Thanks to the critical selection of the Alinari estate made by the two curators and the presence of other materials from public institutions, such as the Wolfsoniana in Genoa, the Museo Revoltella and the Civici Musei di Storia e Arte in Trieste, but also from private collections such as those of the Libreria antiquaria Drogheria 28 in Trieste and the Sergio Vatta Collection, this exhibition aims to offer new food for thought and propose new or updated readings of the Wulz’ photographic production. Through almost three hundred pieces, including photographs, negatives, vintage, documents and objects from the archive of the Wulz Photographic Studio, the exhibition gives us a Trieste that is in some ways unprecedented, a city plunged into a crucial historical period in its evolution, the one from the second half of the 19th century to the second half of the 20th century and beyond. The images taken in the last period of the studio’s activity, by sisters Wanda and Marion Wulz, can be read as an opportunity to concretely visualise the progressive changes in the identity of women, who in the first decades of the 20th century undertook one of the most important phases of their journey towards emancipation and independence.

The exhibition is supported by Calliope Arts Foundation, an organisation committed to safeguarding and promoting women’s cultural heritage. Calliope edits publications such as The Curators’ Notebook, which will see a new issue dedicated to the Wulz sisters printed for the occasion.

Accompanied by a bilingual catalogue published by Silvana Editoriale, the exhibition will also have a series of in-depth events.