Tribute to Letizia Battaglia, champion of civil rights

ROME - The Baths of Caracalla host from May 27 to November 5 the exhibition 'Letizia Battaglia Senza Fine', a tribute to the Sicilian photographer champion of civil rights, who died just over a year ago. "Letizia Battaglia represents an exemplary combination of civil commitment, social feeling and artistic gaze - explains Daniela Porro, Special Superintendent of Rome - and on the thirtieth anniversary of the anniversary of the attacks in San Giovanni in Laterano and San Giorgio al Velabro the Superintendence dedicates this exhibition to her, inaugurating two new rooms of the Baths of Caracalla, to demonstrate how her images tell an era in the round, entering fully into the history of the photography".
The exhibition 'Letizia Battaglia senza fine' brings together 92 large-format photographs and numerous documents that summarize fifty years of Letizia Battaglia's photographic work (1971-2020) with iconic, lesser-known and some unpublished images. It is a tribute to the courageous and stubborn work of the photographer, from the dawn of her career between Milan and Palermo to the last production, before her death on April 13, 2022. "With this exhibition the spaces of use for visitors are enlarged - says Mirella Serlorenzi, director of the site - the Superintendence has restored an original entrance to the western gym and in the other room, with the tub, identified the heating system and a fragment of geometric mosaic ".
The exhibition pays tribute to another great artist, the architect Lina Bo Bardi: she is responsible for the tempered glass plates exhibitors of the Museo de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil; and his famous cavaletes of 1968 are inspired by the exhibition structures of Letizia Battaglia's photographs.
The exhibition, curated by Paolo Falcone and organized by Electa in collaboration with the Letizia Battaglia Archive, is part of the Caracalla Festival 2023 of the Teatro dell'Opera: on 25 and 28 July and 1 August at the Teatro del Portico there will be meetings dedicated to Letizia Battaglia and the anniversary of the attack. "I am excited - said Francesco Giambrone, Superintendent of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - that the Caracalla Festival hosts the exhibition of Letizia Battaglia who has dedicated her whole life to civil and political commitment and photography".