Exhibitions and events at Siena

Luigi Presicce transforms Siena's ex-Edicola into an aquarium of pop memories

On May 9,La Mamma, a site-specific installation by artist Luigi Presicce (Porto Cesareo - Lecce, 1976), was inaugurated at theex-Edicola di Siena, which will remain open until June 20, 2026. The project constitutes the seventh episode of the exhibit...
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Bill Armstrong reinterprets the Sibyls of Siena Cathedral in the Crypt

The Sibyls of the floor of Siena Cathedral become unstable images, suspended between appearance and fading, in the photographic project SIBYLS by American artist Bill Armstrong, staged from May 16 to Nov. 15 in the spaces of the Crypt of the Monument...
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Siena, an exhibition in the Palazzo delle Papesse recounts the interiors of the Sienese Renaissance

It will be presented on May 21, 2026 at 12 noon in Siena, in the halls of Palazzo delle Papesse, the exhibition Abitare il Rinascimento. Domestic Furniture in Siena from the 15th Century to the Age of Mannerism, scheduled from May 22 to November 1, 2...
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Siena remembers the first vote for women with an exhibition by Antonella Cinelli

Eighty years after the first local elections that marked the return to democracy after the fall of Fascism and introduced the female vote in local consultations for the first time, Siena is dedicating an exhibition to one of the most important passag...
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In Siena, at the Palazzo delle Papesse, a major retrospective dedicated to Armando Testa

From November 21, 2025 to May 3, 2026, the Palazzo delle Papesse in Siena will host a major retrospective exhibition dedicated to Armando Testa (1917-1992), an extraordinary creative genius from Piedmont. The exhibition entitled Armando Testa. Cuc&ug...
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Siena, Palazzo delle Papesse celebrates first birthday: here are the exhibitions, from Armando Testa to Renaissance

On Saturday, September 13, Siena 's Palazzo delle Papesse celebrates the first anniversary of its reopening as a space dedicated to art and culture, thanks to the management of Opera Laboratori. The palace, a historic home destined for Catherine, sis...
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Hugo Pratt, Siena hosts monographic exhibition dedicated to the father of Corto Maltese

Thirty years have passed since his death in 1995, but the figure of Hugo Pratt (Rimini, 1927 - Lausanne, 1995) continues to live on in the hearts of fans of comics, art and literature. Best known for creating the legendary Corto Maltese, Pratt influe...
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Contemporary art at the National Museum of the

The National Museum of Antarctica "Felice Ippolito" in Siena opens to contemporary art with the exhibition Raggioverde, an exhibition curated by Michela Eremita that, from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2024, proposes a dialogue between landscape and art. This e...
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