"Il luogo più pulito e più esatto dove incontrare gli amici". Apollo al caffè Craja

The essay analyzes the tensions, hidden agendas and frictions between architect Luciano Baldessari and art critic Carlo Belli in the backdrop of the cultural debate about abstract art, in Milan and beyond. Based on the documents and letters preserved by the MART Museum's archives (Rovereto), the essay reconstructs the causes of the conflicts that tore apart the two, once close frends, from an art historical lens