VIVA VARDA!Il cinema is female
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In Bologna, a monographic exhibition dedicated to the first female director to receive an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement and winner at Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno: Agnès Varda
A 1,200-square-meter journey through the life of a unique figure in the history of cinema, art, photography, and political and cultural activism between the 20th and 21st centuries.
The first female director to receive an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement (presented to her by Angelina Jolie in 2017) and the first female director to win at Cannes, Venice, Locarno, Berlin, and San Sebastian, Agnès Varda is the focus of the exhibition Viva Varda! Cinema is Woman (curated by Florence Tissot, with artistic direction by Rosalie Varda), at the Galleria Modernissimo in Bologna from March 5, 2026, to January 10, 2027, produced by the Cineteca di Bologna and La Cinémathèque française, with institutional support from the Municipality of Bologna, the Emilia-Romagna Region, and the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with Ciné-Tamaris, with main sponsor Gruppo Hera and sponsors Selenella and Coop Alleanza 3.0.
The exhibition: films, photos, costumes, installations. The world of Agnès Varda through photography, cinema, artistic creativity, and political commitment. And cats
Films, photos, installations, memorabilia, and costumes: Viva Varda! bears witness to a personal, creative, multifaceted body of work that embraces painting, the Nouvelle Vague, Jacques Demy, theater, cats, Fidel Castro, Jim Morrison, Jane Birkin, Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Madonna, and Jean-Luc Godard.
A globetrotting artist, Varda developed a career that earned her international fame. Her work is marked by feminist commitment, which the exhibition presents in all its relevance today.
It will be divided into several sections, dedicated to the relationship between Agnès and images (self-portraiture, photography, painting, but also a taste for unexpected combinations), writing for cinema (in particular the creation of profound and surprising female characters), the social and nomadic dimension of her films (her taste for documenting the world, political upheavals, and cultural changes), and will be enriched by a section entirely dedicated to the relationship between Agnès Varda and Italy.
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