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Jubilee 2025: The Jubilee Churches of Rome The main Roman Jubilee churches remain the Major Papal Basilicas, which also have the importance of hosting the Holy Doors, but there are many Jubilee churches in Rome which have been a meeting point for Holy Year pilgrims for centuries. Some of these churches are still little known to most people, or outside the classic tourist itineraries, but they are places of certain interest, also for the religious aspects they represent, especially for the faithful and pilgrims of the Jubilee. We therefore dedicate this article to presenting some of the most important [...]

Futurism Exhibition in Rome The guided tour of the exhibition "The Time of Futurism", hosted by the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, offers an extraordinary immersion in one of the most revolutionary artistic movements of the 20th century. The exhibition celebrates the eightieth anniversary of the death of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, founder of Futurism, and stands out for its focus on the link between art, science and technology. Through a wide selection of over 350 works, including paintings, sculptures, projects and period objects, we explore how the futurists interpreted the radical change in human sensitivity [...]

Guercino and the Rome of the Ludovisi on display at the Scuderie del Quirinale Guercino returns to Rome in a triumphal celebration of seventeenth-century art, with the exhibition “Guercino. The Ludovisi era in Rome”, at the Scuderie del Quirinale from 31 October 2024 to 26 January 2025. An unmissable event featuring two giants of the history of art and Roman power: Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, better known as Guercino, and the Ludovisi dynasty, personified by Cardinal Ludovico and his influential uncle Alessandro Ludovisi, Pope Gregory XV. The exhibition itinerary develops as a compelling story of the brief but significant Ludovisi [...]

“Picasso. The Stranger”: the unmissable exhibition at Palazzo Cipolla in Rome in 2025 From 27 February to 29 June 2025, Palazzo Cipolla will host the Picasso exhibition. The Stranger, an ambitious project curated by Annie Cohen-Solal with the contribution of Johan Popelard. Organized by the Rome Foundation in collaboration with Marsilio Arte, the exhibition offers a rich journey of over 100 works, accompanied by historical documents, photographs, letters and videos. Created with the support of the Musée national Picasso-Paris and other prestigious institutions, this exhibition offers an unprecedented focus on the figure of Picasso as a "foreigner", enriched by [...]

Botero, the exhibition in Rome The great Colombian artist is the protagonist of a prestigious retrospective, the most complete ever held in Rome, hosted in the rooms of Palazzo Bonaparte. The painter, sculptor and illustrator originally from Medellìn, who recently passed away, has always been known for his unique and recognizable style, Boterismo, characterized by bright colors and figures with opulent shapes, in which reality is surrounded by a patina of hyper-realistic ambiguity of South American origin. On display are medium and large works - including paintings, watercolors and sculptures - which celebrate the art of one of the [...]