From September 24 to November 24, 2026, Gilda Contemporary Art, at Via San Maurilio 14 in Milan, presents I Diari del Cigno Nero, Florencia Martinez’s new solo exhibition, curated by Cristina Gilda Artese. The project is the result of nearly a year and a half of research and addresses some of the deepest fractures of the present: war, migration, violence, destruction, control, and displacement. The title draws on the celebrated essay The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, reinterpreting its metaphor. If the black swan refers to an unpredictable event capable of radically altering the course of history, the diary becomes here a space…

What is the nature of a threshold? To what extent can seemingly univocal elements such as a door or a wall be reinterpreted as symbolic devices, capable of redefining the relationships between space, body, and perception? These questions underpin Puertas y Paredes, an installation and performance project by Florencia Martinez, presented by Gilda Contemporary Art as part of the Fuorisalone del Mobile 2026. The work investigates the concept of the boundary, understood not as a fixed condition but as a dynamic field between separation and the possibility of crossing. The structure – measuring 200 × 200 × 20 cm – is composed of wood, wire, textiles, lace, and rope. These…