event
Friday 13 March 2026 6.30 PM
talkQuarantaquattro gattiby Ferdinando Scianna
Carlo Scarpa hall
free admission subject to availability
event in Italian
Collection
MAXXI’s Collection of Art and Architecture represents the founding element of the museum and defines its identity. Since October 2015, it has been on display with different arrangements of works.
© Ferdinando Scianna – Milano, 2004 (part.)
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for those interested in exploring the present
A collection of forty-four photographs of cats taken by renowned photographer Ferdinando Scianna over the course of sixty years of work, travel and darkroom sessions.
Inspired by the famous verses of the song presented at the Zecchino d’Oro in 1968, a “photographic tribute in the form of a song” to the most beloved animal, accompanied by a short text by Leonardo Sciascia, dedicated to the memory of a daring country cat who wanted to become a dog. The event inaugurates the unprecedented and special exhibition of some of the photographs featured in the book, on display until 15 March in the foyer of the Carlo Scarpa hall.
introduction
Maria Emanuela Bruni Fondazione MAXXI President
speakers
Antonio Gnoli writer and journalist
Ferdinando Scianna photographer and writer
In collaboration with Edizioni Henry Beyle.
individual seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event