Isabella Ducrot

Born 1931 in Naples, Italy

Lives and works in Rome, Italy

In recent years, Isabella Ducrot has gained remarkable international recognition, following an extraordinary career spanning four decades. In December 2026, Museo Madre, Naples, will devote a major retrospective to Ducrot, curated by Adam Weinberg, which will subsequently travel to the Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, and MoMA PS1, New York, in 2027–28.

Her practice has been the subject of significant institutional presentations, including the Museo della Civiltà, Rome; EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art; Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; and MAXXI a Taormina. Among her earlier milestones was Ducrot’s participation in the Venice Biennale in 1993 and 2011. In 2022, her large-scale installation Omaggio a Mishima (Homage to Mishima) was presented in the Unlimited sector of Art Basel.

The year 2024 marked an important chapter for Ducrot in France, with a comprehensive solo exhibition at Le Consortium Museum, Dijon, alongside a collaboration with Dior, for which she created the monumental scenography for its Spring 2024 Haute Couture show.

Ducrot’s work is held in prominent collections, including the Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; Cranford Collection, London; EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; Le Consortium Museum, Dijon; MAMCO, Geneva; MAXXI Museo, Rome; and Munchmuseet, Oslo, among others.

She is also the author of numerous publications, including La Matassa primordiale (2026); Animali Recenti (2025); Stoffe (2022); La vita femminile (2021); La stoffa a quadri (2019); Suonno. Il sonno e il sogno nella canzone napoletana (2012); Fallaste Corazón (2012); Pensiero religioso ed elettricità (2011); La Matassa Primordale (2008); and Bianca di Pelle (1995).