The south ramp of FIAT’s Lingotto complex is fully in bloom thanks to a new site-specific installation by artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla. The duo has created Graft (Phantom Tree) for La Pista 500, an art gallery at the former FIAT raceway in Turin, Italy.  Created as the FIAT headquarters and car factory, the Lingotto complex was built in the 1920s by Giacomo Matte-Trucco. After closing its doors in 1982, an architecture competition, won by Renzo Piano, transformed the building into a multi-purpose complex. The restructuring by Renzo Piano took place from 1991 to 2003 over three consecutive phases. The Giovanni and Marella Agnelli Picture Gallery, Pinacoteca Agnelli, opened in 2002. Part of the approximately 30,000 square feet of space includes La Pista 500, an outdoor art project for temporary exhibitions on what once was the car testing track on the Lingotto rooftop.  Graft (Phantom Tree) is one of four new installations on display at La Pista 500. (Sebastiano Pellion di Persano/Courtesy Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino) Graft (Phantom Tree) was positioned in such a way that it expands on the rooftop garden at the site, teasing the eruption of plantings visitors will find as they journey to the top. The work also draws from horticulture in its title. “Grafting” is a process used to join plants from different species, allowing them to grow together. Additionally, “ghost trees” are trees that have either been removed or never had a chance to grow due to deforestation. Delicately suspended amid the ramp’s industrial helix, Graft (Phantom Tree) is a bright intervention that gently commands the viewer’s gaze. The installation uses recycled polyvinyl castings of blossoms from the roble amarillo, an oak species native to the Caribbean. The artists chose this plant to shed light on the region’s significant loss of biodiversity from the colonial period to the present day. By displacing the flowers from their original place on a tree, the installation becomes a commentary on vanished roots. The plastic flowers are arranged like a tree without its trunk or branches. (Sebastiano Pellion di Persano/Courtesy Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino) Based in Puerto Rico, Allora & Calzadilla have been active since 1995. Through their practice, the duo uses a wide variety of artistic media to explore interconnectivity between history, ecology, and geopolitics. Works in La Pista 500 feature international artists whose pieces engage with the architectural history, urban context, and surrounding landscape of the site. Allora & Calzadilla, along with three other artists, join installations by Thomas Bayrle, Monica Bonvicini, VALIE EXPORT, Sylvie Fleury, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Marco Giordano, Louise Lawler, Finnegan Shannon, and SUPERFLEX on the Lingotto’s rooftop. Graft (Phantom Tree) will be on display until March 1, 2026.