March in Rome

For three months, Rome will be inundated with exhibitions and art installations dedicated to Futurism, the artistic movement spear-headed by poet and writer, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, in collaboration with artists such as Giocomo Balla, Umberto Bocccioni, Carlo Carra, Russolo, Gino Severini and Despero.

Futurismo - Avanguardia-Avanguardie
A retrospective on Futurism, the towering and innovative movement that took place at the onset of the 20th century. Futurist art formed an aesthetic language derived from the idea of velocity, and dynamism brought on by modernism, and the era of industrialization. The show celebrates the 100th year since the publication in Le Figaro, February, 1909 of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's "Il Manifesto", the driving force behind the movement. A collaboration with the Georges Pompidou Paris and the Tate Modern London.
Le Scuderie del Quirinale, Piazza Via XXIV Maggio 16
Sunday-Thursday, 10 am-8 pm; Friday-Saturday, 10 am-10:30 pm;
through May 24
Brian Eno - Presentism
Site-Specific installation in which Eno responds to the future of Futurism with a musical event which demonstrates the relativity of space and time in the universe of sound.
Fondazione Memmo - Palazzo Ruspoli, Via Del Corso 418
tel 06 687 4704
L'arte della pubblicità. Il manifesto e le avanguardie 1920-1940
A survey of 100 works dedicated to early experiments in graphic design used as advertising-publicity material. The exhibition highlights works from a cadre of internationally known Italian artists linked to diverse movements from 1920 through 1940 - Adolfo Wild to Duilio Cambellotti - and Futuristic artists Despero and Giocomo Balla, Prampolini; Mario Sironi, Anna Villari, Lucio Fontana and others.
Casino Dei Principi - Villa Torlonia, Via Nomentana 70
Tuesday - Sunday 9 am-7:30 pm; through May 24
Arnaldo Gianni Corradini - Armonie e Disarmonie degli stati d'anima
In cooperation with the centennial celebration of Futurism arts. Gianni and his brother Bruno Corra were two of the most eclectic and charming artists at the beginning of the 20th century.
Museo Andrea Blanceflor Boncampagni Ludovisi, Via Boncampagni 18
Tuesday-Sunday, 8:30 am-7 pm; March 12 through May 10 tel 06 42824074
Giotto e il Trecento
This is the first exhibition in more than 70 years dedicated to Giotto (born Giotto di Bondone, Florence, 1266/76-1337), the medieval artist who took sovereignty over painting in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Only 20 of the 150 works in the current exhibition - in tempera on wood, sculpture, rare manuscripts and gold - were executed by Giotto. The remaining are works by artists of that period.
Complesso del Vittoriano, Via Di San Pietro in Carcere (Piazza Venezia)
Monday - Thursday, 9:30 am-7:30 pm; Friday-Saturday, 9:30 am-11:30 pm; Sunday, 9:30 am-8:30 pm; March 5 through June 28 tel 06 678 0363
Cy Twombly: Cicli e stagioni
The first retrospective in Rome dedicated to American-born artist Cy Twombly (Lexington, Virginia, 1928 -), this exhibition is structured around significant phases in the artist's oeuvre, presenting an opportunity to examine works created during the course of a long and important career in painting, design and sculpture. Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Viale delle Belle Arti, 131 (Parioli)
Tuesday- Sunday, 8:30 am-7:30 pm; March 4 - May 24 tel 06 322 98 221
Il Divo Vespasiano - Bimillenario dei Flavi
Celebrates 2000 years since the imperial rule of Flavio Vespasiano (69-79 A.D.), the outsider who came to power at 60 years of age. Set in two spaces which were of extraordinary historic and architectural importance in ancient Rome: the Curia del Foro, opened expressly for this occasion, and the Criptoportico neroniana
Anfiteatro Flavio, Colosseo,   Piazza Del Colosseo
Daily 8:30 - 5:30; March 26 through January 10, 2010   tel 06 399 67700
Utagawa Hiroshige - Il maestro della natura
The first exhibition in Rome of paintings by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japan 1787-1858), Japan's most celebrated artist and the most important exponent of ukiyo, the traditional Japanese school of etching.
Museo Del Corso (Museo Fondazione Roma) Via del Corso 320 Tuesday-Saturday; March 17 through June 7
Casa Di Goethe
Seventy-two engravings executed between 1792 and 1798 by German artists, Johann Christian Reinhart, Jacob Wilhelm Mechau and Christoph Albert Dies, depict landscapes and urban vistas.
Via Del Corso 18 (near Piazza del Popolo)
Tuesday-Sunday, 10 am-6 pm; through March 12
Johann Martin von Rohden - (1778-1868):
Da Kassel alla campagna romana
A selection of 20 drawings and 11 paintings by German landscape artist Johann Martin von Rohden. Four works in large format representing a painting cycle of the various stages of "day" (executed from1829-1839) were commissioned by Prince Wilhelm von Hessen-Kassel to replace the homonymous painting cycle by Claude Lorrain pilfered from Rome during the French occupation. This is the first preview of von Rohden's works in the city where he lived and painted for the major part of his life.
Casa Di Goethe, Via del Corso 18, Tuesday-Sunday, March 19 through June 21
Giulio Cesare
This exhibition chronicles Giulio Cesare's rise to power while examining the social, political and cultural influences that impacted Egypt and Rome during the time of his reign.
Dart - Chiostro Del Bramante;   Via Della Pace (near Piazza Navona)
Tuesday - Friday, 10 am - 8 pm; Saturday - Sunday, 10 - 9 pm; through April 5
Omaggio a Bartolo Cuomo
Through a series of personal portraits, local artists pay homage to one of the city's most beloved personalities. Bartolo Cuomo, who died five years ago, was a familiar face throughout the seventies and eighties at Bar della Pace.
Dart - Chiostro Del Bramante, Via della Pace (Piazza Navona)
Monday-Friday, 10 am-8 pm; Saturday - Sunday, 10 am-9 pm; March 20 through April 14
John Margolies - American Roadside Architecture
For more than 30 years, photographer Margolies documented the American architectural style of the first half of the 20th century, chronicling its inevitable disappearance.
Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini 20 (Flaminio) Tuesday - Saturday; March 29 through May 3   tel 06 321 9089
Gregorio Guglielmi - Pittore romano
The first showing of works by 18th century artist Gregorio Guglielmi. Born in Rome ( 1714-1773), Guglielmi executed important works for various churches (Santa Maria in Vallicella in Rome, San Michele Arcangelo in Caprarola) and for the private residences of the aristocratic Corsini familiy (the Palazzo Corsini in Via Lungara).
Ex Convento di Sant'Agostino - Biblioteca Avvocatura, Generale Dello Stato,
Via Dei Portoghesi 12 (near Piazza Navona)
Monday-Sunday, 10 am -7 pm; through March 15
Theo by Richard Avedon
In conjunction with Rome's Fashion Week, simultaneous exhibitions at the Musei Capitolini and Villa Medici feature the first public showing of recently-discovered portraits of Avedon's first muse, American model, Ann Theophane Graham. The exhibition includes correspondence between Avedon and Theo and photographic layouts of fashions by Dior, Jacques Fath, Pierre Balmain and Cristòbal Balenciaga, shot in post WWII Paris. Avedon's photographs of Theo appeared in Harper's Bazaar magazine..
Musei dei Capitolini, Piazza del Campidoglio 1
Tuesday - Sunday 10 am-6 pm; through March 8 tel 06 399 67800 and at
Villa Medici Trinità del Monte 1, Atelier del Bosco; Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-7 pm;
through March 8 tel 06 67611
Bertrand Lavier
This retrospective exhibition, comprised of 40 works in various dimensions, documents French installation artist Lavier's creative activity from 1978 to the present. Lavier is known for the transformation of everyday objects into works of art.
Villa Medici, Viale dei Trinità dei Monti 1, (top of the Spanish Steps)
Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-7 pm; through March 8 tel 06 67611
Darwin 1809 - 2009
Celebrating 200 years since the birth of English naturalist, Charles Darwin, this exhibition displays biographical information and documentation of his life-long work in science and the humanities.
Palazzo delle Esposizioni Via Nazionale 194 (Esquilino)
Tuesday-Thursday, 10 am - 8 pm; Friday-Saturday, 10 am - 10:30 pm; Sunday, 10 am - 8 pm.
through May 3 tel 06 489411
Madre Terra
National Geographic Italia presents the 2nd edition of Madre Terra", an exhibition of 101 photographic works by a cadre of National Geographic photo-journalists dedicated to the organization's mission and commitment to protect the planet by bringing to public awareness of the consequences of climate change.
Palazzo Delle Esposizioni Via Nazionale 194 (Esquilino) through March 29
Giorgio De Chirico - La magia della linea
De Chirico considered drawing to be 'the imprint of thought, a genre with dignity equal if not superior to painting'. A selection of 100 of his drawings, on loan from the private collection of Isa De Chirico joins other citywide exhibitions being launched over the next two years in honor of the 120th anniversary of his birth.
Museo Carlo Bilotti - Aranciera di Villa Borghese,
Viale Fiorello La Guardia 4 (Borghese gardens)
Tuesday-Sunday, 9 am-7 pm; through April 19
Corrado Bonicatti - Dialoghi di luce
Works on canvas by Corrado Bonicatti, considered one of the last masters of the 20th century.
Palazzo Venezia - Sala del Reflettorio, Via Del Plebiscito 118 (Piazza Venezia)
Tuesday - Saturday 9 am-7 pm; through March 22 tel 06 699 94319
Riccardo Licata e le stagioni dello spazialismo
A retrospective exhibition of 90 works by Venetian artist Riccardo Licata. This body of work highlights Licata's artistic achievements from 1950 through 1960, the period in which he contributed to the Spazialismo Movement in Italy.
Palazzo Venezia, Via del Plesbicito 118 (Piazza Venezia)
Wednesday - Sunday 11 am -7 pm; through March 15 tel 06 699 99413