
What We're Reading: This Artist Spent 25 Years on a Single Photo Project

Giovanni Ghidini is what you might call a single-minded artist. And, noted the Robb Report recently, that's why you've probably never heard of him. He has spent more than a quarter century working on a single project, one that marries horticulture, sculpture, and photography in a meditation on life and death, nature and human manipulation of it, and what it means to make art. Ghidini planted, tended, and sculpted dozens of sunflowers day in and day out, then watched as they withered and died, photographing them at the end of this annual cycle of life. And he did so every year, for 25 years, rarely leaving his rooftop garden in New York City's Chinatown.

The DART Board: 04.23.2025

Continuing: Working Knowledge | Shared Imaginings, New Futures at Bronx Museum Through stories, movement, food, music, and collaborations with The Bronx Museum community, Working Knowledge presents work by artists who value and examine the concept that creativity is a force for social change. The exhibition invites visitors to engage, explore, and contribute their knowledge and experiences through interactive elements that shape their artistic practice. For upcoming publi...