From June 12 to July 30, 2026, the Magazzini della Corticella of Santa Maria della Scala host the exhibition “In the blue painted blue. Tribute to the ceramics of Valter Boj (1959-2022)”, curated by Carlo Pizzichini.
The exhibition presents the work of this Sardinian-born artist who tied his practice to the ceramic tradition of Albisola, developing a practice founded on a direct relationship with the material, the studio and the concrete dimension of making, in which ceramics is an autonomous language that unites formal construction, chromatic research and material intensity.
The focal point of the trajectory is blue, a color that assumes a structural value and becomes a key for interpreting space, form and light through the interaction between clay, glaze and fire. This choice consolidated from the 1990s into a recognizable stylistic hallmark, represented in the exhibition by the celebrated ceramic stars — where the characteristic “Boj Blue” converses with white — and by works devoted to motifs connected to the sea, to the waves and to the horizon.
The artist's ceramics preserve the trace of the creative process, where drips, ripples and surface discontinuities show the transformation of the material between technical control and unpredictability.
Others Events
- Exhibitions
In the garden of Dionysus. Visions from the Torlonia Collection Photographs from the Eduard A. Safarik Fund - Giuliano Briganti Photographic Archive
12 Jun 2026In occasione delle GEA 2026, seguendo le indicazioni contenutistiche degli Organizzatori, il Museo Archeologico Nazionale e il Santa Maria della Scala presentano al pubblico: “Nel giardino di Dioniso. Visioni dalla Collezione Torlonia Fotografie dal Fondo Eduard A. Safarik - Fototeca Giuliano Briganti”.
- Guided tours
The water routes at the Santa Maria della Scala
After the large turnout, the guided tours "Water Routes at Santa Maria della Scala".
- Initiatives
Poetic matter about Wisława Szymborska. Artist's pages
5 Jun 2026/5 Jun 2026Friday, June 5, the Giuliano Briganti Library and Phototheque hosts the fourth edition of Pagine d'artista, the exhibition dedicated to artists' books and book-objects created by the students of the 'Duccio di Buoninsegna' Art High School of Siena as part of the School-Work Training projects.
- Initiatives
A night at Santa Maria della Scala… the museum comes to life!
23 May 2026/23 May 2026On the occasion of the European Night of Museums, on Saturday, May 23, Santa Maria della Scala will be exceptionally open in the evening as well, until midnight (last admission at 11:15 PM), offering the public a special opportunity to experience the museum in an unusual and evocative setting.
- Initiatives
Sunday at the Santa Maria della Scala
Every first Sunday of the month, Santa Maria della Scala opens free of charge to the public. An opportunity to visit the museum complex and the National Archaeological Museum.
- Initiatives
Policromia: the international festival of poetry and translation
22 May 2026/22 May 2026On Friday, May 23, the Briganti Library hosts Policromia, an international festival dedicated to poetry and the art of translation, now in its fourth edition.
- Exhibitions
Santa Maria della Scala. Architecture, projects and visions. An exhibition curated by Luca Molinari
30 May 2026/27 Sep 2026From 30 May to 27 September 2026 the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the exhibition Santa Maria della Scala. Architecture, projects and visions. An exhibition curated by Luca Molinari.
- Film screening
Documentary film MARIO VERDONE: THE CRITICAL TRAVELER
15 Dec 2024/15 Dec 2024On Sunday, December 15th at 5:00 PM, in the Italo Calvino room, the documentary film Mario Verdone: the traveling critic, by Luca Verdone, will be screened.
- Conferences
Celebrations of the 450th anniversary of the death of Cosimo I de' Medici. Study conference: "Siena, Florence, and Cosimo I de' Medici"
11 Dec 2024/12 Dec 2024On December 11 and 12, 2024, as part of the celebrations organized by the Tuscany Region for the 450th anniversary of the death of Cosimo I de' Medici, the conference "Siena, Florence and Cosimo I de' Medici" will take place in the Sant'Ansano hall.
- Exhibitions
FABRIZIO CLERICI IN THE PRINTS OF THE BRIGANTI LIBRARY. 'Signs' of friendship in the centenary of Surrealism
28 Nov 2024/28 Nov 2024On Thursday, November 28, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, a commemorative event will be held to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the official birth of Surrealism (Manifeste du Surréalisme, André Breton 1924) with a tribute to a great master of the 20th century, Fabrizio Clerici (Milan 1913-Rome 1993), a fine intellectual, graduated in architecture, and an eclectic artist, active as an illustrator, engraver, painter, set designer, and costume designer.
