Exhibitions in Rome
February 2027
February at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 6 closing, and 10 more on view across the city.
Closing in February
Bill Viola's "The Greeting" in the Roman Forum. A tribute to Pontormo6 Feb 2027Colosseum and Roman Forum
Bill Viola's 1995 video installation The Greeting, inspired by Pontormo's Visitation, shown in the Byzantine frescoed church of Santa Maria Antiqua in the Roman Forum.
NATURE: Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. Campo aperto7 Feb 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao turns a MAXXI hall into a landscape to explore and inhabit, inspired by the Mesoamerican ball game and built for connection.
Sophie Calle: Matrimoni, Rotture e Funerali inclusi7 Feb 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
Sophie Calle's first Rome retrospective spans more than forty years of work probing presence, absence and intimacy through photography and narrative.
ENTRATE TAKK: con-vivere14 Feb 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
Barcelona and New York studio TAKK fills MAXXI's lobby with six mobile sculptural elements made of low-carbon and living materials, exploring new ways of coexistence.
Ordinare il mondo. L'Archivio di Nanda Lanfranco28 Feb 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
The full archive of Genoese photographer Nanda Lanfranco, loaned to MAXXI in 2024, tracing her record of the international contemporary art scene from the 1970s to the 2000s.
Gordon Matta-Clark28 Feb 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
An interdisciplinary exhibition on Gordon Matta-Clark's radical architectural interventions and creative practice, from his experimental New York years to his influential work in Italy.
Also on through February
MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2026to 7 Mar 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
The fifth edition of MAXXI's prize supporting young artists in collaboration with Bvlgari; for the first time all three finalists — Chiara Bersani, Adji Dieye and Margherita Moscardini — are women, with the winning work joining the permanent collection.
De Chirico e la Metafisicato 21 Mar 2027La Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAM)
Ten loans by Giorgio de Chirico shown with the gallery's Metaphysical collection, plus architectural drawings and photographs that read Rome as a "metaphysical city".
FOOD. Il gusto nell'arteto 29 Mar 2027Chiostro del Bramante
Curated by Suzanne Landau: 190 works from the 16th century to today on food as memory, language and art form, including Bompas & Parr's Pasta Shell Grotto and Yinka Shonibare.
Marina Abramović: Historical Works and Transforming Energyto 4 Apr 2027La Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAM)
Marking the artist's 80th birthday, an expanded version of the Venice Biennale show pairing historical performance works (Imponderabilia, Balkan Baroque, The Artist is Present) with a selection of her Transitory Objects. Curated by Shai Baitel and Andrea Tarsia.
Keith Haringto 11 Apr 2027Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi)
Over 140 works by Keith Haring, including Subway Drawings, 1984 FDR Drive panels, prints, posters and sculptures, with loans from the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection.
Il Villaggio Olimpico di Roma. Il mondo in 300.000 mqto 25 Apr 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
Archive drawings and images of the 1960 Olympic Village, where athletes of many nations lived side by side, read as a case study in cultural diplomacy through sport.
FRONTIERE. The Geopolitics of Architectureto 25 Apr 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
The exhibition examines how architects respond to global instability, redefining design's role and responsibilities amid contemporary geopolitical uncertainty.
Il potere del ritratto. Egitto e Roma. I volti del Fayumto 2 May 2027Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Over 110 works, including nearly 50 Fayum mummy portraits lent by Egypt, the Louvre, the Getty and the Met, set against Roman portraiture in marble and plaster.
MAXXI Collection: Ritrovarsito 5 Sept 2027MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts
A display from the MAXXI Collection in Gallery 3, curated by Luigia Lonardelli, presenting works as small pieces of fabric to be sewn together, fragile yet monumental.
I Colori dell'Antico: Marmi Santarelli ai Musei Capitolinito 30 Apr 2032Capitoline 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.
Image credits
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- Bill Viola's "The Greeting" in the Roman Forum. A tribute to PontormoCourtesy of Colosseum and Roman Forum
- NATURE: Tatiana Bilbao Estudio. Campo apertoFoto © Vincenzo Labellarte, courtesy Fondazione MAXXI
- Sophie Calle: Matrimoni, Rotture e Funerali inclusi© Sophie Calle / SIAE (Roma, 2026)
- ENTRATE TAKK: con-viverePhoto © Vincenzo Labellarte
- Ordinare il mondo. L'Archivio di Nanda LanfrancoNanda Lanfranco, self-portrait, 1976, Genova. Photo Nanda Lanfranco. Centro Archivi MAXXI Arte, Archivio Nanda Lanfranco Loan
- Gordon Matta-Clark© The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark and David Zwirner
- MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE 2026Chiara Bersani, photo by Lorenza Daverio; Adji Dieye, photo by Emmanuel Yoro
- De Chirico e la MetafisicaCourtesy of La Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAM)
- FOOD. Il gusto nell'arteCourtesy of Chiostro del Bramante
- Marina Abramović: Historical Works and Transforming EnergyCourtesy of La Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAM)
- Keith HaringCourtesy of Museo di Roma (Palazzo Braschi)
- Il Villaggio Olimpico di Roma. Il mondo in 300.000 mqVillaggio Olimpico di Roma, 1960. Collezione MAXXI Architettura e Design contemporaneo. Archivio Monaco-Luccichenti.
- FRONTIERE. The Geopolitics of Architecturephoto by Bai Yu
- Il potere del ritratto. Egitto e Roma. I volti del FayumCourtesy of Museo dell'Ara Pacis
- MAXXI Collection: RitrovarsiDetail from Daido Moriyama, Pretty Woman (2017), lambda print mounted on aluminium
- I Colori dell'Antico: Marmi Santarelli ai Musei CapitoliniCourtesy of Capitoline Museums
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