Information
segreteria@santamariadellascala.com
Entrance to the exhibition
euro 5.00
Inauguration
November 13, 6:00 PM
Free admission
The exhibition opening will be accompanied by the performance "In the gaze of Teodora Axente" with Alessandra Cristiani, Jacopo Giarda, and live music by a jazz trio led by Silvia Bolognesi and two students from the Siena Jazz Academy, as part of "XENOS. Festival of Performance" under the artistic direction of Anna Lea Antolini.
From November 14, 2025 to January 11, 2026 the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the exhibition Metamorfosi del Sacro, the first institutional solo exhibition of Teodora Axente, a Romanian artist and one of the most compelling voices in contemporary European painting.
The exhibition project, radically site-specific, was conceived by the President of the Foundation Cristiano Leone, with the aim not only to pair the contemporary with historical heritage, but to enhance the latter through projects conceived specifically for the museum complex. The exhibition, realized in collaboration with the Rosenfeld Gallery in London, is curated by Riccardo Freddo and Michela Eremita.
Metamorfosi del Sacro is an artistic project of 25 works conceived entirely for Santa Maria della Scala: a journey that unites centuries and sensibilities, where relics become evoked presences and the spiritual dimension is renewed through hybrid images.
Teodora Axente (1984, Sibiu)
Winner of the Grand Prize at the 3rd Frissiras Award for European Painting and the Essl Art Award, she was selected by Uwe Goldenstein for the catalogue Preparing for Darkness. A New Movement in Contemporary Painting. Already internationally recognized with exhibitions at the MoCA in Boulder (Colorado), the Museum of Art in Cluj-Napoca and the Hugo Voeten Art Center, Teodora Axente’s poetics come to Siena, offering an example of how contemporary art can open temporal passages in the heart of Italian history and heritage.
Others Events
- Xenos. Festival di performance
Xenos. Performance Festival - November 15 Program
15 Nov 2025/15 Nov 2025From November 13 to 16, the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the second edition of Xenos. Festival di performance.
BETWEEN FAIRYTALE AND BOTANY IN BLUE
11 Dec 2025/11 Dec 2025Between fairytales and botany in blue:
Roberta Favia and Laura Capra together for a workshop dedicated to fairytales and cyanotype, part of the EducarSi 2025 project organized by the Municipality of Siena.
- 22 Nov 2025/14 Feb 2026
- Xenos. Festival di performance
Xenos. Performance Festival
From November 13 to 16, the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the second edition of Xenos. Festival of performance.
- Xenos. Festival di performance
Xenos. Performance Festival - November 14 Program
14 Nov 2025/14 Nov 2025From November 13 to 16, the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the second edition of Xenos. Festival of Performance.
- Inauguration
Vecchietta at Santa Maria della Scala. A new vision for the museum complex
25 Oct 2025/29 Mar 2026A little over six hundred years after the birth of Lorenzo di Pietro, known as Vecchietta (Siena, 1410–1480), the Santa Maria della Scala museum complex has decided to reorganize some of its rooms, starting with the figure of the artist who worked there most profoundly.
- guided tour22 Oct 2025/20 Dec 2025
- Xenos. Festival di performance
Xenos. Performance Festival - program for November 13
13 Nov 2025/13 Nov 2025From November 13 to 16, the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the second edition of Xenos. Festival di performance.
- Xenos. Festival di performance
Xenos. Performance Festival - program for November 16
16 Nov 2025/16 Nov 2025From November 13 to 16, the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala presents the second edition of Xenos. Festival di performance.
- conference
Well-being at the museum: examples of best practice projects for Alzheimer’s and their caregivers
1 Oct 2025/1 Oct 2025On the occasion of World Alzheimer’s Day, Wednesday, October 1, the Fondazione Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala is organizing the conference Well-being at the Museum: Examples of Best Practices in Projects for Alzheimer’s and Those Who Care for Them, a moment of reflection and open discussion for cultural and healthcare professionals as well as the general public.
