Events in Matera
Already under way
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Viva Vittoria Matera
A community artwork made from knitted squares measuring 50 by 50 centimetres, created by the whole city – against violence towards women. The proceeds from selling the blankets stay in Matera.
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Michelangelo Pistoletto: Art as a Testimony of Dialogue
Michelangelo Pistoletto returns to Matera after twenty years. At the centre is his 2008 “Founding Declaration of the Cultural Parliament of the Mediterranean” – read anew today. Until 28 November, free admission.
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Michelangelo Pistoletto: Love Difference – Mar Mediterraneo
The “Mediterranean Table” in the rock churches: a mirrored table measuring 7.5 by 4.5 metres in the shape of the Mediterranean basin, surrounded by chairs from all the countries bordering the sea.
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I Solisti Lucani – 2026 Concert Season
Ten concerts by the string orchestra I Solisti Lucani at Palazzo Viceconte, from May to December, each from 8 to 9.30 pm. Single ticket €10, under-25s €5.
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Mediterraneo – Archaeologies of Myth
Group exhibition in the deconsecrated church of Sant’Eligio, daily from 5.30 to 10 pm. On show until 13 September.
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Terra – Forma – Suono
Series at the Fondazione Le Monacelle, from early September to late November. The listed start time is 5.30 pm, and admission is free.
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vicinato – International Architecture Workshop
25 architecture students from the EU spend a week working on four abandoned “vicinati” in the Sassi – the neighbourhood courtyards from which the old town is built. With an accompanying public programme.
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International Writing Course
Six-day writing workshop in English, daily from 10 am to 5 pm: more than 30 young writers from Italy and abroad work with six tutors from across Europe and Côte d’Ivoire.
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“Sud Vivo” – Depopulation Can Be Reversed
Panel discussion on population decline in southern Italy and why young people leave – with guests who are working to counter it in various regions of the south.
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Book Launch: “L’alba di San Nicola” by Michele Emiliano
Michele Emiliano presents his book “L’alba di San Nicola” in the garden of the Hotel del Campo, in conversation with Marianna Dimona. Free admission.
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Κάλλος Άλυτον – Photographs by Thodoris Theodoridis
Solo exhibition by the Greek photographer Thodoris Theodoridis at the Fondazione Le Monacelle, until 30 September. Open 10 am–1 pm and 4–7 pm, free admission.
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Leave or Stay? The Eternal Question for Young People in the South
A conversation with pupils of the Istituto Pentasuglia about leaving and staying – with Fabrizio Minnella of the Fondazione con il Sud.
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Writers in the Mirror: Giacomo Longhi on “Tehran Girl”
The first of six evenings on which translators talk about the books they have brought into Italian. Giacomo Longhi talks about “Tehran Girl” by Mahsa Mohebali.
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Millennial Dream – a Music Show About the 2000s
A music show in Borgo La Martella that takes the audience through the 2000s – from the first mobile phones to Festivalbar. On Piazza della Concordia, free admission.
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Who Has the Right to Enter? The European Pact and What Remains of the Right to Asylum
Talk by lawyer Francesca Napoli, head of the legal service at the Centro Astalli, on the new European migration pact and the right to asylum.
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Book Launch: “Tutti i santi aiutano” by Andrea Morrone
Andrea Morrone presents his second crime novel featuring the reporter Ettore Santi, in conversation with the journalist Rossella Montemurro.
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Book Launch: “Il sogno di Mohammed” by Cristiana Pulcinelli
The true story of a sporting friendship between Naples and Gaza, presented at the TAM Tower Art Museum. A book for children and young people published by Piemme.
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Human Rights – “Cittadini del Mare” Project
An evening on human rights and the “Cittadini del Mare” manifesto, with three contributions on the right to asylum, local integration policy and borders.
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Meet the Writer Elvio Carrieri
The author Elvio Carrieri, a 2025 Premio Strega finalist with “Poveri noi”, in conversation with Rossella Rubino at the Libreria dell’Arco bookshop.
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La piazza racconta – Festivals and Traditions in Rione Serra Venerdì
Previously unpublished photos from the early years of the Serra Venerdì district, with stories from Don Michele La Rocca and Domenico Bennardi. Part of the 70th anniversary programme.
