From April 17 to July 19, 2026, the Museums of San Salvatore in Lauro will present "Dante Ferretti, with my eyes: The Secrets of the Master of Scenography", an exhibition dedicated to one of the major protagonists of contemporary cinema and a three-time Oscar winner. The event, directed by Raffaele Curi and organized by Il Cigno Arte in partnership with Vertigo Syndrome, features over forty works, including sketches, studies, paintings, and working materials, that tell the story of a career spanning over sixty years in Italian and international cinema. After a first stop at the Vittoriale degli Italiani, the exhibition arrives in Rome, a central city in Ferretti’s artistic formation and in his encounters with masters such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, and later Martin Scorsese. The show emphasizes on his sketches' autonomous significance, presenting them not as simple preparatory tools, but as entire works capable of holding space, light, atmosphere, and vision. The exhibition features works from films such as 'Arabian Nights', 'And the Ship Sails On', 'The Name of the Rose', 'Gangs of New York', 'The Aviator', 'Sweeney Todd', 'Hugo Cabret', 'Shutter Island', and Silence, as well as other pictorial projects that broaden the scope of his research. The exhibition thereby raises the prominence of an artist who transformed scenography into a self-contained type of visual imagination capable of transcending cinema, art, and memory. Ferretti received nine Oscar nominations, winning three for 'The Aviator', 'Sweeney Todd', and 'Hugo Cabret'. His works have also been shown in worldwide institutions such as MoMA in New York and the Smithsonian Institute, confirming a status that extends beyond the set and is fully integrated into the history of contemporary visual arts.