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Metamorphoses of the Sacred

When
From 14 November 2025 to 11 January 2026

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 Nello sguardo by Teodora Axente with Alessandra Cristiani, Jacopo Giarda, and live music by the jazz trio led by Silvia Bolognesi and two students from the Siena Jazz Academy, as part of the XENOS performance festival 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 show by Teodora Axente, a Romanian artist and one of the most compelling voices in contemporary European painting.

The exhibition project, radically site-specific, stems from an idea by the President of the Foundation Cristiano Leone, with the intention not only to juxtapose the contemporary with the historical heritage, but also to enhance the latter through initiatives 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.

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 recognized internationally 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 reach Siena, offering an example of how contemporary art can open temporal portals into the heart of Italian history and heritage.


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