Allegoria

theme Allegoria (A dedication to Ambrogio Lorenzetti)

This exhibition further explores themes that Axente has worked on, expanding the expressions born from the dialogue with Ambrogio Lorenzetti through new works.

curated by Riccardo Fred, Michela Eremita

Continuing to create works themed on human inner life, good and evil, and morality, Axente reinterprets questions raised by Ambrogio Lorenzetti's works from a modern perspective, expressing opposing elements such as human strength and weakness, responsibility and mistakes, hope and collapse through her own paintings.

Born in Sibiu, Romania in 1984. Completed her doctoral studies at the University of Art in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2004. Based in Cluj-Napoca. Has exhibited at the Essl Museum (Vienna, Austria), Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (Colorado, USA), Cluj Museum of Art (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Art Center Hugo Voeten (Haren, Belgium), and others. Has held solo exhibitions at Hugo Voeten in 2016, Frishuis Museum in 2017, Cluj Museum of Art in 2018, Frishuis Museum in Athens, Greece in 2019, Santa Maria della Scala Museum in Siena, Italy in 2025, and the Public Palace Municipal Art Museum in Siena, Italy in 2026.