Palermo Celebrates Santa Rosalia with Contemporary Art at Quattro Canti

On July 14, 2025, Palermo will host a cultural program honoring Santa Rosalia, organized by marquesses Roberto Bilotti Ruggi d’Aragona and Cesira Palmeri di Villalba. Events begin at 6:00 AM at Quattro Canti with Nora Lux's performance 'Eretiche, Sante e Profetesse,' previously shown in Rome at Palazzo di Giustizia. At 11:00 AM, Palazzo Costantino opens a contemporary art exhibition curated by Bilotti, featuring Billiemi's marble installation 'Le Quattro Sante' and Theodorico Napolitano Gansen's 'Marble does not melt.' At 5:30 PM at Palazzo Oneto, professor Andrea Donati lectures on Titian's 'Portrait of Agostino Landi,' now in a Boston museum, discussing historical ties between Genoa, Spain, and Palermo. A documentary 'Nude e vestite' on Titian's Magdalens in Palermo follows. At 7:00 PM, Ensemble Tetra Kordes performs hymns to Santa Rosalia by Mariantonietta Campo with soprano Valentina dell’Aversana. On July 15, the saint's relics procession passes the Quattro Canti.