Palazzo Altieri, Sala della Clemenza. Piazza del Gesù, 49. Info
066788874
1 Oct: Invito a Palazzo
An opportunity to visit the many historic palazzi that Italy's banks
are located in. Normally they are closed to the public because they
contain working offices. Now in its fourth year the event foresees the
opening of more than a hundred palazzi in sixty cities around Italy.
Visitors will be able to see ancient Roman remains, Renaissance buildings,
neo-classical elements and contemporary architectural constructions.
h9-19. Guided tours in Italian and in English are available. Free entrance
Palazzo
Venezia, via del Plebiscito, 118. Info 0632810
Until 2 Oct: Fernando Botero. Gli ultimi 15 anni (Fernando
Botero. The last fifteen years)
At least 170 previously unseen works. The pulsating heart of the exhibition
is the series of 50 paintings denouncing the horrors that took place
at Abu Ghraib: in them prisoners are piled on top of one another, tied
up, gagged and beaten. The large sections of colour and Botero’s
typically ample proportions once again are a shout of indignation at
social scandal, similar to his outcry in the 90s regarding the bloody
events afoot at the time in his native Colombia. Tue-sun h10-19. €8,
reduced €5
Musei
Capitolini, piazza del Campidoglio, 1. Info 0639967800
Until 16 Oct: Leon Battista Alberti a Roma. Umanisti e architetti alla
scoperta dell'antico nel Quattrocento (Leon Battista Alberti
in Rome. Humanists and architects discovering antiquity in the 1400s)
Leon Battista Alberti was a great architect, a writer in Latin and the
popular language of the time, a scholar, the elaborator of mathematical
perspective and an art theorist. Using ancient art as his starting point,
he developed the theory that beautry is harmony and can be expressed
mathematically between its whole and its parts: the "proportionality"
of Roman buildings is at the base of architectural design. The exhibition
contains ancient architectural pieces alongside drawings and journals
of the time all bearing witness to his relationship with Rome.
Complesso
del Vittoriano, via San Pietro in Carcere. Info 066780664
From 7 Oct to 5 Feb 2006: Manet
An exhibition of 150 works by an artist who was a great traveller and
who managed to maintain a strong individuality within the Impressionist
movement. Manet was inspired by Italian, Spanish and Japanese art, Goya,
Titian and the past, he allowed himself to be seduced by women and nature,
transforming these elements into the main protagonists of his creations.
His work marked a clear break with the previous pictorial tradition.
Braccio
di Carlo Magno, piazza San Pietro. Info 063236711
Until 9 Oct: Il Sole, il Libro, il Giglio. Il linguaggio del Mistero
(The Sun, the Book, the Lily. The language of Mystery)
To mark the celebrations of the 7th centenary of the death of San Nicola
da Tolentino, the Carlo Magno wing in St Peter’s Square hosts
an exhibition of the most significant works by artists featuring the
saint. Through a careful selection of works from around the country
and abroad, the exhibition’s aim is to examine for the first time
the most representative works linked to the story and iconography of
the Saint. Mon and thu h10-19; fri-sun h10-20; wed h13-19. €8,
reduced €6
Galleria
2RC, via delle Mantellate, 15a. Info 066868878
Until 15 Oct: Arnaldo Pomodoro. Frammenti 2005 (Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Fragments 2005)
Pomodoro is an incredibly strong and creative sculptor who imbues his
work with the ancestral nature of the primitive and the spirit of contemporary
man: aside from the chronological distance, the final result is perfectly
blended. Extremely plastic and material creations are displayed that
render man evidently, extracting from his complexity elements of the
"most distant" past and the "most present" here
and now. Mon-fri h15-19; sat by appointment
Museo
Centrale del Risorgimento, Ala Brasini - Vittoriano. Via San Pietro
in Carcere. Info 066793598
Until 16 Oct: La Satira Restaurata. Disegni del 1848 per il Don Pirlone
(Satire restored. Drawings made in 1848 for the Don Pirlone)
At this time numerous humoristic and satirical newspapers were launched,
and in Rome the "Don Pirlone" appeared: a single page publication
that contained hard-hitting articles on national and local affairs,
illustrated by large and coloured lithographical tables painted in watercolours
or ink. 50 never-before-seen preparatory sketches are on show: each
one is a small and biting story, each one provides a key to interpreting
the events of the moment. Ironic moments depict celebrity figures such
as the Tsar Nicholas, Radeschi and Carlo Alberto, and view them with
a gaze that verges on the grotesque. h9,30-17,30. Free entrance
Palazzo
Venezia, via del Plebiscito, 118. Info 0669994233
Until 16 Oct: Franz Borghese
A selection of creations by Franz Borghese, one of the most relevant
artists on the contemporary artistic scene. Expressionist paintings
that appeal both to the public and the art critics, paintings that speak
of truth and disenchantment, vanity and cynicism. Borghese's male figures
are at the mercy of contemporary society, alone in a crowd and alienated
by their everyday existence, restless and agitated by their malaise
Paintings redolent with pained existence and complete indolence. Tue-sun
h10-19. Admission free
Sala
Santa Rita, via Montanara, 8 (adiacente piazza Campitelli). Info 0667105568
Until 21 Oct: La mossa delle idee. Videodays 2 (The movement
of ideas. Videodays 2)
Brooke Alfaro, Valentine Borlant, Ester Guizar Maries, Julio Soto Gurpide,
are just some of the artists taking part in this exhibition. Images,
movement, lyrics, the spoken word, sounds, music, a continuous overlapping
between reality and artifice and between history and personal memory:
all this is video art, the search for channels of expression that shatter
preconceptions. Mon-fri h10-18
Accademia
Tedesca di Roma Villa Massimo, largo di Villa Massimo, 1-2. Info 064425931
Until 21 Oct: Soltanto un quadro al massimo: Domenico Bianchi - Sean
Scully (Maximum one painting: Domenico Bianchi - Sean Scully)
One work, two artists: the exhibition that compares two different ways
of creating art is in its fifth year. Domenico Bianchi's work 'Senza
titolo' (Untitled) is made out of oil and wax on glass fibre. His creations,
populated by geometric signs and forms, are made of wax, wood and metal,
making the final effect full-bodied and substantial, similar to renaissance
inlays. Bianchi's antagonist - strictly for this occasion of course
- is Sean Scully, who presents the piece, 'Wall of Light Dusk'. Juxtaposed
strips of colour, intensity of light and warm tones: these are Scully's
distinctive traits, he is an artist who straddles the European and American
spiritual traditions. Mon-thu h9-13 and h14-17; fri h9-13
Museo
del Corso, via del Corso, 320. Info 066786209
Until 22 Oct: Antonio Corpora. La vertigine dell'infinito (Antonio
Corpora. The vertigo of the infinite)
About a 100 watercolours and paintings created by Corpora between the
1930s and 2002 are on display. His style then evolved from light to
mimesis, from iconic expression to phantasmagoric invention, from the
inebriation of the senses to beyond the realms of imagination."Mare
del Nord", "Notturno", "La riva del lago" and
"Memoria di Giverny" are just some of the masterpieces on
display. Mon-sat h10-20. Free entrance
Chiostro
del Bramante, arco della Pace. Info 0668809035
Until 23 Oct: Lorenzo Gigotti - Dalla Scuola Romana alla cromia del
segno (Lorenzo Gigotti - From the Roman School to the Colour
of Sign)
Over 150 paintings, drawings, sketches, mosaics, photographs, documents
and videos are on display. Gigotti's paintings have a strong visual
impact and use colour as a privileged language evolving in an expressionist
manner. The subjects represented by one of the biggest protagonists
of Rome's painting scene are varied.
Complesso
del Vittoriano, ingresso Ara Coeli. Via di San Pietro in Carcere. Info
067008691
Until 25 Oct: Tito. Opere dal 1979 al 2005 (Tito. Works from
1979 to 2005)
Tito is the priest's name and pseudonym of Ferdinando Amodei, founder
in the 1970s of the 'Sala I' Centre for Artistic Experimentation in
Rome. A highly prolific artist, his works synthesise his aesthetic and
personal journey, which was also marked by meditative periods. Often
large wooden sculptures are on display, and drawings made with the most
advanced techniques available in the century that has just ended. h9,30-18,30.
Free entrance
Foro
di Cesare, via dei Fori Imperiali
Until 30 Oct: Tony Cragg
This contemporary artist from Liverpool will show his sculptures in
the Tempio di Venere Genitrice and the Portico del Foro. Cragg will
place three large sculptures, inspired by classical architectural forms,
in these highly historic locations.
Museo
Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, piazzale G. Marconi,
14. Info 06549521
Until 30 Oct: La montagna parla... dipinti poema in Mali (The
mountain speaks... poem paintings in Mali)
Paintings realised on the ground and out in the open air by the inhabitants
of three small villages in Mali. Acrylic colours trace on different
pieces of paper and fabric the stories of the French poet Yves Bergeret,
who garners all his creative energy from his life in Africa. The painter-farmers
translate the author's metaphors into his language, made up of ideograms,
stylised figures, and strips of colour. These works of art represent
a real dialogue between the North and South of the world, a meeting
of cultures, a respect for diversity, and also a source of funding for
the development of small African villages. Tue-sun h9-19,30. €4,
reduced €2
Casa
dei Teatri, Villino Corsini - Villa Doria Pamphilj, largo 3 giugno 1849
(angolo via di San Pancrazio). Info 0645430968
Until 30 Oct: Italia '60! Attori sulle barricate! Gli anni delle lotte
per le dignità del lavoro artistico (Italy in the 60s!
Actors on the barricades! The struggle for dignity in the arts)
An exhibition that examines the journey undertaken by Italian actors
who struggled to assert trade union rights for their sector and resist
fascism and denial of freedom of expression. Documents, photos, film
footage, periodicals and video interviews are on display. Meetings to
reflect on and discuss those who manned the barricades will be held
with witnesses, artists, historians, institutions and local authorities.Tue-sun
h10-17
Chiesa
Sconsacrata di San Romano, via degli Zingari, 13. Info 335475633
Until 8 Nov: Angelo Mai
An ex-convent with a courtyard, a garden and a late Baroque church:
inside this church eight exhibitions will be shown every Tuesday. Young,
Italian and foreign artists will take part, representatives of contemporary
art, presented by young critics. Admission free
Mercati
di Traiano, via Quattro Novembre. Info 0669780532
Until 20 Nov: Immaginare Roma antica (Building Virtual Rome)
The first international exhibition that attempts to represent Roman
archaeology in a three-dimensional virtual journey divided in four different
thematic sections: The Ancient City of Rome, will display applications
related to the republican and imperial periods; the Roman Empire, will
focus on applications outside Rome; Rome online, is dedicated to specific
websites and portals on ancient Rome; Research and Experimentation,
will host everything innovative in terms of architecture.
Museo
Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico Luigi Pigorini, piazzale G. Marconi,
14. Info 06549521
Until 30 Nov: Noi e il cibo: nutrirsi e cibarsi (Food and us:
nourishing and feeding)
An exhibition that looks at the multiple aspects of food - nutritional,
cultural, sociological, symbolic – and divides them into different
chronological sections. Starting in prehistory, the visitor will discover
the development of tastes and flavours in various phases: the harvest,
hunting and fishing, breeding and agriculture, the conservation of food,
banquets, different eating styles. Mon-wed and sat-sun h9-20; thu-fri
h9-14. €4, reduced €2
Museo
Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9. Info
063202010
Until 30 Nov: Usi e rituali del banchetto funebre in Etruria attraverso
un contesto da Montalto di Castro (Etruscan funeral banquet
customs and rituals from Montalto di Castro)
An exhibition dedicated to one of the most recurrent themes in the world
of Etruscan iconography: the banquet. Banquets were not just a simple
way of feeding oneself, but a ritual linked to religion and the cult
of the dead; a way of showing off one’s social condition and situation.
Various kinds of finds are on show: utensils, braziers, amphorae and
goblets. Tue-sun h9-19; holidays h9-14
Auditorium
Parco della Musica, viale P. de Coubertin. Info mostra 0680241436/281
Until 30 Nov: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Salò: mistero, crudeltà
e follia (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Salò: mystery, cruelty
and madness)
Salò or the 120 days of Sodom: one of Pasolini's last films,
inspired by Marquis De Sade's novel that crudely recounts tales of sex,
torture and rape that take place in various Dante-style circles; the
Antinferno, the Circle of Manias, the Circle Shit and the Circle of
Blood. This photographical exhibition attempts to provide an ending
to this scandalous and unfinished film. Mon-fri h17-21; sat, sun and
holidays h11-21. €1
MAXXI,
Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, via G. Reni. Info 063202300
Until Dec: Net Web Art
A range of meetings, demonstrations and workshops on all the art forms
that use the internet as a form of creative expression. The first appointment
is supposed to bring the audience closer to internet art and offer points
of departure for reflection and different interpretations for works
created for the web. The artists being presented are: Francis Alÿs,
Natalie Bookchin, Heath Bunting, Vuc Cosic, Antoni Muntadas, Alexei
Shulgin. Tue-sun h11-19
Colosseo,
piazza del Colosseo. Info 0639967700
Until 8 Jan 2006: Il rito segreto. Misteri in Grecia e a Roma (Secret
Rite. Mysteries in Greece and Rome)
Large statues, busts, altars, frescoes, Greek vases, bas-reliefs and
idols: mysterious spirits will inhabit the Coliseum's second floor,
presenting a subject never before seen in an exhibition - mystery cults
in antiquity. The exhibition uses lights, sounds and video installations
to create an emotionally charged and attractive setting, heightening
the public's interest in the fascinating subjects on show: initiation
rites, Eleusinian mysteries, Cerere's cult, Dionysian rites and even
Oriental cults. h8,30-18,30 (from 1 to 29 Oct); h8,30-16,30 (from 30
Oct to 8 Jan). Closed: 25 Dec; 1 Jan. €10, reduced €6; guided
visits: families €3, individuals €4, groups €100
Museo
di Roma Palazzo Braschi, via San Pantaleo, 10 (piazza Navona). Info
0682077304
From 5 Oct to 8 Jan 2006: Walker Evans. Argento e carbone (Walker
Evans. Silver and coal)"
More than a hundred images, magazines, books and documents bear witness
to photo-journalist Walker Evans' reportage on the effects of the Great
American depression.A journey lasting three years, during which Evans
explored farmers' living conditions from very close up, impressing in
some raw photographic work the harsh reality of people's lives through
their houses and belongings, the schools they went to, their facial
expressions. The pictures on show have been treated with various printing
processes that include emulsions made with silver salts, photo etching,
lithographic printing, letterpress and processing on black smoke paper.
Tue-sun h9-19
MAXXI
, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, via G. Reni. Info 063202438
From 7 Oct to 8 Jan 2006: Moshekwa Langa
This show is dedicated to the art of young South African artist Moshekwa
Langa, currently working in Holland. Paintings, collages, drawings,
installations, photography and video: these are the communicative media
through which the artist chooses to speak to us about the cultural co-existence
that currently exists in our continent. This is irrational art, representing
snapshots of reminiscences and memories, the whole interpreted in a
light style that that knows how to be ironic even about themes such
as human frailty. Tue-sun h11-19
Istituto
Nazionale per la Grafica - Palazzo Fontana di Trevi. Via Poli, 54. Info
0669980257
MAXXI, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, via Guido Reni. Info
063202438
From 8 Oct to 8 Jan 2006: Paolo Soleri. Etica e invenzione urbana (Paolo
Soleri. Urban ethics and invention)
Casa dell'Architettura, piazza Manfredo Fanti, 47. Info 0697604598
From 15 Oct to 15 Nov: Paolo Soleri. Etica e invenzione urbana (Paolo
Soleri. Urban ethics and invention)
A major exhibition on internationally renowned architect, city planner
and philosopher Paolo Soleri is put on for the first time in Italy and
hosted in three high-profile cultural spaces. A man who developed very
modern urban theories and to whom we owe the concept of 'Arcologia':
architectural solutions that are respectful of the environment, in which
aesthetics cannot be separated from the concepts of energy saving, re-use
of materials and recycling. A vast range of creations, graphic works,
plastic sculptures, photos and videos are displayed. Mon-fri h10-18;
sat h10-13
MACRO,
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, via Reggio Emilia, 54. Info 06671070400
From 14 Oct to 9 Jan 2006: Wolfgang Laib
Pyramids of pollen sequentially laid out on the pavement, houses made
of rice, stairs and boats fashioned out of wax, stones made out of milk:
these are just some of Wolfgang Laib's creations. Using natural materials
that are manipulated according to oriental philosophies, Buddhism and
Esotericism, these eco-installations in simple and minimalist shapes
aim to appreciate and experiment with the energy dimension of natural
elements. Tue-sat h9-19; sun h9-14. €1
GNAM,
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, viale delle Belle Arti, 131. Info
06322981
From 2 Oct to 22 Jan 2006: Degas. La famiglia Bellelli Degas. The
Bellelli family
The most famous work from Degas' youth is exhibited for the first time
at the Modern Art Gallery. The truly revolutionary aspect of the painting
is the dysfunctional non-unity of the family, the psychological elements
of the picture take centre-stage and the tension in the family is palpable.
The virtuosity of the mirror is also remarkable. This painting contains
all the power of the Impressionist movement, showing how it shook up
the aesthetic canons from within, allowing a flood of emotion, until
then censored, to enter the realm of art. Tue-sun h9-19,30
Braccio
di Carlo Magno, piazza San Pietro
From 19 Oct to 29 Jan 2006: Ansichten Christi/ Cristo: il volto della
bellezza (Christ: the face of beauty)
On the 20th World Youth Day, which will be held in Cologne, a major
exhibition on the image of Christ will be organised which features works
by the most important artists from ancient times until today (Beato
Angelico, Andrea Mantegna, Leonardo da Vinci, Zurbaran, Matisse, Rouault,
Chagall, etcetera). The exhibition is curated by Professor Giovanni
Morello and promoted by the Chiesa Gioventù e Speranza del Pontificio
Consiglio per i Laici Foundation. After Cologne, the exhibition comes
to Rome and will be housed in the Carlo Magno Wing in St Peter’s
Square
Thanks
to Romaturismo
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