Exhibitions

“Maria by Callas” Exhibition

In 2017, the Callas Foundation presented “Maria by Callas”, an exhibition in partnership with the Departmental Council of the Hauts-de-Seine at La Seine Musicale, curated by its President, Tom Volf, director of the film Maria by Callas and author of Maria by Callas (éditions Assouline), Callas Confidential (éditions de La Martinière) and Maria Callas: Memoirs and Letters (éditions Albin Michel).

In the auditoriums of La Seine Musicale, the life and legend of modern opera was presented along with unpublished archives. Photos, films, private recordings of her concerts, letters, interviews, backstage images of her performances, stage costumes and iconic objects — the whole scattered across 800 sqm — offered a new outlook on the diva who reformulated vocal interpretation while creating the buzz on the social scene. The exhibition ran from September to December 2017 and attracted more than 30,000 visitors.

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“Maria by Callas” Monaco Exhibition

In 2018 the Callas Foundation supported an exhibition of its extensive collection in the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, inaugurated by H.S.H. Prince Albert II. The “Maria by Callas” exhibition was presented in several aspects, particularly focusing on the presence of Maria Callas in the Principality of Monaco. Photographs, archival footage and unpublished films — including from the collections of Monegasque cultural entities such as the Opera, the Société des Bains de Mer, the Monaco Audiovisual Archives and the Prince’s Palace — gave life to these moments of public and private life.

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Exhibition at the Town Hall of the 8th arrondissement of Paris

In December 2025, the Foundation presented in Paris, for the first time, a selection of archives from its collection, in an exhibition at the Town Hall of the 8th arrondissement: personal documents and objects in display cases, handwritten correspondence, unpublished audiovisual archives — and two major pieces, the costume of her last Tosca (Paris Opera, 1965) and the crown of Turandot. This presentation prefigures the Maria Callas Museum in Paris, planned for the fiftieth anniversary of the artist's death, on 16 September 2027.

Hosting an exhibition

The “Maria by Callas” scenography has proved itself in Paris and Monaco alike: the visitor journey works, and it travels. Museums, cultural institutions and programmers wishing to host an exhibition built from the Foundation's collection — original photographs, restored films, costumes, correspondence — are invited to get in touch; see also the Licensing page.

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