EXHIBITIONS Museums and other cultural sites in Italy are open only to visitors with a Super Green Pass (the certificate issued following vaccination or recovery from covid-19). This provision does not apply to visitors under the age of 12. Most venues require advance booking and the wearing of masks is obligatory. Weekend visits to more popular sites such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon must be booked at least one day ahead. For visiting details check websites in advance.
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
Bill Viola at Palazzo Bonaparte. Martyrs series - Water Martyr (detail). Photo Kira Perov © Bill Viola Studio.
sculpture La Pietà and his highprofile Habemus Hominem bust of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. See Art News page XX. 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.
GUIDO RENI AND ROME: NATURE AND DEVOTION 1 MARCH-22 MAY
Galleria Borghese stages a 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 returned to the museum’s collection from which it was sold at the end of the 19th century. Curated by Francesca Cappelletti, the exhibition will focus 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.
CRAZY: MADNESS IN CONTEMPORARY ART 18 FEB-8 MARCH 2023
Jago with Habemus Hominem at Palazzo Bonaparte.
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Chiostro del Bramante presents a new 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, will features 11 sitespecific 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.
