IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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
Chiostro del Bramante, via della Pace. Info 0668809036
Until 11 Jun: Giulio Aristide Sartorio
107 oils and temperas, 38 charcoals and other drawings, 9 draft plans for large-scale works, 40 photos (that have never seen before) by the painter and a film, "Il Mistero di Galatea" (The mystery of Galatea) shot by the artist, form the nucleus of this retrospective dedicated to Giulio Aristide Sartorio. The exhibition looks back at the career and pictorial evolution of this artist. Tue-fri h10-20; sat h10-24; sun h10-21,30
Complesso del Vittoriano, via di San Pietro in Carcere. Info 066780664
Until 20 Jun: Modigliani
Drawings, oil paintings and watercolours by the great Modigliani will go on show in Rome. This Tuscan painter from Livorno lived out his brief but intense and passionate career between Montmartre and Montparnasse in Paris and died aged only 36. This retrospective offers us a view of the artist's development and shows us his chronological evolution. He was enamoured of portraits and did them of friends and, above all, of women. Many of these fell in love with him after he represented them on canvas with sensual soft lines and that emblematic long and refined neck. €9, reduced €6,50
Scuderie del Quirinale, via XXIV Maggio. Info 06696270
Until 25 Jun: Antonello da Messina
An exhibition that aims to do justice to the vast output of a 15th century artist who is simply not well known enough. Antonello da Messina started his career in the small workshop owned by his family and then arrived in Venice. On show are Madonnas, portraits, crucifixions and the famous 'San Girolamo in his study' lent by museums in London, Washington, New York, Paris, Vienna, Dresden and Antwerp. Sun-thu h10-20; fri-sat h10-22,30. €10, reduced €7,50
Braccio di Carlo Magno del Colonnato del Bernini, piazza San Pietro. Info 0669898116
Until 30 Jul: Guardia Svizzera Pontificia (The Papal Swiss Guard)
One of the initiatives celebrating 500 years since the arrival of the Papal Swiss Guard in Rome, this exhibition examines the guards and their role within the Vatican in detail. A series of objects, photos and footage are on display and illustrate the development this institution has had from the 16th century to the present day.
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
Museo Napoleonico, piazza di Ponte Umberto I, 1. Info 0668806286
Until 4 Jun: Austerlitz al Museo Napoleonico. La battaglia in una stanza (Austerlitz at the Napoleonic Museum. The battle in one room)
An exhibition made up of thirty panels that narrate the Bonaparte years 1829-1830. The so-called "battle of the Three Emperors" finds form and image in a panoramic papier-peint that is being shown to the public for the first time.
Archivio Centrale dello Stato, piazzale degli Archivi, 27. Info 0654548568
Until 10 Jun: Donata Pizzi. Città metafisiche. Architetture di fondazione dall'Italia all'Oltremare (Donata Pizzi. Metaphysical Cities: Italian and Foreign Modern Architecture)
Donata Pizzi has put together a photographic archive that immortalises architecture in Italy and abroad in the 1930s. The photographs document the passage of Italian architecture to the Modern, both for works such as recovery of abandoned territories and colonies, as well as in support of new economic programmes (agriculture, mining, industry, tourism). These photographs, through the observation of architecture, want to rouse the modern man behind its ideas.Mon-fri h15-18; sat h10-13. Admission free. Advance booking necessary
Palazzo Barberini, via delle Quattro Fontane. Info 3335262691
From 6 to 10 Jun: Materie a confronto (Materials in Contradiction)
Sixteen little-known artists will exhibit their ceramic works in an artistic project aimed at giving more visibility to insightful and interesting works of art. The artists come from different backgrounds and have varied styles and ideas, but will exhibit together. Their presence at the exhibit will also ensure close interaction with the public. h10-18,30. Admission free www
Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica - Palazzo della Fontana di Trevi. Via Poli, 54.
Until 11 Jun L'artista e il suo atelier. Una raccolta di 3128 disegni all'Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica (The artist and his studio. A collection of 3,128 drawings at the National Institute for Graphic Arts)
About a hundred drawings dating from between the Renaissance and last century have been selected from the over 3,000 drawings owned by Milanese family Osio and bought by the Institute. This exhibition of drawings offers an overview of the different Italian schools of graphic arts, from the Lombard, Veneto and Emilia Romagna schools to the Tuscan, Roman and Neapolitan schools. €5, reduced €3
Casa dei Teatri, Villino Corsini - Villa Dorja Pamphilj. Largo 3 giugno 1849, angolo via di San Pancrazio (ingr. Arco dei Quattro Venti)
Until 11 Jun: Pubblico pagante. Gli spettatori protagonisti della scena del Novecento(The paying public. Spectators as protagonists in 20th century theatre)
The relationship between the public and the actors was transformed after the fall of that fourth wall, separating the stage from the audience, a 'wall' that had been insurmountable up until the 1800s. This exhibition focuses in particular fashion on the performances that changed the existing theatrical tradition of Ronconi-Sanguineti, Martone and Porta. It is laid out in four sections: the birth of divismo and popular comic theatre; the epic season of the so-called Stabili (the permanent theatre companies), the revolution of Orlando Furioso and Masianello; street theatre and major popular events. An array of video materials supplied by RAI's Archives division completes the exhibition. Tue-sun h10-19
Centrale Montemartini, via Ostiense, 106. Info 065748030
Until 18 Jun: Carteles de la guerra civil - Spagna 1936 - 1939. Arte e propaganda per la libertà (Carteles de la guerra civil - Spain 1936 - 1939. Art and propaganda for freedom)
This exhibit communicates through images and slogans, displaying anti-fascist values that coalesced against the totalitarian governments of the 1930s. More than one hundred posters of the Spanish Workers Socialist Party, the Spanish Communist Party, the United Socialist Youth, the Republican Left and various ministries and organisations of the period are on display. During the three-year Spanish Civil War, the government started an intense propaganda campaign that channelled the energy of the revolution. Visitors to the exhibit will feel the rage of the period through these posters, each of which is a "scream placed on the wall". Tue-sun h10-19. €6
Museo Nazionale Storico ed Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, piazzale G. Marconi. Info 06549521
Until 24 Jun: Slovacchia: crocevia delle culture europee. La preistoria (Slovakia: crossroads of European culture. Prehistory)
An exhibition that wishes to celebrate Slovakia and pay tribute to the highly significant role that this region had between the Palaeolithic and the Iron Age when it was a vital centre of cultural exchange. The exhibition opens with a section dedicated to the Middle Palaeolithic Age and continues with a section centred on the Upper Palaeolithic Age. One of the exhibition's focal points is the section dedicated to so-called Linear Ceramic culture, which began in Slovakia and then became widespread across the Balkan region. Tue-sun h9-20
Musei Capitolini, piazza del Campidoglio, 1. Info 0682059127
Until 25 Jun: Tesori antichi. Gioielli della Collezione Campana (Ancient treasures. Jewels from the Campana collection)
The beautiful Sala degli Oriazi e Curiazi hosts more than a hundred pieces from the 19th century collection of Marquis Giovanni Pietro Campana di Cavelli. Aside from their intrinsic value, these Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Byzantine jewels had a decisive role in the development of Roman jewellery's style. Tue-sun h9-20. €8, reduced €6
Casa di Goethe, via del Corso, 18. Info 0632650412
Until 2 Jul: così luminoso è il mondo e così dissennato. Ingeborg Bachmann e Roma. Con fotografie di Garibaldi Schwarze (the world is so luminous and so crazy. Ingeborg Bachmann and Rome. With photos by Garibaldi Schwarze)
One of the most important writers of last century, Ingeborg Bachmann lived between Munich, Zurich and Rome, where she died. This exhibition looks at the Roman period of the author's life (1954 and 1973) and her friendships and interactions with Italian authors, in particular her relationship with the great Ungaretti, whose poetry she translated into German. The show contains photos by Garibaldi Schwarze, who captured the spirit of Bachmann's daily life snapping her while she smoked, cooked, or simply smiled at the camera. Tue-sun h10-18. €3, reduced €2
Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Venezia, Sala Regia - Sala delle Battaglie, Via del Plebiscito
Archivio Centrale dello Stato, piazzale degli Archivi, 27. Info 063236254
Until 12 Jul: Renato Meneghetti
Meneghetti's first Roman exhibit. Bonito Oliva curates these exhibits on the evils of our time, with loud colours, delicate plates, pacifist sculptures, ceramics and a series of paintings called "Radiographs".
Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, viale Trinità dei Monti, 1. Info 066761291
Until 16 Jul: Il colore si stende asciuga spessice, si riposa (Colour is applied, it dries, thickens and rests)
A unique procedure that brings about unique creations such as those of Ettore Spalletti: the artist uses wood on which he spreads powder of plaster-like consistency and colours in various blues, greys and pinks. The colouring process is not decorative in intent but becomes a protagonist, taking on its own form and structure in the work. Villa Medici is filled with paintings, sculptures and extremely evocative spaces in which, as Spalletti himself says, "the colour looks for more colour inside". Tue-sun h11-19. €8, reduced €4,50
Auditorium Parco della Musica, viale P. de Coubertin. Info 0680241281
Until 30 Jul: Star d'autore. I grandi fotografi raccontano il cinema (Cinema as Seen by Photographers)
Questa l'essenza e la finalità degli scatti che immortalano i set cinematografici: osservandoli ci troviamo a respirare gli attori, le scene, l'aria del film. In mostra all'Auditorium le fotografie realizzate dai più quotati reporter on the scene, come Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, Dennis Stock, e ancora Eve Arnold e Cartier-Bresson. Questi maestri della macchina fotografica hanno catturato nei loro ritratti le divinità dell'olimpo cinematografico, da Marilyn Monroe a Sophia Loren fino a Humphrey Bogart. Mon-fri h17-21; sat and sun h11-20. Admission free
Musei Capitolini, piazza del Campidoglio, 1. Info 0682059127
From 15 Jun to 20 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.
GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info 0632298221
From 9 Jun to 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
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
From 1 Jun to 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
From 9 Jun to 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 066876448
From 26 Jun to 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. The exhibition contains virtual reconstructions and large-scale models. Various sections of the show will be dedicated to the architectural styles of the time, the decorative arts, music, workshops, science, and to time and perspective as the art of creating a space of illusion. Hours and tickets: to be decided
Museo Carlo Bilotti. Aranciera di Villa Borghese, viale F. La Guardia. Info 0682059127
Apertura del museo Carlo Bilotti all'Aranciera di Villa Borghese (Opening of the Carlo Billotti Museum in the Villa Borghese Orange House)
Rome's town hall has once again offered a great gift to art aficionados by restoring the former Casino dei Giochi d'acqua in Villa Borghese. The building was damaged at the of the 1800s during the French invasion, losing in this way its decorative elemetns, and was then subsequently rebuilt and transformed to stock citrus fruit. Now the Aranciera hosts the collection of Italian American art collector Carlo Billotti, inluding works by De Chirico, Andy Warhol, Giacomo Manzù and Larry Rivers; important works that are being given prominence in this impressive new exhibition space. Tue-sun h9-19
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