Pino Biggi — “The Aprons of Mary” at Chiesa della Spina (Pisa)

Pino Biggi — “The Aprons of Mary” at Chiesa della Spina (Pisa)

The Church of Santa Maria della Spina in Pisa hosts the exhibition “The Aprons of Mary”, a solo show by painter Pino Biggi curated by Paola Marini. The opening will take place on Tuesday 12 May 2026 at 12:00. The exhibition is on view until Sunday 21 June 2026.

The show focuses on an iconographic theme Biggi explored in the 1990s: in these works, defined by the artist as “the aprons of Mary”, only the lower halves of seated Madonnas are depicted, creating a dialogue between sacred tradition and the church’s architectural setting.

Visiting hours

• Wednesday–Friday: 16:00–19:00
• Saturday and Sunday: 10:00–13:00 and 16:00–19:00
• Admission: free

Related events

Across the exhibition run, the organizing association’s theatre company presents dramatized readings from “Novelle, quasi fiabe”, unpublished texts by Biggi, with performances curated by Daniela Bertini.

• Sunday 17 May 2026, 18:00–19:00 — dramatized reading
• Saturday 6 June 2026, 18:00–19:00 — dramatized reading
• Saturday 20 June 2026, 18:00–19:00 — dramatized reading

Why attend

The exhibition creates a meaningful encounter between Biggi’s contemporary pictorial language and the historic church setting, giving visitors a chance to engage with a recurrent sacred motif reinterpreted by an artist with a long-standing presence in Italian culture.