EXHIBITIONS The majority of Rome’s museums and galleries have reopened to the public following the covid-19 lockdown. Advance booking is mandatory and the wearing of masks in obligatory, with guests required to pass through a thermoscanner on arrival. The lack of tourists means that now is a great time to enjoy Rome’s crowd-free museums and exhibitions.
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World Press Photo at Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Lee-Ann Olwage, Black Drag Magic Portrait of a Drag Artist and Activist, 2020 Photo Contest, Portraits, Singles, 2nd Prize.
25 June-25 July
The Dorothy Circus Gallery presents Metaforamorfoses, an exhibition by the Brazilian artist Rafael Silveira. Themed around the opportunities presented by change, the show will feature 12 oil paintings rich in symbology and the joyful colours typical of South American culture. In line with Italy’s social distancing measures the exhibition will be open by appointment only. Dorothy Circus Gallery, Via dei Pettinari 76, tel. 68805928, www. dorothycircusgallery.it.
FILIPPO DE PISIS 17 June-20 Sept
Palazzo Altemps, one of Rome’s finest museums, presents a retrospective dedicated to the Italian artist and poet Filippo de Pisis (1896-1956).
The exhibition of 40 works on paper and watercolours highlights the sensitive, delicate nature of de Pisis who is best known for his cityscapes, metaphysically-inspired maritime scenes and still lifes. Later in life the extravagant de Pisis lived in Venice where he was ferried around in his personal gondola. Tickets must be purchased exclusively online via the Coopculture website, for more information tel. 0639967701. Palazzo Altemps, Piazza di S. Apollinare 46, www.coopculture.it.
IL TEMPO DI CARAVAGGIO 16 June-13 Sept
Rome pays tribute to Caravaggio with a new exhibition at Palazzo Caffarelli, part of the Capitoline
Filippo de Pisis at Palazzo Altemps. Il marinaio francese, 1930, private collection, © Filippo de Pisis by SIAE 2019.
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Museums. The show is centred around Caravaggio’s Boy Bitten by a Lizard, along with 40 works by the artists influenced by the master’s work in the 17th century. The paintings come from the collection of Roberto Longhi, one of the leading Italian art critics of the past century, on the 50th anniversary of his death. The Caravaggio exhibition will be followed later in September by the Torlonia Marbles blockbuster, postponed due to the covid-19 crisis. Musei Capitolini, Piazza del Campidoglio 1, tel. 060608, www.museicapitolini.org.
WORLD PRESS PHOTO 16 June-2 Aug
The World Press Photo exhibition in Rome, initially scheduled to open in April and postponed due to covid-19, presents the 139 winning images in the 2020 contest. Each year an independent jury at the World Press Photo Foundation in Amsterdam selects images for this prestigious recognition of international photojournalism. The 63rd annual World Press Photo Contest drew entries from around the world: 4,282 photographers from 125 countries submitted 73,996 images. The jury gave prizes in eight categories to 44 photographers from 24 countries, with Yasuyoshi Chiba’s image Straight Voice announced as the 2020 World Press Photo
