Personal exhibition of Anthea Hamilton – Soft You

The Memmo Foundation presents Soft You, the first institutional exhibition in Rome by artist Anthea Hamilton. Curated by Alessio Antoniolli the exhibition is open to the public from Thursday, May 8 to Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025.

Hamilton’s practice places installation, sculpture, film and performance in dialogue to rework visual content belonging to the dominant culture, investigated through a subjective lens that suggests a shift in perception. With immersive installations and environments, the artist presents a reality in which gender roles, sexuality, domesticity, and diverse cultural traditions are explored as fluid and ever-changing notions.

Soft You, whose title is borrowed from Othello’s last soliloquy in Shakespeare, redefines three pivotal points in Hamilton’s research: the Shakespearean protagonist, the city of Rome, and the artist’s own practice. Beginning with Othello: A Play, the stage performance created in 2024 in collaboration with Delphine Gaborit for the De Singel art center (Antwerp), the exhibition further expands the performative possibilities of Hamilton’s sculptural and installation research.