“Metaspore” at Pirelli Hangar Bicocca was Italy’s first major exhibition dedicated to Korean-American artist Anicka Yi. Drawing from the cellular world—spores are selfreproductive cells that travel long distances—the show’s title underlined the transformative nature of Yi’s work and the spread of the artist’s ideas across the realms of art, science, and technology. Favoring the sense of smell over sight and using unconventional materials including microorganisms and
