After the great success achieved in Monza and Bologna, he also arrives in Padua, from 24 October 2025 to 1° February 2026 at the Ex Macello Cathedral, STREGHERIE. Iconography, rites and symbols of the heretics of knowledge.
An exhibition of great visual impact that intertwines ancient engravings with bold content, rare esoteric texts from the sixteenth century and talismans from bygone eras, offering a glimpse into the mysterious universe of witchcraft and the enigmatic figure of the witch.
This edition is completely renewed thanks to a new curatorship and an exhibition itinerary radically rethought. Guiding this new vision is the art historian, writer and criminologist, Andrea Pellegrino, who signs an unpublished and surprising version of the exhibition.
Conceived as a real secular rite of passage, STREGHERIE is not just an artistic exhibition, but an immersive and transformative experience. Far from fairy-tale caricatures or the nightmares of the inquisition, the figure of the witch proposed in this project is an archetype rich in meaning.
The exhibition itinerary develops through nine narrative sections, which guide the visitor on a journey through myth, body, knowledge, persecution and rebirth. From the oracular and pre-Christian origins of the witch to its actualization as a symbol of political and cultural resistance, each room accompanies the public in a process of transformation, through works of art, installations, documents and ritual objects.
