Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato is presenting 'Verita Monselles. CARNALE', described by the institution as the first exhibition in an Italian contemporary art centre dedicated to artist and photographer Verita Monselles (1929–2004). The show runs from 29 June to 24 August 2026 at Centro Pecci, and is framed around Monselles’ exploration of languages tied to female and feminist thought through fashion, portraiture and the nude.
The exhibition is organised by Alessandra Acocella, Michele Bertolino and Monica Gallai. Its display design is by Giuseppe Ricupero, with material supplied by Archivio Fotografico Toscano. Centro Pecci’s announcement presents the project as a focused museum survey of an artist whose work moves across photographic genres while engaging the visual codes of femininity and feminist debate.
According to the museum, Monselles’ practice approached fashion as well as the established genres of portrait and nude in ways that opened onto broader questions of representation. The institution’s wording places her work within a vocabulary of female and feminist thought, indicating that the exhibition will examine how those ideas are articulated through images, styling and the treatment of the body. The museum has not provided further detail in the material available here on the number of works or the chronological scope of the display.
The exhibition also forms part of a broader set of Centro Pecci programming this summer. A related special guided-visit series, 'P.O.V. (Point of View)', includes 'Verita Monselles vista da Luca Scarlini' on 16 July 2026 at 18:00. In the session, the writer, performer and curator Luca Scarlini is set to lead the public through a reading of 'CARNALE'. The museum describes 'P.O.V.' as a programme of special guided visits that invites audiences to encounter exhibitions through different perspectives.
On the exhibition page, a detail image is identified as 'Verita Monselles, I nostri pensieri (1981)'. That reference suggests the museum is drawing on specific works to anchor the presentation, though the source material does not list a full checklist. The emphasis remains on Monselles as an artist and photographer whose work is being reassessed within an institutional setting that highlights both historical and thematic resonance.
Centro Pecci’s announcement positions 'Verita Monselles. CARNALE' alongside other summer 2026 programming at the Prato institution. The exhibition opens on 29 June and continues through 24 August 2026 at Centro Pecci, Viale della Repubblica 277, Prato.
