Miriam Cahn — What Looks Back at Me

Dates: 11 June – 15 November 2026
Venue: MACRO, Via Nizza 138, Rome

MACRO presents the first extensive Italian retrospective dedicated to Miriam Cahn, curated by Cristiana Perrella. The exhibition gathers more than 100 works — paintings, drawings and pastels — covering the artist’s output from the late 1970s to the present, organized into thematic constellations rather than a chronological sequence.

Cahn’s work addresses the body, violence, desire, vulnerability and war with a direct, uncompromising language. The display brings together early large-format charcoal drawings and vivid watercolours from the 1980s and 1990s with recent canvases, revealing a sustained radical intensity.

Highlights

• Room installations: a central exhibition mode for Cahn; each installation functions as an autonomous unit of meaning within the spatial configuration.
• Herumliegen (2022): an installation responding to the war in Ukraine, conveying an immediate and visceral reaction to mass suffering.
• Familienraum (1996–2009): a cycle of paintings and drawings exploring memory, attachment and intimate geographies, collapsing public and private spheres.
• Installation design: by Didier Fiúza Faustino // Bureau des Mésarchitectures, focusing on the relationship between body and space.

Practical information

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 12:00–19:00
• Saturday and Sunday: 10:00–19:00
• Last entry allowed 30 minutes before closing
• Address: Via Nizza, 138, Rome
• Website: www.museomacro.it

This retrospective provides a concentrated and cohesive overview of Miriam Cahn’s practice, linking recurring thematic concerns to spatial strategies that intensify their meaning. Recommended for contemporary art audiences and those interested in a major international voice.