WOMEN POWER at Abano Terme

From March 22 to September 21, 2025, the Villa Bassi Rathgeb Museum in Abano Terme presents WOMEN POWER. The Feminine Universe in Magnum Agency Photographs from the Postwar Period to the Present, curated by Walter Guadagnini and Monica Poggi, which explores, through iconic images from the Magnum Photos agency, the role of women from the post-World War II period to the present, highlighting the strength and complexity of women’s journey toward emancipation and the social transformations that have marked the condition of women over the past seven decades.

The exhibition’s itinerary is divided into six thematic cores that explore family context, growing up, identity, myths of beauty and fame, political battles and war. Each of these themes is represented by works created by some of Magnum Photos’ most prominent female photographers, including Inge Morath, Eve Arnold, Olivia Arthur, Myriam Boulos, Bieke Depoorter, Nanna Heitmann, Susan Meiselas, Lúa Ribeira, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Marilyn Silverstone and Newsha Tavakolian.

Sponsored by Comune di Abano Terme – Museo Villa Bassi Rathgeb i in collaboration with CoopCulture.
Produced by CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia in collaboration with Magnum Photos.