Atop the Sagrada Familia is the work of Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito. This video tells his universe

Italian artist Andrea Mastrovito has installed his sculpture "Agnus Dei" at the highest point of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia cathedral, atop the tallest tower at 172 meters. The work, made of thousands of glass shards symbolizing Christ's suffering and set within intertwined luminous rays forming a hyperboloid, sits in the cross crowning Gaudí's long-unfinished basilica. The article also features a video by Marco Marcassoli in which artists and curators—including Stefano Arienti, Lorenzo Giusti, Ilaria Bernardi, and Nicola Ricciardi—discuss Mastrovito's practice, emphasizing his focus on drawing, materiality, and the use of rulers as a paradoxical search for truth.

This commission matters because it places a contemporary Italian artist's work at the symbolic and physical apex of one of the world's most iconic religious and architectural landmarks, signaling a continued dialogue between sacred space and contemporary art. Mastrovito's prior experience with ecclesiastical works—stained glass for a hospital chapel, engravings in a sanctuary crypt, and wooden inlays for a Catholic center—demonstrates a sustained engagement with spiritual architecture, making this installation a culmination of his exploration of faith, materiality, and form.