Domenico Sepe takes Parthenope to the depths: Neapolitan art descends to the sea to write a new legend.

An artist, a mermaid, and the sea of ​​Naples: a museum is born where sculpture meets myth.

There's a Naples everyone knows, made up of narrow streets, monuments, and breathtaking views. And then there's a hidden Naples, the one that lives beneath the surface of its sea. It's precisely there that Domenico Sepe 's art is poised to write a new page in history: his sculptures will become the protagonists of Demersa Parthenope , the city's first underwater museum, a project that unites creativity, identity, and legend. A museum without walls, where visitors will not enter an exhibition hall, but a journey through the waves, accompanied by the forms of art and the eternal allure of the siren who, according to myth, gave birth to Naples.

Domenico Sepe: the artist who sculpts the soul 

The strength of the works of Dominic Sepe It comes from the ability to transform matter into a story.
Bronze, marble, and metals become tools to bring to life emotions, symbols, and figures capable of interacting with time. His art draws on the tradition of great Italian sculpture, but with a contemporary perspective, capable of surprising and engaging.

With Demersa Parthenope, Sepe takes his artistic vision to a completely new place: the sea.
Not a simple arrangement of statues, but an encounter between the work and its environment, where the movement of water, light, and the passage of time become an integral part of the creation.

The siren Parthenope returns to her natural element

At the center of the project is her: Parthenope, symbol of the city of Naples.
A legendary figure who for centuries has represented beauty, mystery, and rebirth. The choice to return her to the sea is no coincidence: it is a return to the origins, an imaginary journey to that place where myth and reality meet.
The sculptures of Dominic Sepe they will thus become custodians of an ancient history, immersed in the Golfo di Napoli like a contemporary treasure ready to be discovered.

A museum without borders: diving, technology, and itineraries to discover submerged Naples.

Created in collaboration with Megaride Cantine Sommerse , the initiative aims to highlight the heritage hidden beneath the sea's surface and create a new way for the public to experience underwater art. The experience can be enjoyed firsthand through guided dives, allowing scuba divers to reach the works and admire them in their natural environment.

But the magic of Demersa Parthenope won't be reserved only for those who can dive: thanks to technology, it will also be possible to explore the museum from the surface using ROV systems, remotely operated underwater vehicles capable of transmitting images and allowing everyone to ideally enter the heart of the exhibition.

The project also includes virtual tours and activities for schools, museums, and cultural institutions, making this extraordinary underwater heritage accessible to an ever-wider audience.
A meeting of art, innovation, and dissemination that transforms the sea of ​​Naples into a place of knowledge and wonder.

Domenico Sepe signs a new dialogue between past and future

With this project, Naples demonstrates once again that it knows how to reinvent its own history.
From the ancient legends of the siren Parthenope to new forms of contemporary art, the journey continues beneath the sea's surface. And this time, it is guided by the hand of an artist who has chosen to entrust his works not to a hall, but to the immensity of the Gulf.

Because some works aren't just made to be admired. They're made to become legend.