Sophie Calle MAXXI — the French artist’s first Rome survey, Matrimoni, Rotture e Funerali inclusi (“Weddings, Break-ups and Funerals Included”) — opens Friday 16 October 2026 and runs through 7 February 2027 in Gallery 2 at MAXXI, Rome’s National Museum of 21st Century Arts. Curated by Simona Antonacci, the show spans more than forty years of Calle’s photography-and-text practice. This ADVANCE guide covers dates, hours, tickets and what the museum says the exhibition is about.

Dates, hours and tickets

MAXXI lists the exhibition 16 October 2026 – 7 February 2027. Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11 am–7 pm; Monday closed. Standard tickets are listed on MAXXI’s visit pages at about €15 at the box office or €14 online, with reduced rates around €12 / €11 — confirm on maxxi.art before you go, as combined tickets and concessions change. Gallery 2 is the designated venue for the Calle survey.

What the exhibition is about

MAXXI’s English page frames Calle’s work around presence and absence, proximity and distance, longing and separation — the “with” and the “without” of a person, a love, sight or an image. The museum describes a body of work grounded in the interplay between the personal and the relational, reality and narrative, photography and writing. Aaino’s October openings round-up calls it a survey that feels newly urgent in an age of oversharing; MAXXI’s own copy keeps the emphasis on intimacy and exposure without promising a greatest-hits checklist.

Who is Sophie Calle?

Sophie Calle (b. 1953) has, for decades, used her own life as material: relationships and their endings, strangers followed through cities, losses staged as projects. She moves between photography, text and installation. The MAXXI header credit references works including Autobiografie, Infarto silenzioso (2017), courtesy the artist and Perrotin, with © Sophie Calle / SIAE (Rome, 2026). This is her first dedicated overview in Rome, according to the museum.

People also ask: what else is on at MAXXI the same weekend?

MAXXI’s what’s-on board for mid-October 2026 also flags Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: Campo aperto opening the same day (16 Oct–7 Feb) and other programmes around Rome Film Fest and Romaeuropa. If you are building a Rome art weekend, check whether a combined ticket covers Gallery 2 plus architecture or photography displays.

This deepens Art exhibitions beside Tarek Atoui’s Turbine Hall Hold and Frieze London 2026 (still in its public window through 18 Oct).

Planning a visit: practical notes

Buy timed tickets online when MAXXI releases them for busy autumn weekends; Gallery 2 can fill on opening weeks. Photography rules inside contemporary surveys often restrict flash or full-work reproduction — follow floor staff. English wall text is typically available at MAXXI major shows; still, the Italian title is what locals search (Matrimoni, Rotture e Funerali inclusi). Pair the Calle afternoon with a walk through Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI architecture if it is your first visit — the building is part of the draw for international searchers.

Sources: MAXXI official exhibition and ticketing pages; Aaino October 2026 openings guide.