Bibi Tomasi, Al cerchio delle tue mani
Presentation

April 11, 14:00-17:00. Milan
Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Aula 10 

With Giorgia Basch, Director of BilderAtlas
Vania Granata, Professor in Contemporary Art History at Brera Academy of Fine Arts
Giordana Masotto, journalist and member of Libreria delle donne

Program

14:00 Greetings and presentation opening
14:15 Participants in dialogue
15:30 Open discussion with the audience

On the occasion of the Milan Design Week 2025, we are pleased to invite you to a public meeting in the spaces of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts around the photographic book Al cerchio delle tue mani. Storia per immagini del movimento femminista italiano dall’archivio della Libreria delle donne di Milano (On the circle of your hands. A story in images of the Italian feminist movement from the archive of the Milan Women’s Bookstore Collective) by Bibi Tomasi.

Part of our editorial series Eight Poems by, the volume is a collection of never-before-seen photographs of the gatherings and communal life of the first feminist groups in Italy, taken by the multi-faceted author Bibi Tomasi: poet, writer, journalist, among the founders of the Libreria delle donne di Milano.

Giorgia Basch, publisher and curator of the book, and Giordana Masotto, journalist and co-founder of the Libreria delle donne, will be in dialogue with Vania Granata, Professor in History of Contemporary Art. The discussion will focus on the origins of the Bibi Tomasi Archive and its historical value, the reasons that led the publisher to reactivate this body of work, and the relationship between photographic documentation and feminist practices – in particular the practice of consciousness-raising and that of relation.

Students, teachers and the general public are invited to ask questions and raise issues for an open exchange in the final part of the session.

Free admission.