📅 July 19, 2025 – January 11, 2026 (Preview July 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM)
Like a visceral and profound funeral song, an ancient Greek threnody, where alternating choirs and solo voices accompanied the deceased in their final farewell, the solo exhibition Pompeii Threnody by Cerith Wyn Evans (1958, Llanelli, Wales-UK) – opening Friday, July 18 at the Antiquarium of Boscoreale – leads visitors into an unconscious and involuntary dialogue “with those and that which, fundamentally, continues to live in Pompeii“, evoking the enduring vitality of memory.
Pompeii Threnody is the first site-specific exhibition of the Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological
materials program specifically designed for the Antiquarium of Boscoreale and Villa Regina, offering a new interpretation of these places through contemporary language.
The exhibition, curated by Andrea Viliani with Stella Bottai, Laura Mariano, Caterina Avataneo, will be open to the public from Saturday, July 19, 2025, to Sunday, January 11, 2026.
Pompeii Threnody explores memory, time, and transformation, central elements in the work of the Welsh artist, one of the most refined and poetic figures in the international scene.
Twelve works are on display, ten of which were specifically created for this occasion, in an evocative dialogue between archaeological material and contemporary imagination. Among these:
• A series of photogravures dedicated to the cypress trees of the Sarno plain, which evoke the geological and memorial dimension of the Vesuvian landscape;
• A light installation inspired by the ceremonial chariot found in Civita Giuliana, featuring the famous Latin palindrome IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI, “We go round in the night and are consumed by fire”
• A group of lamp-sculptures in the form of golden palms, placed in the Antiquarium’s patio, in dialogue with the architecture of the nearby Villa Regina.
Two of the works (the photogravures and the light installation) will be acquired into the permanent collection of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, enriching the path of interaction between archaeology and contemporary art.
PUBLIC INFORMATION
Cerith Wyn Evans. Pompeii Threnody
Antiquarium of Boscoreale
July 19, 2025 – January 11, 2026
The exhibition has been supported by Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation.
Curated by: Andrea Viliani with Stella Bottai, Laura Mariano, Caterina Avataneo
Project Manager: Silvia Martina Bertesago (Archaeological Park of Pompeii)
Curatorial and Organizational Assistance: Anna Civale, Giorgio Motisi (Archaeological Park of Pompeii)
Legal and Administrative Support: Salvatore Zaza, Alfonso Salvati
TICKETS AND OPENING HOURS
Full price: €8
Reduced: €2 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25 (not completed)
The Antiquarium can also be visited with the “3 days” ticket valid for 3 days (26 euros) or with the Pompeii ticket, valid for 1 day (22 euros)
Monday-Sunday from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM with last admission at 6:00 PM
PRESS CONTACTS
Press Office Archaeological Park of Pompeii
T. +39 081 8575327 | pompei.ufficiostampa@cultura.gov.it
Press Office Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Materials
PCM Studio by Paola C. Manfredi
Via Farini 71 | 20159 Milan | www.paolamanfredi.com
Francesca Ceriani | francesca@paolamanfredi.com T. + 39 340 9182004
For accreditation: pompei.ufficiostampa@pompei
