The Shape of the Self / La forma del Sé. Set across two historic villas near Venice, the exhibition is unveiled during the Venice Art @labiennale opening and marks the first project conceived and co-curated at Ca’ Riviera. Participating artists will be revealed soon.

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“At the core of the exhibition is the idea of the divine Absolute, a concept widely examined in philosophy, but one that today appears to take on new and shifting meanings. The sacred, perhaps unconsciously, has been replaced by personal absolutes that guide humankind in the face of existential uncertainty. Moving away from a purely nihilistic view, the artist treats this emptiness as an open question. Fogo sees it as a void that can be filled with his own pantheon, a constellation of personal and iconographic references, suggesting the possibility of new mythologies and new ways of representing them.”   This approach is evident in La Cacciata (2026), where the figures of Adam and Eve, recalling Masaccio, are reduced to small dark silhouettes, stripped of their original drama and placed within a larger, almost theatrical setting. Suspended on a steel structure at the center of the gallery, the installation Icona (2017) instead merges personal history with layered symbolism. A small Orthodox icon, which the artist had altered and painted over during his student years in Belgium, points to a continuity of concerns that persist and evolve within his practice. Elevated in space, it testifies both to a beginning and an ongoing transformation in the present, its meaning unfolding in relation to the works surrounding it. (…)” — text by @federico__montagna “Un assoluto al posto di Dio” running at Cassina Projects Until May 29th, 2026 

Images: 1. Alessandro Fogo, La Cacciata, 2026, Oil on linen, 90 x 80 cm 2. Alessandro Fogo, Icona, 2017-2026, Oil on wood panel, steel, 362 x 34 x 4 cm - Ph. Roberto Marossi @fogo.alessandro #unassolutoalpostodiDio #cassinaprojects

#onview “In earlier works, the sense of spatial and temporal suspension in Fogo’s paintings stemmed largely from a detachment from reality, achieved through surreal atmospheres and intensely saturated colors. In his more recent pieces, however, the settings feel more grounded. Compressed spaces, muted light, and a rarefied stillness remain believable, even as they subtly unsettle the viewer. By antithesis, this results in the process of estrangement, as subjects appear familiar, yet within certain contexts we no longer recognize them. In Ipotesi per una scultura (2026), echoes of Balthus are evident in the reclining figure, while masks in the background recall Brancusi’s muses. These references coexist within a quiet, domestic scene. (…)”
 — text by @federico__montagna “Un assoluto al posto di Dio” running at Cassina Projects Until May 29th, 2026 

Image: Alessandro Fogo, Ipotesi per una scultura, 2026, Oil on linen, 120 x 145 cm - Ph. Roberto Marossi @fogo.alessandro #unassolutoalpostodiDio #cassinaprojects

#onview “Un assoluto al posto di Dio” is the title of Alessandro Fogo’s (*1992) second solo exhibition with Cassina Projects.
 “Alessandro Fogo introduces a new body of work in which he continues his exploration of the sacred, the mythological, and the symbolic. The exhibition presents a collection of references from different times and contexts, not only to layer meaning, but to bring what belongs to an abstract and allegorical realm closer to what is intimate, personal, and everyday. Common to the artist’s practice, the continuous shift in scale, like a cinematic zoom in and out, creates a perceptual disruption. What ultimately emerges from this interplay of symbols is not an escape into a dream or fantasy, but a reframing of reality itself, revealing it in a new and unfamiliar way. (…)”
 — Text by @federico__montagna The exhibition running at the gallery Until May 29th, 2026. 
Opening hours: Monday - Friday | 10 am - 6 pm (Saturday and Sunday by appointment only)

Images: Ph. Roberto Marossi @fogo.alessandro #unassolutoalpostodiDio #cassinaprojects

Un Assoluto al posto di Dio Inaugurazione domani 1 Aprile dalle 17.00 alle 20.00 @cassinaprojects La Cacciata 90 x 80 cm, olio su lino 2026 📸 @michelealbertosereni Ci vediamo domani a Milano

#savethedate Cassina Projects is delighted to present “Un assoluto al posto di Dio”, the second solo show by the Italian artist Alessandro Fogo (*1992) with the gallery. 

For this occasion, the artist introduces a new body of work in which painting becomes a necessary medium for exploring and transforming subjects that resonate with him both emotionally and intellectually. The result is the creation of a kind of personal pantheon, where the pursuit of deeper meaning takes shape through a form of everyday secular spirituality. OPENING RECEPTION
Wednesday April 1st, 2026 | 5 - 8 pm @fogo.alessandro #alessandrofogo #cassinaprojects

‘Venus Genetrix’ at Cassina Project, Milan @cassinaprojects Claudio Massini @claudio_massini Jacopo Pagin @pax_aliena In collaboration with Galerie Chloé Perrin @galeriechloeperrin ‘Venus Genetrix’, presented at Cassina Projects, brings together works by Claudio Massini and Jacopo Pagin in a cross-generational dialogue centred on the presence of a Roman-era statue of Venus Genetrix. Acting as the conceptual axis of the exhibition, the sculpture anchors a conversation between permanence and transformation. Massini’s large-scale paintings unfold through dense surfaces built from layered pigments, incisions, and textures. His compositions evoke fragments of architecture, domestic interiors, and decorative patterns, suggesting traces of human presence while maintaining a quiet, monumental autonomy. In contrast, Pagin’s recent paintings and blown-glass vases approach image-making as a fluid, performative field where colour, ornament, and gesture continuously shift. Figures, fabrics, and patterns appear and dissolve in a choreography that blurs the boundaries between real and imagined. Together, the works orbit around Venus as a symbolic mediator—an enduring figure through which images oscillate between stability and flux. Image: 7. Installation view, Venus Genetrix: Claudio Massini - Jacopo Pagin, 2025. Courtesy the Artists and Cassina Projects, Milan. Photo: Filippo Romano @filippo_romanophoto © Milano MuseoCity. Other Images: Installation view, Venus Genetrix: Claudio Massini - Jacopo Pagin, 2025. Courtesy the Artists and Cassina Projects, Milan. Photo: Roberto Marossi @robertomarossi #exhibition #CassinaProjects #claudiomassini #jacopopagin #lessenzialestudio