One month after the opening of Until we are free, an exhibition dedicated to the condition of women in the world with a focus on Iran, on Wednesday 13 December at 6.30 pm, the Santa Giulia Museum enriches the exhibition with a new chapter: THE SONG OF PAIN, instant display by the Iranian artist Majid Bita, image creator, cartoonist, graphic designer and illustrator, long resident in Italy.

The result of an intense exchange that began on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition between the artist, the curator of the exhibition Ilaria Bernardi, the public and the Iranian artist Zoya Shokoohi, already involved in the exhibition, this project is a participatory artistic creation that presents 40 stories in images made with watercolors and ink.

The Municipality of Brescia and the Brescia Musei Foundation with Alleanza Cultura, promoters of this new project, have entrusted its curatorship to Shokoohi herself who has chosen to set up the works in a visual abacus of five stories, giving voice to the protagonists of her extraordinary images , in a narrative flow that talks about propaganda, war, rebellion and militancy.

THE SONG OF PAIN will be presented to the public on Wednesday 13 December at 6.30 pm at the Santa Giulia Museum, with a talk in which Majid Bita and Zoya Shokoohi will dialogue in the heart of the exhibition space.

On 28 January 2024, at the end of the exhibition, the instant display will become part of the traveling exhibition portfolio with which Fondazione Brescia Musei enhances and promotes its cultural heritage.