Exhibitions in Rome

December 2025

December 2025 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 3 more were on view across the city.

Roman bronze artworks from the Ponte di Valentiniano on display at Palazzo Massimo

Alberto Garutti's Temporali rooftop light installation at MAXXI

Poster for the Irrepressible Curiosity exhibition of the Leone Piccioni Collection

I Colori dell'Antico polychrome marbles display at the Capitoline Museums

Opened in December

Memorie sommerse. Roman Bronzes from the Ponte di Valentiniano5 Dec
National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo · Past
Three monumental Roman bronzes pulled from the Tiber in 1878, once decorating the ancient Ponte di Valentiniano: a diademed male head, a gilded toga-clad figure, and the wing of a winged Victory.

Was on view in December

Alberto Garutti: Temporalito 10 Oct
MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
An illuminated rooftop installation whose lights flare in real time whenever lightning strikes somewhere across Italy, connecting art and visitors to the energy of nature.
Irrepressible Curiosity. Masterpieces of the Twentieth Century from the Leone Piccioni Collectionto 16 Oct
Vatican Museums
Twentieth-century paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints from intellectual Leone Piccioni's collection, including Burri, Morandi and Guttuso, donated to the Vatican in 2024. In the Borgia Tower rooms.
I Colori dell'Antico: Marmi Santarelli ai Musei Capitolinito 30 Apr
Capitoline Museums
A long-running display in Palazzo Clementino of over 660 polychrome marbles from the Imperial age, from the Santarelli collection, illustrating Rome's history through coloured stone.

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