Art guides our gaze and daily increses our sensitivity to the world, which is why the University of Trieste joins in mourning the passing of Annamaria Ducaton, an artist from Trieste whose work combined poetic intensity and compositional rigor.

Her connection with the University became particularly significant during UniTS 100th Anniversary celebrations. In 2024, Annamaria Ducaton donated the collection "La donna del mare" (the woman of the sea) to the University Museum System (smaTs), consisting of 28 works inspired by Henrik Ibsen's poem. This precious donation was showcased by UniTS through an exhibition of the entire collection at UniTS Gorizia Campus (October-December 2025), which will soon become a permanent gallery.

In this work, Annamaria Ducaton intertwines personal images and universal symbols, creating a dialogue between time, memory, and identity in a visual narrative that touches the viewer with discretion and depth.

In promoting the collection La donna del mare, UniTS also preserves a legacy of rare intensity, a work that will continue to speak, both inside and outside the University, with the silent and necessary voice of art.

‘Der bodde en underlig gråsprængt en på den yderste nøgne ø’ Henrik Ibsen

‘There lived a remarkably grizzled man on the uttermost, barren isle.’