Image: Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia
Cristina Mittermeier’s 'La Grande Saggezza' opens on 14 July at the Grande Miglio in Castello di Brescia, bringing more than 80 photographs to Brescia in a free exhibition that runs through 10 January 2027. The show is presented as a retrospective and focuses on the Mexican photographer’s work across landscapes, wildlife and indigenous communities, with the images framed around the idea of living in harmony with nature.
Fondazione Brescia Musei identifies Lauren Johnston as curator and says the project is promoted by the Comune di Brescia, Fondazione Brescia Musei and Alleanza Cultura. It is also listed as an initiative in the programmes 'Brescia Scienza' and 'Orizzonti', and as a project developed in collaboration with Gallerie d’Italia – Intesa Sanpaolo and the National Geographic Society. The institution says admission is free because of the social and moral relevance of the exhibition’s content.
The show presents Mittermeier as a photographer, biologist and activist whose career has involved documenting the planet and the lives of indigenous peoples who live in close relation to the environment. According to the museum material, the exhibition highlights a concept she has developed called “enoughness,” translated in the Italian material as 'abbastanza', as a way of thinking about human life within the global ecosystem and aligning decisions with the natural cycles of the living world.
The exhibition is organised around three broad sections: the underwater world, the terrestrial world and tribal peoples. The museum says these sections translate Mittermeier’s approach into visual form and invite reflection on the use of limited resources, the health of the oceans and the importance of traditional knowledge. The photographs are described as moving between remote worlds and places that are also close at hand, linking oceans, forests, ice and coastlines as parts of a single interconnected system.
The exhibition page names several works and locations, including Grand Bahama, Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands, the Antarctic Peninsula, Franz Josef Land, Yunnan Province, Monterey Bay and Mo’orea. Those images are presented in the context of a broader argument about the relationship between ecosystems, adaptation, cooperation and regeneration, rather than as isolated travel pictures.
A public programme of guided visits is also being offered during the run. Fondazione Brescia Musei lists guided tours for individual visitors, groups and Abbonamento Musei holders, together with a family workshop titled 'SEGNI E MIMETISMI', all taking place at the Grande Miglio, Castello di Brescia. The institution’s visitor information notes that the exhibition can be seen during regular opening hours, with the free admission remaining in force until 10 January 2027.
