Nino Migliori's Candlelit Photographs of Giuseppe Sanmartino's Veiled Christ at Maschio Angioino

The Maschio Angioino in Naples hosts Lumen – Cristo velato, the latest project by photographer Nino Migliori (born 1926 in Bologna). Migliori, known for using candles as his sole light source to capture sculptural figures, turns his lens on Giuseppe Sanmartino's 18th-century Veiled Christ, housed in the Museo Cappella Sansevero. The exhibition begins with reflections from mirrors and lights in an Infinity room, then moves to a second room featuring photographs detailing the marble masterpiece, famed for its transparent carved shroud. The photographic journey is interspersed with literary quotes from admirers like Matilde Serao and Adonis, and concludes with a video where Migliori discusses his art. Migliori experiments with materials and languages, letting light tell the story of each work. Lumen is an itinerant candlelight project that has previously illuminated the Zooforo of the Baptistery in Parma, the Lions and Metopes of Modena Cathedral, Niccolò dell'Arca's Lamentation in Bologna, Ilaria del Carretto's Monument in Lucca Cathedral, and the reliefs of the Chapel of the Planets and Zodiac in Rimini's Tempio Malatestiano.