Landscape Festival
Contemporary art meets the landscape of Anacapri at Villa San Michele
About Landscape Festival
A contemporary art festival overlooking the Gulf of Naples
The Landscape Festival is one of the most evocative contemporary art events in Italy, animating Anacapri every autumn on the high side of the island of Capri, in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania. Conceived and curated by Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio and promoted by the Associazione Il Rosaio - Arte e Cultura Contemporanea, the festival has chosen the famous Villa San Michele as its exhibition heart—the home founded by the Swedish physician and writer Axel Munthe, now a museum and garden overlooking one of the most famous panoramas in the Mediterranean.
The landscape as theme and place
Since its first edition, the festival has made the landscape not just a backdrop, but the true protagonist: a territory to be traversed, questioned, and reinvented through the eyes of artists. Each year, a curatorial theme guides the journey, which unfolds through the halls and gardens of Villa San Michele and, often, along the streets and squares of the historic center of Anacapri. Installations, photography, artist videos, and site-specific interventions establish a direct dialogue with the island's nature, its light, and its historical stratification.
Italian and international artists
Over the years, the Landscape Festival has hosted prominent authors from the Italian and international scene, alternating established names with young talents. Alongside the main exhibition, the event has developed recurring projects such as The Flag Project, dedicated to public art with large flags created by invited artists, and an award dedicated to selected artists, a sign of the festival's attention to the most current contemporary research.
A journey through art, nature, and community
The festival's formula combines the quality of a museum exhibition project with the widespread dimension of an event that involves the entire community of Anacapri. Walking among the works means discovering glimpses, gardens, and alleys of the island with new eyes, in an intertwining of contemporary art, local memory, and Mediterranean landscape. The festival, free in its widespread part in the historic center, has become over the years an awaited appointment of the Campanian cultural season and one more reason to visit Capri outside the peak months.
Why visit
- International contemporary art in a unique landscape setting
- Villa San Michele, one of the most famous museums and gardens on the island of Capri
- Site-specific interventions and works spread throughout the historic center of Anacapri
- A program that combines photography, video, installations, and public art
Landscape Festival — edition 2026
The Observer - tenth edition
For its tenth anniversary, the Anacapri Landscape Festival chooses the title "The Observer": a reflection on the observer and the ways in which we perceive the world in the age of digital images and artificial intelligence. The main exhibition, curated by Arianna Rosica and Gianluca Riccio, is set up at Villa San Michele through installations, photography, video, and site-specific interventions.
The artists
The 2026 edition brings together a group of Italian and international artists: Francis Alÿs, Ali Cherri, Irene Fenara, Andrea Francolino, Eva Giolo, Elisa Sighicelli, Luca Vitone, and Klara Zetterholm. Among the novelties, for the first time, an outdoor screening of artist videos in the garden of Villa San Michele.
Special projects
- The Flag Project (fourth edition): Andrea Francolino creates three large flags accompanied by a public performance
- Jumeirah Capri Palace Award (second edition): award for artists with a jury chaired by Nicolas Bourriaud
Programme Landscape Festival 2026
2026 Program
Collective exhibition "The Observer" at Villa San Michele with works by Francis Alÿs, Ali Cherri, Irene Fenara, Andrea Francolino, Eva Giolo, Elisa Sighicelli, Luca Vitone, and Klara Zetterholm. Also on the program is the fourth edition of The Flag Project, with three flags by Andrea Francolino and a public performance, an outdoor screening of artist videos in the Villa's garden, and the Jumeirah Capri Palace Award, with a jury chaired by Nicolas Bourriaud. Schedules and details for individual days are published on the festival's official website.
Highlights Landscape Festival 2026
Prices Landscape Festival 2026
Practical information — Landscape Festival
How to get there
Anacapri can be reached from Naples or Sorrento by ferry or hydrofoil to Marina Grande (Capri); from the port, continue by bus or funicular to Capri and then by bus to Anacapri. Villa San Michele is located at Viale Axel Munthe 34, a few minutes' walk from the center of Anacapri.
Admission
The works spread throughout the historic center of Anacapri are freely accessible. For the exhibition set up at Villa San Michele, the museum's entrance ticket applies; it is recommended to check the updated hours and rates on the official website of the festival and Villa San Michele.
Tips
An ideal period to visit Capri away from the summer crowds; combine the visit to the festival with a walk towards the island's viewpoints and scenic gardens.
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Where does it take place — Landscape Festival
Villa San Michele
Viale Axel Munthe 34, 80071 Anacapri