EXHIBITIONS

As of 1 April the covid Green Pass is no longer required to visit museums and archaeological sites in Italy. Many venues require advance booking and the wearing of masks remains obligatory. For visiting details check websites in advance.

IL VIDEO RENDE FELICI, VIDEOARTE IN ITALIA

12 APRIL-4 SEPT

Valentina Valentini curates an exhibition devoted to Italian video art taking place in two venues: Palazzo delle Esposizioni on Via Nazionale and Rome’s municipal Gallery of Modern Art (GAM) on Via Francesco Crispi. The show delves into the production of video art in Italy, a leading protagonist of the experimental genre, from the late 1960s to the present day. On display are 20 installations and about 300 multimedia works created by more than 100 artists. For details see Pala Expo website, www.palazzoesposizioni.it.

SUPER BAROQUE

26 MARCH-3 JULY

Art in Genoa from Rubens to Magnasco is the title of a new “Super Baroque” exhibition at the

Scuderie del Quirinale, organised in collaboration with the National Gallery of Washington. The show is billed as “a journey among the aristocratic families, the splendour, the wealth, the power, the magnificence, the masterpieces and works of an entire era in the city that has become the centre of the world, Genoa, the Superb.” Comprising about 120 works from major Italian and American museums, as well as prestigious private collections, the exhibition traces the extraordinary period of artistic explosion and economic boom in 17th-century Genoa. The show features portrayals of pomp, luxury and landscapes by masters including Rubens, Van Dyck,

Castiglione, Piola, De Ferrari and Magnasco. Scuderie del Quirinale, Via Ventiquattro Maggio 16, www. scuderiequirinale.it.

Il video rende felice. Marinella Pirelli, Film ambiente, 1968-1969/2004, installation | Archivio Marinella Pirelli, Varese. Courtesy Richard Saltoun Gallery, photo Lorenzo Palmieri.

CURSUS HONORUM

24 MARCH-2 OCT

Under the title “The government of Rome before Caesar”, this exhibition at the Capitoline Museums aims to illustrate the political roles that formed the backbone of the power system that governed Rome in the Republican age. The artefacts on display, examining the life of patricians as well as plebeians, are explained by “talking statues” in each room. For visiting details see website, www.museicapitolini.org.

Superbarocco at Scuderie del Quirinale. Diana e Atteone con Pan e Siringa by Valerio Castello.

LONDON CALLING: BRITISH CONTEMPORARY ART NOW

17 MARCH-17 JULY

Palazzo Cipolla stages an exhibition of British contemporary art by 13 globally renowned artists with strong links to London. The 30 works on display were created by artists from various generations, all of whom have either lived or studied in London. The exhibited artists were born over five decades, between 1937 and 1978: David Hockney, Michael Craig-Martin, Sean Scully, Tony Cragg, Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Grayson Perry, Yinka Shonibare, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst, Mat Collishaw, Annie Morris and Idris Khan. The pieces

Cursus Honorum at the Capitoline Museums.

on show were created using diverse techniques including ceramics, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography and video. Palazzo Cipolla, Via del Corso 320, www. fondazioneterzopilastrointernazionale. it.

JAGO

12 MARCH-3 JULY

Palazzo Bonaparte reopens after two years with an exhibition devoted to the young Italian sculptor Jago, born Jacopo Cardillo in 1987, who is known for his hyper-realistic sculptures and his huge following on social media. The show features 12 works, ranging from small carved river stones to the more recent monumental sculpture La Pietà and his high-profile Habemus Hominem bust of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Piazza Venezia 5, www.mostrepalazzobonaparte.it.

BILL VIOLA: ICONS OF LIGHT

5 MARCH-26 JUNE

Palazzo Bonaparte’s first show in its new season is dedicated to Bill Viola, the American video artist whose installations revolve around electronic, sound and image technology. Curated by Kira Perov, the exhibition comprises 10 works by Viola including Ascension (2000) and Water Portraits (2015). Piazza Venezia 5, www. mostrepalazzobonaparte.it.

SCRIBBLING AND DOODLING: FROM LEONARDO DA VINCI TO CY TWOMBLY

3 MARCH-22 MAY

The French Academy in Rome at Villa Medici presents an exhibition devoted to the often overlooked excercise of doodling, examining the carefree scribbles of great artists through the ages, from doodle king Leonardo da Vinci up to master scribbler Cy Twombly. Comprising almost 300 original works dating from the Renaissance to the modern era, the exhibition sheds light on a free-flowing practice

London Calling at Palazzo Cipolla. Black Square Night [CORSIVO] 2020 by Sean Scully.

Bill Viola at Palazzo Bonaparte. Martyrs series - Water Martyr (detail). Photo Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio.

that has punctuated the history of artistic creation. In addition to da Vinci and Twombly, the exhibited artists include Michelangelo, Pontormo, Titian, Bernini, Picasso and Basquiat, whose doodles are contained on the backs of canvases, beneath fresco fragments, in the margins of manuscripts or alongside finished drawings. Villa Medici, Viale della Trinità dei Monti 1, www.villamedici.it.

GUIDO RENI AND ROME: NATURE AND DEVOTION

1 MARCH-22 MAY

Galleria Borghese stages an exhibition of works by Guido Reni, the first such major show dedicated to the Baroque master in Italy in three decades. The exhibition is built around Reni’s painting Country Dance, recently bought back by Galleria Borghese from whose collection it was sold at the end of the 19th century. Curated by Francesca Cappelletti, the exhibition focuses on Reni’s interest in landscape painting in relationship to the other Italian and foreign painters active in Rome in the early 17th century. Galleria Borghese, Piazzale Scipione Borghese 5, www. galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it.

18 FEB-8 JAN 2023

Chiostro del Bramante presents a large-scale exhibition project curated by Danilo Eccher. The works of 21 international artists fill the venue’s internal and external spaces “because madness cannot have limits.” The exhibition, described as unpredictable and immersive, features 11 site-specific works displayed in rooms not normally open to visitors. The 21 artists include Petah Coyne, Ian Davenport, Janet Echelman, Lucio Fontana, Anne Hardy, Thomas Hirschhorn, Alfredo Pirri, Gianni Politi. Chiostro del Bramante, Arco della Pace 5, www.chiostrodelbramante.it.

GOOD NEWS: WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE

16 DEC-11 SEPT

Rome’s MAXXI documents the growing presence of women, collectives and studio couples in the architectural profession as it shakes off the 20th-century stereotype of the architect of the charismatic (male) grandmaster. The exhibition examines how new figures are infusing new forces into contemporary architecture, with a particular focus on the work of international studios directed or co-chaired by female designers. MAXXI, which was designed by the celebrated Zaha Hadid, pays tribute in the show to architects including Charlotte Perriand, Elizabeth Dillerand and Frida Escobedo alongside a series of video interviews. Museo nazionale delle arte del XXI secolo, Via Guido Reni 4/A, www.maxxi.art.

MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE

21 AUG-30 APRIL

Museo di Roma in Trastevere presents an exhibition dedicated to the pioneering American photojournalist Margaret BourkeWhite (1904-1971). The show comprises more than 100 images from the Life archive in New York, documenting the photographer’s unconventional vision and life. Bourke-White was the first known female war correspondent and the first woman to be allowed to work in combat zones during world war two. The photographs on display in Rome chronicle soldiers in world war two, aerial shots of American cities, portraits of Stalin and Gandhi, apartheid in South Africa and racial segregation in the US. Piazza S. Egidio 1/b, tel. 060608, www.museodiromaintrastevere.it.