Ritratti Festival 2025 presenta Ritratti Exhibit

For the third year, #RitrattiExhibit returns, the exhibition section of Ritratti Festival dedicated to contemporary art.

This XXI Edition welcomes the powerful and poetic gaze of Francesco Zizola, one of the most important international photojournalists, with the site-specific installation #MareOmnis, designed for the spaces of the Church of Sant'Angelo in Monopoli.

The work intertwines Mediterranean memory and Christian spirituality: a triptych hanging above the altar evokes medieval sacred polyptychs, while the aerial photographs capture the fishing nets of one of the last traditional tuna-trap nets of the #Mediterranean. Real and visionary lines emerge from the dark sea, revealing the sacred tension between man and nature.

#MareOmnis is the heart of a visual and sound journey titled Angels, Dreams, and Muses, which dialogues with the festival's theme, Secret Codes / In Praise of Folly. Three concerts on display (July 3, 23, and 30) will amplify the evocative power of the installation, creating a multisensory experience where music and image merge, exploring the secret codes of Art.
#RitrattiEXHIBIT is an event in collaboration with the "Amici di San Salvatore" Association.

📅 #Vernissage July 3, 2025
📍 Church of Sant'Angelo, Monopoli
👉 Free entry

Here is the super #plan for our first day together!

🕡 6:30 PM 📍 “Prospero Rendella” Civic Library 👉 #Talk with Francesco Zizola
An opportunity to meet the great photographer, guest in residence at Ritratti for the first time, exploring the perspective with which art questions and transforms us, while enjoying a good glass of Torrevento wine 🍷

🕖 8:00 PM 📍Church of Sant'Angelo 👉 Inauguration of #RitrattiExhibit, III Edition
With IN PROFUNDIS LUX, Zizola transforms the Church’s space into a meditative experience: an immersion in the light that descends to illuminate the mysteries of the deep.
Following this, at 9:00 PM, the first concert on display: DEVILS, SAINTS, AND BAGPIPES, music by Giuseppe Spedino Moffa and Alberto Napolitano

The archaic sound of the bagpipe becomes contemporary, in dialogue with the saxophones and the evocative voice of Monavrìl, weaving between folk, blues, and experimentation, revealing new sound perspectives where past and present meet.

🎤 Monavrìl, voice
🎷 Furano Saxophone Quartet
🪗 Giuseppe Spedino Moffa, bagpipe

#weawaityou on Thursday, July 3, in Monopoli, entrance is free!

More info and full program > www.ritrattifestival.it

Ritratti is realized under the high patronage of the European Parliament, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, PACT - Polo Arti Cultura Turismo Regione Puglia, and the Department of Culture of the City of Monopoli, led by Rosanna Perricci, and benefits from the active collaboration of a network of supporters.
Media partners: Radio 3 Classica, Radio Puglia
Web: www.ritrattifestival.it