Galleria Borghese, piazzale del Museo Borghese, 5. Info 06328101
Until 3 Feb: 10 Grandi Mostre: Canova e la Venere Vincitrice (10 major exhibitions: Canova and the winning Venus)
The second act in the "10 Great Exhibitions" series celebrates Antonio Canova 250 years after the date of his birth. Nicknamed the new Phidias, Canova represents the apotheosis of Italian neoclassicism, an artistic period in which mythological subjects, political personalities and metaphysical themes were explored. The Galleria Borghese will serve as the venue in which to admire over 50 paintings, drawings and clay models. 16 major marble sculptures are also on display and include some spectacular pieces, such as the "Three Graces", the "Sleeping Nymph", "Amor and Psyche", the “Naiad” and the complete series of “Amorini”. Curators: Anna Coliva and Fernando Mazzocca.
Complesso del Vittoriano, via San Pietro in Carcere. Info 066780664
Until 3 Feb: Paul Gauguin. Artista di mito e sogno (Paul Gauguin. Artist of myths and dreams)
Paul Gauguin was a symbolist deeply struck by the work of Cézanne and Pissarro and was obsessed by the idea of pure and untamed painting and by a quest to merge both art and life. Paul Gauguin was rejected by France and considered subversive, he spoke using colour, clear contours and rarefied atmospheres. He allowed his primitive and mythical characters to inhabit a literary Eden, possibly in a quest to locate the Peru of his infancy... Paul Gauguin will sate our hunger for beauty. Venue: the Vittoriano museum.
Colosseo, piazza del Colosseo (ingresso sul lato di Colle Oppio, fornice XXX). Info 0639967700
Until 17 Feb: In scaena. Il teatro di Roma antica (In scaena. The theatre of ancient Rome)
This fascinating archaeological exhibition tells the story of an essential component of Roman culture: the theatre. The exhibition opens with about 70 works that explore the complex origins of theatre: its Greek and Italic roots, the Etruscan contribution to its evolution, the performances that evolved out of Magna Grecia. Another section is centred on the structure of theatres and on set design, both aspects that, with time, evolved their own style. The last part of the exhibition is extremely effective and composed of an overview of the protagonists of the theatrical experience: the actors – their miming techniques and dramatic abilities – and the public, passionate about this form of art made up of music, dance, singing and acting... Until 15 Feb h8,30-16,30; 16 and 17 Feb h8,30-17. €11, reduced €6,50
Quirinale, Piazza del Quirinale, 1
Until 2 Mar: Nostoi. Capolavori ritrovati
The word "Nostos" in Greek signifies return. War heroes and art works are on show in the Gallery of Pope Alessandro VII. Stolen and removed from their original setting by unscrupulous merchants and then sold to museums around the world, these works have returned to Italy thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Carabinieri, the Judiciary and the Ministry for the Arts. Louis Godard is the curator of this show that contains pieces like Vibia Sabina, the Calyx Crater by Assteas, Antefix with Silene and dancing Menades made out of terracotta. Tue-sat h10-13; h15,30-18,30
Palazzo Venezia, via del Plebiscito, 118. Info 0669994319
Until 8 Feb to 18 May: Sebastiano Del Piombo. Venezia 1485 - 1547 (Sebastiano Del Piombo. Venice 1485 – 1547)
Sebastiano Luciani, known as "del Piombo" - who famously argued with Michelangelo regarding the execution of the Sistine Chapel’s decorations - is a Renaissance painter from Venice who has always been underrated by critics. Given that the Venetian Sebastiano Del Piombo was the only painter capable of being a counterpoint to Raphael’s poetics in the 16th century, this assessment is unjust. The artist spent much of his artistically more mature period in Rome and now the city has put on the first retrospective dedicated to him featuring large canvases, life-size portraits, paintings on wood and preparatory sketches. The show tracks Del Piombo’s artistic development, from the warm colourful work of his beginnings to the darker atmospheres of the later period. Tue-thu h10-20; fri-sat h10-22. €10, reduced €8
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MACRO - Sale Panorama. Via Reggio Emilia, 54. Info 06671070400
Until 3 Feb: Avish Khebrehzadeh
Khebrehzadeh was born in Tehran at the end of the 1970s and was trained as a painter at the Academy of Rome. She now lives between Washington and Italy. The MACRO has put on an exhibition in which we can admire many paintings made out of wood and plaster but also two very particular creations: video-animations projected on mega-drawings composed of resin, olive oil, ink and cartoons. The sweet music of the videos amalgamates with the delicateness of the drawings, and effectively recreates the atmosphere of the traditional fairytales Khebrehzadeh was told during her childhood...
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Lungotevere di Castello, 50. Info mostra 05754027229
Until 3 Feb: Il Cammino del Sacro (The Path of the Sacred)
A month ago the Museo Diocesano was inaugurated in Arezzo and to mark the occasion this itinerary has been presented to the public. The new museum has lent a selection of decorative items made by master jewellers over the ages to adorn Arezzo's monumental churches to the Castel Sant'Angelo museum (the fifth most popular museum in Italy). Curated by Paolo Torriti and Daniela Galoppi, the exhibition aims to highlight the close relationship between artistic beauty and spirituality. www
Castel Sant'Angelo, Lungotevere di Castello, 50. Info 066819111
Until 3 Feb: Eugenio Carmi – Poesia e geometrie (Eugenio Carmi – Poetry and Geometry)
One of the masters of Italian abstraction, Eugenio Carmi was born in Genoa and raised in Milan. Castel Sant'Angelo displays 40 of his works created between 1971 and 2007, the result of long-term research into the merging of light and geometry.
Sala Santa Rita, via Montanara (adiacente piazza Campitelli). Info 0667105568
Until 15 Feb: Nei panni di una bambola. Le Lenci della collezione di Grazia Caiani 1919 - 1940 (In a doll's shoes. The Lenci dolls of the Grazia Caiani collection 1919-1940)
The famous Latin motto "Ludus Est Nobis Constanter Industria" (playing for us is constant work), was chosen as the name of a doll-making company and its acronym - LENCI - used as a name for a unique type of doll. It was photographer Elena Konig Scavini who started making these fabric dolls after having been inspired by the felt puppets of German company Steiff. Ever since the 1920s - when felt was introduced as a material - the LENCI dolls have known tremendous success. This exhibition aims to do justice to their style and uniqueness, allowing the public to admire the many different types of doll created, among which the famous Agnesina. Mon-fri h10-18
Musei Capitolini - Palazzo Caffarelli. Piazza del Campidoglio. Info 0682059127
Until 17 Feb: Lo sguardo della bellezza. Roma, l'Italia e l'Europa nelle fotografie di Herbert List (The gaze of beauty. Rome, Italy and Europe in the photographs of Herbert List)
Hamburg was the birthplace of poet and photographer Herbert List; a fascinating man with a very refined sensitivity; also a man hungry for travel, knowledge and culture. The Capitoline Museums hosts an exhibition of List's photos that reveal Europe, the Mediterranean and Rome through his beautiful concoctions of light, shade and colour. Tue-sun h9-20. Museum + exhibition: €8, reduced €6; only exhibition: €4,50, reduced €2,50
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info 0632298221
Until 24 Feb: La Raccolta d'arte Esso. 1949-1983 (The Esso Art Collection. 1949-1983)
The Sala Dossier and adjacent rooms of Rome’s Modern Art Museum (GNAM) explore the Esso company’s art and culture collection. From the Second World War to 1962 Esso organised four painting prizes and collected a rich series of art works; it then continued to collect until 1982. The works shown here were chosen as part of the four prizes and commissioned for Esso Magazine, the company’s house magazine from the late 40s to the early 80s, and some drawings are displayed too. The sections are sub-divided into figurative and abstract strands. Tue-sun h8,30-19,30. €9, reduced €7
Chiostro del Bramante, via della Pace. Info 0668809035
Until 24 Feb: I Macchiaioli. Sentimento del vero (Sentiment of truth)
This is a show of over 100 works dedicated to the Macchiaioli - a group of 19th-century Florentine and Neopolitan painters who reacted against the rule-bound Italian academies of art and looked to nature for instruction. The Macchiaioli felt that patches (Italian: macchia) of colour were the most significant aspect of painting and the only means man had of entering into contact with reality. The Chiostro del Bramante hosts this collection of rarely exhibited works by the fathers of Impressionism... Tue-fri h10-20; sat h10-22; sun h10-21
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, via Nazionale, 194. Info 06489411
Until 2 Mar: Gregory Crewdson
The photos of one of the most famous teachers of the Yale School of Art in New Haven - Gregory Crewdson - are shown in a travelling exhibition touring various major European cities. The photographer's clearly narrative aims incorporate the theatrical use of light, the fairytale and fantastical and the Freudian reading of the contemporary. The alienated society depicted by Crewdson reflects the neuroses and anxieties of the artist, whose realistic take makes him one of the most significant exponents of a technique known as 'staged photography'. The narrative power of the photos is very strong, especially those inspired by films. Some of the photos manage to capture in one shot the whole essence of a film...
Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese, viale F. La Guardia, 13. Info 0682059127
Until 2 Mar: Movie Stars. Ritratti di Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (Movie Stars. Portraits by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders)
Sanders' shots are incursions into the soul and psychology of his subjects. This master of photography penetrates into the souls of the people he photographs thanks to his innate capacity for close contact with people, his ability to reach their core. Celebrities, actors and directors have chosen to be immortalised in two-dimensional form by this photographic genius. Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, Woody Allen, Darren Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, John Malkovich, Jodie Foster, Glenn Close and Tom Hanks are just some of those who are featured in this exhibition in the Bilotti museum. It would be unfair to define them simply as photos; these are works of art... Tue-sun h9-19. €6, reduced €4
MAXXI, via G. Reni, 2. Info 063210181
Until 2 Mar: Ugo Mulas. La scena dell'arte Ugo Mulas. La scena dell'arte (Ugo Mulas. The scene of art)
One artist, three exhibitions - Rome, Milan (both on at the same time) and Turin. Around 300 photos are on display in the MAXXI and the show follows two semantic threads: one part is artistic documentation and another part shows the development of Mulas' poetic vision. The various sections of the exhibition include "The Venice Biennales", "Portraits" and "Events". Tue-sun h11-19. Admission free
Casa dei Teatri, Villino Corsini - Villa Doria Pamphilj, Largo 3 giugno 1849 Roma - Angolo di via San Pancrazio (ingresso Arco dei Quattro Venti). Info 0645440707
Until 2 Mar: Fermare l'attimo - I 60 anni del Piccolo Teatro di Milano nelle fotografie di Luigi Ciminaghi, Marcello Norberth e Gérard Uféras (Hold the moment – The 60 years of Milan’s Piccolo Teatro as seen in the photos of Luigi Ciminaghi, Marcello Norberth and Gérard Uféras)
Photos, stage design and other props tell the story of the history of Milan's famous Piccolo Teatro. The theatre hosted the biggest pieces by Giorgio Strehler and was under the artistic direction of Luca Ronconi. Luciano Ferroni and Giovanni Soresi have curated this exhibition, which also contains sound segments from Rai’s archive, all to be listened to on headphones. Tue-sun h10-19. Admission free
Archivio Centrale dello Stato, piazzale degli Archivi, 27. Info 0654548568/9
Until 15 Mar: Moretti visto da Moretti (Moretti, as seen by Moretti)
The EUR district, the Foro Italico, the ex-GIL building in Trastevere, the Olympic Village were all designed by underrated architect Luigi Moretti. Thanks to a donation by his heirs the archive now owns many of his materials and projects, which they have put on display for this exhibition. The selection of the photographs, models, drawings and sketches was carried out by Moretti himself for a Spanish exhibition. He had chosen 21 works that he felt were most representative of his professional and artistic career. Tue-fri h15-18; sat h10-13. Admission free
Museo del Corso, via del Corso, 320. Info 066786209
Until 20 Mar: Capolavori dalla Città Proibita. Qian Long e la sua Corte (Masterpieces from the Forbidden City. Qian Long and his court)
This exhibition is dedicated to the splendid period experienced by China in the 18th century under Emperor Qianlong. Qianlong brought prosperity to the empire, which became the second largest and most populated in history under his reign. Qianlong was also an avid art collector and set about filling the incredible Forbidden City's 9,000 halls and rooms with treasures from around the world... On show are paintings, a collection of table clocks, weapons, armour and utensils belonging to the Emperor, ceramics, court garments, Qianlong's 80th birthday table, cloisonné tableware, imperial seals, jewellery and objects used for worship. Tue-sun h10-19
Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo, largo di Villa Paretti, 1. Info 0639967700
Until 20 Mar: Rosso Pompeiano. La decorazione pittorica nelle collezioni del museo di Napoli e a Pompei (Pompeian Red. Pictorial decoration in the collections of the Naples and Pompeii museums)
A hundred fragments of frescoes from buildings in Pompeii, Stabia, Boscotrecase and Herculaneum, the red and black walls of the Moregine and Casa del Bracciale d’Oro triclinia are on display in the Museo Nazionale Romano Palazzo Massimo, near Rome’s train station. The same museum houses the most prestigious Roman painting collection in the world. h9-19,45
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info 06322981
Until 23 Mar: Variazioni. Ritratti d'autore di Isabella Ducrot (Transformations. Personal portraits by Isabella Ducrot)
Popular and refined, Isabella Ducrot’s canvases bring together the Eastern tradition of embroidery (from Russia and Turkey) and portrait work. Generous swathes of colour, large flowers, stylised geometric figures and collage mark out these portraits – visual reproductions of Russian and Italian musicians. The artists represented have something in common: they have all explored the motifs of popular tradition, developing them into new languages. In the very same way Ducrot uses handmade canvases as the basis for her artistic creations.
Museo di Roma in Trastevere, piazza S. Egidio, 1b. Info 060608
Until 24 Mar: Trastevere. Società e trasformazioni urbane dall’Ottocento ad oggi (Society and urban transformation from the 1800s to the present day)
The 1000-year-old Roman neighbourhood of Trastevere has gone through difficult historic and social events and has always had a very strong sense of identity. Such as the restoration and renovation work carried out on the churches of Santa Cecilia and Santa Maria in the 19th century, the construction of river-containing walls and the creation of many cultural institutions. This exhibition does justice to the vitality and spirit of Trastevere, it tells us the different phases of the neighbourhood’s existence and explores some of the famous personalities who were raised here, such as Rino Gaetano, Francesco De Gregori and Antonello Venditti. A historic/urban exploration of great interest. Tue-sun h10-20. €5,50, reduced €4
Museo di Roma Palazzo Braschi, piazza San Pantaleo, 10. Info 060608
Until 30 Mar: San Pietro. Fotografie dal 1850 ad oggi (San Pietro. Photographs from 1850 to today)
To mark the 500-year anniversary of the founding of St Peter’s Basilica, an exhibition looks at the history of the photographic reproduction of the patriarchal Basilica. Some 90 photos of different sizes, from the 19th century experimental works to agency photos and pieces by famed photographers David Seymour, Eugène Costant, Tommaso Cuccioni and Robert MacPherson. As visitors take in the manifold different facets of this symbolic venue of Christianity, they will also be able to note the development of photographic techniques: salt paper print processes, albumen prints, silver gelatin photography and many more... Tue-sun h9-19. €8, reduced €6
Museo Hendrik C. Andersen, via P. S. Mancini, 20. Info 063219089/0632298302
From 7 Feb to 6 Apr: Pier Pander. 1864 – 1919. Scultore olandese a Roma (Pier Pander, 1864 – 1919. Dutch sculptor in Rome)
The Andersen Museum focuses on foreign artists working in Italy. This time it dedicates an exhibition to the bas-reliefs and sculptures (on loan from the Fries museum in Leeuwarden) of Dutch sculptor Pier Pander. Educated at Amsterdam's Art Institute and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris he set up his atelier-home in Rome, which soon became a meeting point for artists, writers and travellers from Holland who came to the Eternal City between the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pander’s "Tempio dell'Arte" (Temple of Art) - made up of five imposing nudes representing Dawn, Emotion, Thought, Courage and Strength – is a perfect example of the visionary and utopian spirit embraced by the Andersen Museum.
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant'Angelo, Lungotevere di Castello, 50
From 8 Feb to 20 Apr: Baltico - Mediterraneo Sconfinamenti. Arti, popoli, generazioni a confronto (Baltic - Mediterranean without Borders. Art, peoples, confrontation between the generations)
This exhibition – curated by Sergio Rossi – makes of cultural analysis and comparison its raison d’être and focuses on the artistic landscapes of Italy and Finland, expanding its horizons also towards Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia. Cultural research – freed from the old perspective that sets rich countries up against poor ones – wants to trace the cultural differences and similarities between the Mediterranean and Baltic areas. Vilmantas Marcinkevicius, Renato Guttuso, Tatiana Ferahian, Bruno Canova and Ray Barkus are all featured in this exhibition. The four sections of the exhibition include one dedicated to photography and another to visual art.
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info 06322981
From 14 Feb to 10 May: Lucio Fontana scultore (Lucio Fontana sculptor)
Sculptor Lucio Fontana’s poetics is a mixture of tradition and abstraction and his work offers a new conceptualisation of space and form. About 70 sculptures (made out of metal, stone and many other materials), ceramics and drawings are on show – among which "Campione olimpionico", "Il Fiocinatore", "Paulette", "Mujer con mascara", "Mujer del marinero", "Donna al balcone". Quello di Fontana’s artistic vision is a window that opens on to the boundless landscape of the infinite. Curated by Filippo Trevisani.
Museo delle Mura, via di Porta San Sebastiano, 18. Info 060608
From 10 Feb to 8 Jun: Pechino 2008: il tempo, gli animali, la storia. Un’opera di Huang Rui (Beijing 2008: Time, Animals, History. A work by Huang Rui)
A major site-specific installation created for the Museo delle Mura by Chinese avant-garde artist Huang Rui. The artist derived his inspiration from the large stone buildings and monuments in Rome and created a striking piece made out of 2,008 bricks collected from the ‘hutong’ neighbourhoods in Beijing, old quarters which are being demolished to create new developments for the Olympics. The soul of the show is its Eastern chronological articulation, which sees time as a perpetual cycle of long temporal cycles, whereas in the West time is a succession between one number and the next with no sense of continuity. Each of the 2,008 bricks features a western numeral (from 1 to 2008) and a date taken from the Chinese calendar, as well as the name of the emperor of that time. The bricks are further organised by Chinese zodiac signs and animal spirits. Tue-sun h9-14
Mercati di Traiano - Museo dei Fori Imperiali, via IV Novembre, 94. Info 0682059127
Museo dei Fori Imperiali (Museum of the Imperial Fora)
An absolutely new museum space and the result of a sophisticated restoration programme aimed at recovering the original aspect of the buildings and the expansion of external pathways. Some statistics for the museum: it is 2000sqm in size, contains 172 marble fragments and 15 models. Innovation and tradition come perfectly together in this venue, which increases the visitor’s appreciation of the role of colour in the ancient site, and looks at the relationship between architecture and sculpture. The museum is accessible to disabled people and equipped with ramps, chairlifts and lifts. Tue-sun h9-19. €6,50, reduced €4,50
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