CULTURAL VENUES

ROME’S OLD ABATTOIR TO HOST FINE ARTS ACADEMY

A major project is underway to transform a large part of Rome’s former abattoir in the Testaccio district into the headquarters of the city’s Academy of Fine Arts. The Città delle Arti (City of the Arts) plan will see the ex-Mattatoio site host the new 40,000-sqm base of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma under a 20-year concession, with the first stage of the works set for completion next June. The fine art academy, which has had two lecture rooms at the site since 2011, will be housed in former stables, barns and the octagonal Panottico building at the Mattatoio which was designed by Gioacchino Ersoch and served the city as a massive slaughterhouse from 1888 until 1975. Gualtieri described the concession to the Accademia di Belle Arti as “a fundamental element of the project that will see the birth of a true City of the Arts in this historic place for Rome, where creativity, innovation, art and culture will intertwine in a symbol of participation and inclusion.” The works are the final part in the urban regeneration project at the ex-Mattatoio that will see the art academy join the Palaexpo company (which manages the city’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni, MACRO and Mattatoio art spaces), the faculty of architecture of the Roma Tre University, the Città dell’Altra Economia and the Popular School of Music of Testaccio.

New life for the old Mattatoio in Testaccio.

ITALY CELEBRATES 100 YEAR OF PASOLINI

Italy is marking the centenary of the birth of the film director, poet, writer and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini with a series of special events in 2022. Rome pays homage to Pasolini with a year-long programme called PPP100 with readings, theatre, film screenings and an exhibition of his paintings at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna on Via Crispi. There is also a trilogy of exhibitions underway in Rome this autumn dedicated to Pasolini, at Palazzo Barberini, MAXXI and Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Among the numerous books marking the centenary is Caro Pier Paolo, a new collection of letters by the Italian writer Dacia Maraini who documents travels with her close friend Pasolini and her partner, the novelist Alberto Moravia. Other new publications delve into the mystery surrounding Pasolini’s unsolved murder at Ostia near the Italian capital on 2 November 1975. There will also be shows devoted to Pasolini in cities around Italy including his home-town of Bologna where he was born on 5 March 1922. A major figure on the Roman cultural scene in the post-war period, Pasolini was an important protagonist in European literature and cinematic arts. He is best remembered for films including Accattone, Mamma Roma and Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, and literary works Ragazzi di vita and Una vita violenta.

ROME UNVEILS MURAL FOR ENNIO MORRICONE

Lucamaleonte pays tribute to Ennio Morricone.

Rome paid tribute to the celebrated Italian composer Ennio Morricone with a large-scale mural on the facade of a social-housing building in the Tor Marancia neighbhourhood. The tribute to the maestro was organised by AS Roma football club, of which Morricone was a keen supporter, and the Lazio region. Located in Piazza Lorenzo Lotto, the mural is the latest in a series around the city - all painted by Rome street artist Lucamaleonte and commissioned by AS Roma - dedicated to well known Roman figures including Alberto Sordi, Gigi Proietti, Lando Fiorini, Anna Magnani and Sergio Leone.

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list of all the music that is available in the city. There are also concerts in many of the churches and sometimes in the museums. The following is a list of the main musical associations in Rome but it is not a definitive list of all the music that is available in the city.

Auditorium Conciliazione, Via della Conciliazione 4, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it There are also concerts in many of the churches and sometimes in the museums. Auditorium ParcoAuditorium della Musica, Conciliazione, Viale P.Via de della Coubertin 30, www.auditorium.comConciliazione 4, www.auditoriumconciliazione.it Accademia FilarmonicaAuditorium Parco della Romana, Musica, Teatro Viale P. de Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da FabrianoCoubertin 30, www.auditorium.com 17, www.filarmonicaromana.org. The new season starts on 15 Oct Accademia Filarmonica Romana, Teatro Olimpico, Piazza Gentile da Fabriano 17, Accademia S. Cecilia, www.santacecilia.it.www.filarmonicaromana.org. The new All season concerts at Auditoriumstarts on 15 Oct Parco della Musica. The new season starts on 5 Oct Accademia S. Cecilia, www.santacecilia.it. All Istituzioneconcerts Universitariaat Auditorium deiParcoConcerti, Aula della Musica. The Magna, Università la Sapienza, wwnew season starts on 5 Oct w.concertiiuc.it Oratorio del Gonfalone, ViaIstituzione Universitaria del Gonfalone 32a, dei Concerti, Aula www.oratoriogonfalone.com Magna, Università la Sapienza, www.concertiiuc.it RomeConcerts, Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte Oratorio del Gonfalone, Via del Gonfalone 32a, S. Angelo, www.romeconcerts.itwww.oratoriogonfalone.com Roma Sinfonietta, RomeConcerts, Auditorium Ennio Morricone, Methodist Church, Piazza Ponte Torvergata, www.romasinfonietta.comS. Angelo, www.romeconcerts.it Roma TreRoma Orchestra, sSinfonietta, ome concerts are at Teatro Auditorium Ennio Morricone, Palladium, Piazza Bartolomeo RomanoTorvergata, www.romasinfonietta.com 8, teatropalladium.uniroma3.it, while othersRoma Tre Orchestra, some concerts are are at at Teatro the Aula Magna,Palladium, Scuola Piazza Lettere Filosofia Lingue, Bartolomeo Romano 8, Universita Roma Tre, Via teatropalladium.uniroma3.it, Ostienze 234, while others are at www.r30.orgthe Aula Magna, Scuola Lettere Filosofia Lingue, There are often concerts, festivals and opera recitals in several churches in Rome. Universita Roma Tre, Via Ostienze 234, www.r30.org All ww Saints' Anglican Church, Via Babuino 153, w.allsaintsrome.org There are often concerts, festivals and opera recitals in several churches in Rome. Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Ponte Angelo, www.methodistchurchrome.com All Saints' Anglican Church, Via Babuino www.allsaintsrome.org S. 153, Oratorio del Caravita, Via della Caravita 7Ponte S. Angelo Methodist Church, Angelo, www.methodistchurchrome.com Ponte S. St Paul's Within the Walls, Via Nazionale andOratorio del Caravita, Via della Caravita 7 the corner of Via Nazionale, www.stpaulsrome.it S. Agnese in Agone, Sagrestia del Borromini, Piazza Navona Palazzo Doria Pamphilj hosts a series called Opera Serenades by Night with Dinner throughout the year. There is a concert, a tour of the museum St Paul's Within the Walls, Via Nazionale and the corner of Via Nazionale, www.stpaulsrome.it S. Agnese in Agone, Sagrestia del Borromini, Piazza Navona Palazzo Doria Pamphilj hosts a series called and dinner afterwards. Via del Corso 305, Opera Serenades by Night with Dinner throughout www.doriapamphilj.comthe year. There is a concert, a tour of the museum and dinner afterwards. Via del Corso 305, www.doriapamphilj.com 44 | December 2022 • Wanted in Rome50 | Oct 2018 • Wanted in Rome

MUSIC THE A TRE CINEMA VENUESA MUSIC THEATRE CINEMA DANCE OPERAMUSIC THE TRE CINEMA VENUES

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film festivals. See Wanted in Rome website for weekly updates. The following cinemas show movies in English or original language, and sometimes foreign Adriano, Piazza Cavour 22, tel. 0636767 film festivals. See Wanted in Rome website weekly updates. for Barberini, Piazza 0686391361 Adriano, Piazza C Barberini 24-26, avour 22, tel. 0636767 tel. Casa del Cinema, LargoBarberini, Piazza Marcello MastroianniBarberini 24-26, 1, tel. tel. 06423601, www.casadelcinema.it0686391361 Cinema dei Piccoli, Viale della Pineta 15, tel. 068553485 Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, tel. 06423601, www.casadelcinema.it Farnese Persol, Piazza Campo de’ Fiori 56, tel. 066864395, www.cinemafarnesepersol.com Cinema dei Piccoli, Viale della Pineta 15, tel. 068553485 Greenwich, Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825Farnese Persol, Piazza Campo de’ Fiori 56, 066864395, www.cinemafarnesepersol.com tel. Intrastevere, Vicolo Moroni 3, tel. 065884230Greenwich, Via G. Bodoni 59, tel. 065745825 Lux, Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361Intrastevere, Vicolo Moroni 3, tel. 065884230 Nuovo Olimpia, Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Nuovo Sacher, Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 Lux, Via Massaciuccoli 31, tel. 0686391361 Nuovo Olimpia, Via in Lucina 16/g, tel. 066861068 Odeon, Piazza Stefano Jacini 22, tel. 0686391361Nuovo Sacher, Largo Ascianghi 1, tel. 065818116 Space Moderno, Piazza della Repubblica 44, tel. Odeon, Piazza Stefano Jacini 22, tel. 0686391361 06892111 Space Parco de’ Medici, Space Moderno, Piazza 06892111 Viale della Salvatore RebecRepubblica 44, tel. chini 3-5, tel. 06892111 Space Parco de’ Medici, Viale Salvatore Rebecchini 3-5, tel. 06892111

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