Galleria Borghese, piazzale del Museo Borghese, 5. Info 06328101
Until 27 Aug: 10 grandi mostre: Raffaello. Da Firenze a Roma
The first of a series of major exhibitions that will take place once a year at the Galleria Borghese until 2015 and that will include the following artists: Canova (2007), Correggio (2008), Bacon-Caravaggio (2009), Dossi (2010), Tiziano (2011), Cranach (2012), e ancora Bernini (2013), Domenichino (2014) and "I Borghese e l'antico (The Borgheses and the ancient world)" (2015). For this particular exhibition on Raphael the art gallery will show his ultra-famous "Deposition", as well as works from different museums. The "Madonna of the Candelabra" is on loan from Baltimore, the "Aldobrandini Madonna", "Saint Catherine" and "The Knight's Dream" from London, and the "Madonna with Child, St Jerome and St Francis" on loan from Berlin. This extraordinary exhibition will also include an important series of paintings and drawings by the artist. Tue-sun h9-19. €10,50
Colosseo, piazza del Colosseo. Info 0639967700
Until 20 Aug: Musa pensosa. L'immagine dell'intellettuale nell'antichità (The thinking muse. The intellectual in antiquity)
The muses are a source of inspiration and creative fount in every field of knowledge, from music to poetry, from philosophy to art. In Greek mythology they are imagined as the beautiful daughters of Zeus: Calliope, Erato, Terpsichore, Clio, Thalia, Urania. They will be brought to life in the Amphitheatre of Flavius, which will exhibit bas-reliefs, frescoes, mosaics, statues, portraits and marble sarcophaguses. €4. h8,30-19,15
Musei Capitolini, piazza del Campidoglio, 1. Info 0682059127
Until 27 Aug: Scultura lignea russa (Russian wood carving and sculpture)
An exhibition of marvellous carved wooden sculptures and icons made in Russia between the 10th and 19th centuries and embroidered fabrics, on loan from the most important museums in Moscow - the Kremlin's Andrei Rublev museum of Early Russian Culture and Art and the Grabar Institute. These examples of popular art enlighten us on the daily life and religiousness of the Russian people.
Scuderie del Quirinale, via Ventiquattro Maggio. Info 0639967500
Until 27 Aug: Wim Wenders. Immagini dal pianeta terra (Wim Wenders. Images from planet earth)
Wenders is a great film director but also a great photographer. About 60 of his shots will be on show in this exhibition, some of them in a large 5m format. Wenders loves to travel with his camera and immortalise landscapes and sights that touch him. In all the images man is almost completely absent. The shots capture moments without giving them a context, freezing scenery in time in order to keep its essence intact.
Castel Sant'Angelo, Lungotevere di Castello, 50
Until 15 Aug: Oro di Roma (Rome's Gold)
An opportunity to admire Italian-made jewellery and some marvellous creations by Roman jewellers in the atmospheric Sant'Angelo Castle located near St Peter's Basilica. A ring in the shape of a caravel with diamonds and natural pearls, a bracelet made of silver from an ancient coin and other such items will be shown. Altogether, 2,000kgs of gold and sixty types of precious gems make up the exhibition, which is an apt prelude to the "Oro Capital" event dedicated to gold that will be held in Rome's Trade Fair Centre in September www
Chiostro del Bramante, via della Pace. Info 0668809035
Until 28 Aug: Mark Kostabi - Un americano a Roma (Mark Kostabi - An American in Rome)
Black and white and colour in warm and cold tones are the essence of the language spoken by artist Kostabi, whose work speaks to us of idolatry, alientation and solitude. The artist, who is immersed in an ongoing dialectic with artistic greats such as De Chirico, Raphael and Correggio, has exhibited his creations around the world, but above all in Italy, a country that has become Kostabi's artistic homeland. Over 150 recent works have been selected by Victoria Sgarbi and are waiting to be admired. Tue-fri h10-20; sat h10-24; sun h10-21,30. €9, reduced €7
Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Lungotevere in Augusta. Info 0682059127
Until 7 Sep: Sere d'estate all'Ara Pacis (Summer evenings at the Ara Pacis)
As part of the Estate Romana summer festival this beautiful monument commissioned by the Roman Senate to mark the victorious return of Caesar Augustus will be illuminated at night. Visitors will be able to examine the altar's intricate bas-relief details at night. Guided tours in Italian are available. Booking is recommended for groups of 30 people maximum. Tue-thu h21,30 and h22,30. €7, reduced €3
Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi, piazza San Pantaleo, 10. Info 0682059127
Until 10 Sep: La Samaritana al Pozzo
A complex restoration project that has been a veritable labour of love has brought this 16th century work of art featuring the encounter between Jesus Christ and the Samaritan Woman by the Well back to its original state of beauty. This work by an anonymous artist was preserved in the monastery of Sant'Urbano, a place which received and hosted women condemned by society. Now, thanks to the great work done by Carla Tomasi, who, by eliminating the damage caused during Fascism, has recovered the ancient splendour of the creation, we too can admire this old fresco. Tue-sun h9-19. €9, reduced €5,50
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info 0632298221
Until 10 Sep: Galileo Chini. Dipinti, decorazioni, ceramica e teatro (Galileo Chini. Paintings, decorations, ceramics and theatre)
On the fiftieth anniversary of his death this great and multi-facted artist is awarded a major retrospective. The Florentine artist draws energy and inspiration from Art Nouveau, the Viennese Secession and Siam for his works: pottery, paintings, glasswork, theatrical pieces. The decorative way in which he signs his works are often eastern in inspiration. On show are an array of preparatory cartoons, studies and sketches, expressionist paintings, Chinese and Thai artefacts (clothing, theatrical masks, objects, period photos), models for theatre stage settings, ceramic pieces and posters. Tue-sun h8,30-19,30. €9
Complesso del Vittoriano, Gipsoteca, Scalee, Sala Zanardelli. Via San Pietro in Carcere. Info 0669202049
Until 20 Sep: L'Italia. Paesaggio e territorio (Italy: Landscape and Territory)
One of the exhibitions that is part of the "Le radici della nazione (The roots of the nation)" project, a series of exhibitions lasting until the year 2011 - the year marking the 150th anniversary of Italian Unity - that aim to explore Italian unity in a variety of cultural ways. A series of creations, among which paintings, drawings, prints, manuscripts, maps, aerial (and other) photographs and geological finds will be on show at the Vittoriano museum and will enable visitors to examine how landscape representation has evolved from the 16th century to today. h9,30-18,30. Admission free
Museo di Roma in Trastevere, piazza Sant'Egidio, 1b. Info 065816563
Until 24 Sep: Born Somewhere
Francesco Zizola tells us of the life of children encountered in thirty countries through 90 photos. This award-winning genius of the camera and winner of a World Press Photo award in 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2005 presents thirteen years of work. Zizola has taken photos of children in countries such as Angola, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mozambique, Kenya, Japan, United States and Africa. And in turn these children allow us to see - in magnified form - what the part of the world they live in is like, and what is happening over there. Tue-sun h10-20. Museum + exhibition: €6, reduced €5
Museo di Roma in Trastevere, piazza Sant'Egidio, 1b. Info 065816563
Until 24 Sep: Le donne di Trastevere. Fotografie di Emilio Gentilini (The women of Trastevere. Photographs by Emilio Gentilini)
The Trastevere of the 1970s, its women and its faces, are shown in this exhibition. Emilio Gentilini took more than a hundred photos while simply wandering around the neighbourhood, going to its restaurants and bars, walking through its small medieval streets. He snapped its palazzi and the changes happening at that time in the city. Tue-sun h10-20. Museum + exhibition: €6, reduced €5
MACRO Museum, via Reggio Emilia, 54. Info 06671070400
Until 30 Sep: Marc Quinn
This summer the MACRO museum of contemporary art in Rome offers us a retrospective of this English artist who was a major exponent of the Young British Art Scene back in the 1930s. Thirty works explore the fragility of the human body through a powerful and expressive language made up of organic materials. Tue-sun h9-19. €1
MACRO Mattatoio, piazza O. Giustiniani. Info 06671070400
Until 30 Sep: Christian Boltanski - EXIT
French artist Christian Boltanski has created a striking and powerful installation that speaks of life and death. The commission was especially intended for one of the two pavilions of the museum's (Mattatoio) space, located in the heart of the Testaccio district. EXIT is the very concise name given to this multi-sensorial experience composed of hundreds of garments hanging from the ceiling, while all around them images of historic events are screened, loudspeakers resonate with recorded voices and the lighting changes continuously. Tue-sun h16-24. €1
Museo Carlo Bilotti, Aranciera di Villa Borghese. Viale F. La Guardia. Info 0682059127
Until 1 Oct: Damien Hirst, David Salle, Jenny Saville - The Bilotti Chapel
Three contemporary artists inaugurate the Bilotti museum space. Damien Hirst, a specialist in the art of desecrating myths, finds his inspiration in the four evangelists and creates very large works using varied materials such as pills, butterflies and pages from the Gospels. David Salle, on the other hand, reinterprets the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel in a modern key. Finally, Jenny Saville, the English artist who lives between London and Palermo, has created three large canvases drawing inspiration from the insight of suffering as a means of expiation and catharsis. Tue-sun h9-19. Museum + exhibition: €6, reduced €4
Museo Centrale del Risorgimento al Vittoriano, Ala Brasini. Via San Pietro in Carcere. Info 066793598
Until 8 Oct: Tesori di carta. L'archivio del Museo Centrale del Risorgimento a 100 anni dalla fondazione (Paper treasures from the Archives of the Museo del Risorgimento on its 100th Anniversary)
The Museo del Risorgimento is celebrating its one hundredth anniversary and has decided to highlight this momentous occasion with an exhibit displaying a series of original documents from the second half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the twentieth century. Amongst the many works on show, there is a sonnet autographed by Belli, a memo written by Napoleon while in exile, Volta's notes on the battery and a code to decipher messages by members of the Carbonari movement. h9,30-17,30. Admission free
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info 0632298221
Until 9 Oct: Elisa Montessori. Shangai Blues
Elisa Montessori is an experimental designer and painter always embarking on new roads, moving between incision, egg tempera, mosaic and jewellery. Minimalism, as well as an obvious love for Eastern cultures, emerges from the artist's work, which transmits messages riddled with esoteric and spiritual messages. Montessori, famous for her flowers, white passages and horizontal lines, is exhibiting at the GNAM. Tue-sun h8,30-19,30. Museum + exhibition: €9
Castel Sant'Angelo, lungotevere Castello, 50. Info 066819111
Until 29 Oct: Roma Barocca: Bernini, Borromini, Pietro da Cortona
Organised as a visual journey thought the most important places in the city of Rome as they were during the papacies of Urban VIII of the Barberinis (1623-44), Innocent X of the Pamphilis (1644-55) and Alexander VII of the Chigis (1655-66), and through the works of Bernini, Borromini and Pietro da Cortona. In a century marked by political crisis and the marginalisation of the papacy, the Baroque era afforded Rome artistic supremacy in terms of the exceptional revolutionary force of its language: the innovations proposed by Bernini and Borromini were propagated not only in Europe but also in Latin America. Tue-sun h9,30-18. €8, reduced €5,50
Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi, piazza San Pantaleo
Until 29 Oct: Henri Cartier-Bresson. Omaggio a Roma - Ritratti (Henri Cartier-Bresson. Tribute to Rome-Portraits)
The eye of the century" was the name given to Cartier-Bresson, a photographer who captured the atmosphere and soul of an era in his work. The subjects of his photos were famous personalities such as Christian Dior and Pablo Neruda, but also simple passers-by and children, views and landscapes. All these elements make up this two-part exhibition, which is accompanied by books, documents and magazines. The simplicity of the style of his photos manages to make the essence and soul of people and places emerge fully. Tue-sun h9-19. €9, reduced €5,50
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