The vision of St Francis becomes a lens for reinterpreting Italian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day.
The exhibition goes beyond the iconographic image of St Francis to recount his way of looking at the world and the ethical value of his thinking. His vision, as expressed in the Canticle of the Creatures, serves as a starting point for reinterpreting Italian art from the post-war period to the present day.
In the exhibition, the works in the MAXXI Collection dialogue with those of similar themes and languages. Some works, created specifically for the occasion, interpret the Franciscan gaze by bringing together symbols, figures and nature.
Featuring works by: Stefano Arienti, Jacopo Benassi, Vasco Bendini, Luca Bertolo, Bertozzi & Casoni, Lorenzo Bonechi, Alberto Burri, Paolo Canevari, Chiara Calore, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Chiara Camoni, Marco Cingolani, Antonio Del Donno, Aron Demetz, Fulvio Di Piazza, Bruna Esposito, Mario Giacomelli, Maria Lai, Piero Manzoni, Andrea Mastrovito, Giorgio Morandi, Ennio Morlotti, Alessandro Pessoli, Davide Rivalta, Flavia Rossi, Nicola Samorì, Germano Sartelli, Mario Schifano and Ettore Spalletti.
header: Paolo Canevari, Monumenti della Memoria (Monuments of Memory), 2019, photo M3S, MAXXI Collection
The vision of St Francis becomes a lens for reinterpreting Italian art from the second half of the twentieth century to the present day.
The exhibition goes beyond the iconographic image of St Francis to recount his way of looking at the world and the ethical value of his thinking. His vision, as expressed in the Canticle of the Creatures, serves as a starting point for reinterpreting Italian art from the post-war period to the present day.
In the exhibition, the works in the MAXXI Collection dialogue with those of similar themes and languages. Some works, created specifically for the occasion, interpret the Franciscan gaze by bringing together symbols, figures and nature.
Featuring works by: Stefano Arienti, Jacopo Benassi, Vasco Bendini, Luca Bertolo, Bertozzi & Casoni, Lorenzo Bonechi, Alberto Burri, Paolo Canevari, Chiara Calore, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Chiara Camoni, Marco Cingolani, Antonio Del Donno, Aron Demetz, Fulvio Di Piazza, Bruna Esposito, Mario Giacomelli, Maria Lai, Piero Manzoni, Andrea Mastrovito, Giorgio Morandi, Ennio Morlotti, Alessandro Pessoli, Davide Rivalta, Flavia Rossi, Nicola Samorì, Germano Sartelli, Mario Schifano and Ettore Spalletti.
header: Paolo Canevari, Monumenti della Memoria (Monuments of Memory), 2019, photo M3S, MAXXI Collection
Cataloghi della mostra
2026 exhibition’s catalogue
Creature, Creatori. San Francesco e l’arte contemporanea