Mariuccia Secol: Unraveling

Where

Meeting Point

When

31/10/2026 - 15:45-16:30

What

Talk

On the occasion of the presentation of the monograph Mariuccia Secol: Unraveling (Hatje Cantz) – published in conjunction with the major retrospective dedicated to the artist at Muzeum Susch (running until 1 November 2026) – curators Monika Branicka and Eva Brioschi trace the artistic and militant trajectory of Mariuccia Secol (b. 1929). Co-founder of Gruppo Femminista “Immagine” Varese and a pioneer of textile art, Secol turns the act of unravelling fabric into a conceptual tool for emancipation, protest, and care. The volume restores central visibility to a key figure of Italian feminist art long sidelined by the canon, exploring her transition from encaustic painting to 1970s collective activism and her participation in the 1978 Venice Biennale.

Speakers: Monika Branicka (Art historian, art critic and curator); Eva Brioschi (Art historian, author, curator at Collezione La Gaia and artistic director at FADN)

Language: English

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Mariuccia Secol, Mantello “Io”, 1974, patchwork of clothes, 138 x 180 cm

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