InfoHEART OF THE RACE, Master Mechanics of the Mille Miglia is a photographic museum exhibition by E.A. KAHANE that pays tribute to the often unseen master mechanics who make the historic Mille Miglia possible. Through a combination of portraits and documentary images captured during the race, the project shifts attention away from the celebrated cars to the people whose skill, endurance, and creativity keep them running. The exhibition is rooted in Kahane’s multi year, first hand engagement with the Mille Miglia (2021–2024), including her direct participation in the race, and highlights mechanics from Brescia and from across the world, emphasizing their cultural, historical, and human significance within this iconic motorsport event.
The project was presented as a dual site museum exhibition in Brescia: from May to August at the iconic building of MO.CA, Centro per le Nuove Culture, and from May through the end of October at the Museo Mille Miglia, allowing the exhibition to engage both the contemporary art context and the historical automotive heritage of the city.
The project was presented as a dual site museum exhibition in Brescia: from May to August at the iconic building of MO.CA, Centro per le Nuove Culture, and from May through the end of October at the Museo Mille Miglia, allowing the exhibition to engage both the contemporary art context and the historical automotive heritage of the city.
In the heart of Brescia, Italy, where the cobblestone streets echo with the roar of engines of cars of the historic Mille Miglia each spring, a different kind of story was quietly unfolding—one that had nothing to do with celebrity drivers, gleaming Ferraris, or checkered flags. Instead, this was a story of grease-stained hands, sleepless nights, and the unsung heroes of the Mille Miglia: HEART OF THE RACE, Master Mechanics of the Mille Miglia, told by E.A. KAHANE.
I first met the vivacious and visionary photographer Elizabeth Kahane—known as the artist E.A. KAHANE—over an Aperol Spritz in Brescia’s stunning Piazza Duomo. Introduced by our mutual friend, the irrepressible Maggie Carvalho. Our conversation sparked instantly, fuelled by a fabulous blend of passion, laughter, and creative energy. At the time, Elizabeth was exhibiting her first body of work inspired by the Mille Miglia, the race itself that she had followed in prior years with her camera and ultimately drove in. As much as it was an impressive body of work, what caught my ear—and my heart—was her next project: an homage to the mechanics who make the race possible.
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