The places of art within reach | common places and contemporary art
05.09.2026 — 4:00 pm
Maria Lai’s playing cards become a tool for questioning the museum and its permanent collection.
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#Domenicalmuseo Madre
06.09.2026 — 10:00 am
On the first Sunday of the month, the museum opens its doors to the public free of charge for a day dedicated to exploring the exhibitions and the Collection.
The places of art within reach | Symbolic places at the Madre Museum
12.09.2026 — 4:00 pm
A deck of cards guides visitors through the museum, inviting them to see the artworks and spaces from a new perspective, as part of the educational programme dedicated to the exhibition Maria Lai. To Be Is to Weave.
Madre FAMILY | The Joyful Meadow. Threads of Everyday Happiness
13.09.2026 — 11:00 am
A reading of Maria Lai’s textile fairy tale Holding the Shadow by the Hand, followed by a workshop to create together a ‘garden’ of memories and little everyday joys.
Guided tour of the exhibition Maria Lai. To Be Is to Weave
20.09.2026 — 4:00 pm
A journey of discovery through Maria Lai’s artistic vision.
Talk with Thomas Hirschhorn
02.09.2026 — 6:00 pm
As part of the third chapter of Gli anni, Madre continues the public program accompanying the exhibition with a conversation between the exhibition’s curator and…
Talk with Hira Nabi and Carolin Köchling
09.07.2026 — 12:00 am
With the opening of the third chapter of the exhibition format Gli anni, the Madre Museum launches the public program accompanying the exhibition with a…
Talk with Peter Fischli and Eva Fabbris
09.07.2026 — 6:00 pm
To mark the opening of the third chapter of Gli anni, Madre launches the public program accompanying the exhibition with a conversation between the museum’s…
Uri Aran Untitled (I love you) Eventi di finissage
16 — 18.05.2026
To mark the closing of the mid-career retrospective of artist Uri Aran, museo Madre invites you to participate in the accompanying events—which are linked to…
Talk with Adam Harrison
12.04.2026 — 6:00 pm
The participation of Adam Harrison (b. 1983, Vancouver, Canada) in the public program for the exhibition Uri Aran Untitled (I love you) through the Museum…
Adam Harrison Museum Games
11.04.2026 — 11:00 am
Artist Adam Harrison leads a workshop that takes participants through the exhibition Uri Aran Untitled (I love you), curated by Eva Fabbris, the Madre’s permanent…
Talk with Eva Giolo
04.03 — 04.02.2026 — 6:00 pm
As part of the second chapter of Gli anni, Madre continues its public program alongside the exhibition with an event dedicated to artist Eva Giolo…
Tongue on Flames
09.01.2026 — 6:00 pm
Lina Pallotta, a photographer who lives between Rome and New York, in conversation with curator Michele Bertolino, leafing through the book Tongue on Flames, recalls…
Everyday Theatricality in Naples
07.01.2026 — 6:00 pm
Madre begins the year with an event dedicated to the story of the major retrospective Attese that the museum devoted to Mimmo Jodice in 2016,…
Talk with Eric Wesley
19.12.2025 — 6:00 pm
Following the inauguration of the second chapter of the exhibition series Gli anni, museo Madre opens the public program parallel to the exhibition with an…
Adam Linder
Rub Up on Madre
05 — 07.06.2025
Thursday, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Friday and Saturday, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM With Justin Kennedy, Leah Katz, Mickey Mahar, Noha Ramadan, Stephen Thompson…
Finissage events
25 — 26.01.2025
25.01.2025 3.30–4.30 pm Sala delle Colonne Presentation of the outcome of the workshop held from November 2024 to January 2025 as part of the project…
The Museum Game
03.05.2024 — 18:00
Una riflessione sulla trasformazione delle pratiche museali nell’ambito dell’estetica relazionale realizzate dall’artista al Ferdinandeum di Innsbruck. Il progetto è stato reso possibile anche grazie a…
Finissage of the film exhibition: L’ombra dell’albero | The Shadow of the Tree
06.03.2024 — 6:00 pm
L’ombra dell’albero The Shadow of the Tree Finissage of the film exhibition curated by Martha Kirszenbaum 6pm Meeting of the curators Martha Kirszenbaum and Asma…
Preview of the review: L’ombra dell’albero | The Shadow of the Tree
13.12.2023 — 6:00 pm
L’ombra dell’albero The Shadow of the Tree Film exhibition curated by Martha Kirszenbaum 14.12.2023 – 07.02.2024 A conversation between the curator and the artist Basma…
Eva Elisa Fabbris new director of the Madre museum
20.10 — 21.11.2022
The Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee di Napoli announces a public call for applications for the position of Director, with a fixed-term contract lasting…
Reframing the materiality of collections
12.10.2022 — 2:30 pm
This workshop will engage participants in developing techniques for bringing out the absences that facilitate amnesias in collections, sharing methodologies for updating the way we approach the past, with techniques for mediating and framing education in the present, to move beyond preconceptions, too often anchored in European canons, of art history.
Conducted by:
Maria Holtrop - Curator of history at the Rijksmuseum
Kathryn Weir - Artistic director of the Madre museum
Justin Randolph Thompson - Artist, cultural facilitator, educator
Francesco Bertelé | HSD Show case
06.10.2022 — 5:00 pm
On Thursday 6 October, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Madre will host HSD Show case, a performative event by the artist Francesco Bertelé curated…
Raffaela Mariniello. ZioRiz
05.10.2022 — 6:00 pm
Raffaela Mariniello’s film ‘ZioRiz’ will be screened for the first time in Naples on the occasion of the opening of ‘Spettri: palinsesti della memoria’, on…
Rethinking Nature
05 — 30.04.2022
The free public program of the exhibition Rethinking Nature continues in April. Urban explorations, webinars, guided tours and artist talks A series of walks inaugurates…