AlbumArte is pleased to host, in an exclusive preview in Rome from 20 to 25 November 2025, MUPA – The Patriarchy Museum, an immersive exhibition by ActionAid curated by Stormi. The exhibition transports us into the recent past — that of 20th- and 21st-century patriarchal Italy — to closely observe the traces of a sexist social and power structure built on the discrimination and oppression of marginalised identities.
Authentic artefacts, artworks and testimonies recreate the atmosphere of the 2020s, exploring family dynamics, gender stereotypes and normalised violence. It is a journey through the objects, gestures and words that shaped patriarchal culture and fuelled male violence against women, reminding us how necessary it is for this to become a definitively closed chapter of history.
As part of the exhibition — open every day, all day, including Sunday (closed on Saturday 22 November to join the demonstration against violence against women) — talks, workshops and live events will be held, featuring leading voices in feminist activism, founders of specialist associations and shelters, actors performing thematic monologues, communicators and journalists.
The FULL PROGRAMME is available at actionaid.it/mupa.
OPENING: THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER from 6:00 pm. FREE ENTRY
DAILY PROGRAMME
To attend talks and workshops, please register on Eventbrite.
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
11:00 – 12:00
PRESS PREVIEW OF THE PATRIARCHY MUSEUM
With: Violante Placido
Admission by invitation only, reserved for the press conference.
18:00 – 21:30 OPENING OF THE PATRIARCHY MUSEUM
With: Sarah Malnerich e Francesca Fiore from Mammadimerda
FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER
18:30 – 20:00
TALK: IMAGINING ANOTHER WORLD: culture as a political act of transformation
With: Chiara Becchimanzi, Barbara Leda Kennedy and Barbara Piccolo of InQuiete,
Laura Tedesco of Amleta, Rita Petruccioli
Moderator: Annalisa Camilli
20:00 – 20:30
LIVE PERFORMANCE: SHOCK COMEDY — Chiara Becchimanzi live
With: Chiara Becchimanzi
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER
THE PATRIARCHY MUSEUM PAUSES.
We close our doors to open up space in the streets: we support the national demonstration organised by Non Una di Meno and want everyone to be able to join. Because changing the culture of violence also means showing up together in public spaces.
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER
10:30 – 13:30
WORKSHOP: PLEASE, A FEMINIST SHOOTING
With: Lara Lago and Giulia Capodieci of Culona, and Margherita Simionati
15:00 – 17:00
TALK: BODIES UNDER CONTROL: power, gazes and freedom
With: Lara Lago, Kaaj Shilya Tshikalandand, Federica di Martino of IVGstobenissimo
Moderator: Eugenia Nicolosi
IVGstobenissimo. Modera: Eugenia Nicolosi.
MONDAY 24 NOVEMBER
16:00 – 18:00
WORKSHOP: WILD EROTIC EMBROIDERY
With: Goga Mason
18:30 – 20:00
TALK: LIVING THE CITY: transfeminist perspectives and practices
With: Simona Ammerata of Lucha y Siesta, Azzurra Muzzonigro of Sex and the City,
Sylvia De Fanti of Collettivo Angelo Mai
Moderator: Sara Giudice
20:00
SPACE. BODIES. DESIRES. WORKSHOP
With: Anahi Mariotti, Mathilda Bottoni and Teresa Maisano of Lucha y Siesta
TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER
10:00 – 11:30
LIVE PODCAST: SCANNER at MUPA — media, words, power and responsibility
With: Valerio Nicolosi, Giulia Paganelli, Simonetta Sciandivasci, Natascia Grbic
15:00 – 18:00
WORKSHOP: THE CIRCLE OF NARRATION
With: Federica Scrollini, anti-violence worker and vice president of BeFree Cop Soc
18:30 – 20:00
TALK: NORMALISING VIOLENCE — media, culture, responsibility
With: Cecilia D’Elia, Giulia Blasi, Karen Ricci of Caraseimaschilista
Moderator: Natascia Grbic
21:30 – 23:30
CLUB ARCILIUTO – Piazza di Montevecchio 5, 00186 Rome (near Piazza Navona)
LIVE MUSIC | FREE VOICES: singer-songwriters for MUPA