Matera2026

Workshop with artist Emily Jacir

Workshop with artist Emily Jacir dedicated to younger residents aged 15 to 25.

Valerio Rocco Orlando in conversation with artist Emily Jacir

The spaces of Recinto I Ospedale Vecchio (between Recinto Santa Maria and Via Ospedale Vecchio – access from Porta Pistola) open to the public for a conversation between Valerio Rocco Orlando and artist Emily Jacir on the relationship between art and territory. 6 pm – 6.15 pm – Welcome 6.15 pm – 6.30 pm – […]

Matera 2026 artistic residency programme kicks off

Ten local organizations, with projects spanning different languages and creative practices, together with international artists from eight countries across the Euro-Mediterranean region: from contemporary dance to sound experimentation, from photography to cinema, comics, design and textile crafts. “Terre Immerse – Euro-Mediterranean Creative Communities” is now underway, the artistic residency programme promoted by the Matera Basilicata […]

Rhymes of Water

27–28 August | Participatory Workshops – 29 August | Final PerformanceOver two days participants will explore themes of water, cultural heritage, memory, identity and belonging through dialogue, storytelling and creative writing. The texts and rhymes developed during the workshops will come together in a public performance on 29 August, accompanied by live bağlama music, a […]

MaTiFF – Matera International Film Festival

“Mediterranean, Mirror of the World” is the theme chosen for the 2026 edition—an invitation to explore the Mediterranean as a symbolic space of encounter, memory, and dialogue, capable of speaking to both the present and the future of humanity. The programme is structured around its main competitive sections—feature films, short films, animation, and documentaries—complemented by […]

New Transhumance

Belonging and Mobility in the Mediterranean – the adoption of transhumance as a cultural metaphor to explore the concepts of journey, belonging and migration in the Mediterranean through workshops and narrative mapping. The process focuses on the civic engagement of young people aged between 15 and 25 and will culminate in a permanent or reactivatable […]

Crossings: Visual Memories of Euro-Mediterranean Transhumance

An exploration of the region’s Mediterranean historical traces through photography and video art. Workshops on photographic superimposition and urban walks open to the community, aimed at producing a site-specific video installation and a digital archive that celebrate Matera’s role as a cultural crossroads.

Presentation of Mediterraneo. Mare Nostrum and S-Catenati. Beyond Error

Portraits in the Sassi: a contemporary art dialogue between Alexandria and Matera

Exhibition “A contemporary art dialogue between Matera and Alexandria” – workshops and events with local partners. A project promoted by the Anna Lindh Foundation, in collaboration with the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation and the Municipality of Matera, within the framework of Matera 2026 Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue.

Matera cielo stellato

A collective initiative that switches off the lights in the Sassi and kindles a sense of wonder, transforming the heart of the city into a shared space for contemplation and listening.
 This is not merely a symbolic or evocative event: Matera Cielo Stellato is a civic and poetic gesture which, amidst soft lighting and rediscovered […]