From 13 July , at the Carlo Bilotti Museum in Rome , “ Portraits. Women of art and science ”, a photographic exhibition dedicated to the faces, careers and merits of Italian women who have conquered leading roles in the field of science and cultural heritage. The exhibition, promoted by Roma Capitale , Department alla Cultura , Capitoline Superintendency for Cultural Heritage , is curated and created by the Bracco Foundation in collaboration with Arthemisia . Zetema Progetto Cultura museum services. The exhibition, through the shots of the internationally renowned photographer Gerald Bruneau, highlights not only the figure but also and above all the professional skills of 40 women who have reached top positions in their sector . An eclectic itinerary of images and words, which unfolds in often hidden places, between vast rooms covered with marble of period buildings and inaccessible research laboratories, to tell the wise guide of these professionals who often propose - through their own biography - a inclusive and inspiring governance model.

The exhibition offers two distinct but complementary exhibition itineraries, today brought together for the first time in a single exhibition, strongly desired by the Bracco Foundation as part of its intervention to combat gender stereotypes and to promote skills , conceived respectively as a priority axis of intervention to achieve equality and the only distinction for any personal and collective development.“ Portrayed. Women of art and science " therefore alternates stories of women at the helm of primary cultural institutions of our country and of some of the most important Italian scientists , in an ideal union of knowledge between art and science , an exemplary journey between places of art and scientific laboratories.