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Events
13 October 2022
Contemporary Art Day, Farnesina Collection, presentation of “Magma” by Biasiucci

The site-specific work “Magma” by Antonio Biasiucci was presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Saturday 8 October to mark the XVIII edition of Contemporary Art Day in Italy, promoted by AMACI – Associazione dei Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani (Italian contemporary art museums association); the artist was in attendance and the […]

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Events
26 September 2022
18th Contemporary Art Day

On the occasion of the 18th edition of the Contemporary Art Day – promoted by AMACI, the Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums, with support from the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, and collaboration from the Directorate General for Public and Cultural Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and […]

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Events
13 September 2022
The Farnesina Collection soon to open to the public

At the close of the summer break, the Italian Touring Club’s “Aperti per voi” (“Open for You”) initiative resumes with the opening to the public of the Farnesina, the seat of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, which first joined the initiative in 2016. The Farnesina’s next opening is scheduled for 30 […]

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6 September 2022
Farnesina Collection welcomes Marinella Senatore’s work

The Farnesina Collection welcomes the work of Marinella Senatore (Cava de’ Tirreni, 1977), an exponent of participatory art and one of the most renowned artists on the international stage. The banner, set up in the Farnesina Collection’s gallery dedicated to artistic research in the 21st century, comes from a set of banners of the “Protest […]

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Events
10 August 2022
Farnesina Collection displays Giulia Neri’s works

The Farnesina Collection welcomes the works of Giulia Neri (Bologna, 1979). The twenty digital illustrations created between 2020 and 2022 by the Bologna-born illustrator, who graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and has a degree in psychology, add to the recent section – dedicated to graphics, illustration and street art – of […]

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1 August 2022
The Farnesina Collection acquires “Unbinding Creatures” by Camilla Alberti

“Unbinding Creatures. Organismo 10” (2021) by Camilla Alberti (Milan, 1994) is one of the recent acquisitions of the Farnesina Collection. The artist has always worked on relationships and on the hybridization options between different living species and the surrounding space. The series of sculptures and installations – titled “Unbinding Creatures” – reflects “the potential of imagination […]

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Events
12 July 2022
The Farnesina Collection welcomes a new work of art: “80” by Moneyless

Farnesina Collection welcomes “80”, a work by Teo Pirisi, better known as Moneyless, an abstract graffiti artist, illustrator, and designer. The work, displayed in the graphic design gallery of the Farnesina Collection, is directly made on the slate of an old school blackboard that the artist salvaged from being discarded. “What I love of this […]

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1 July 2022
​Two works by Berengo Gardin enter the Farnesina Collection

A browse through the recent acquisitions by the Farnesina Collection reveals “Polesine, Veneto” (1971) and “Taranto” (1993) by Gianni Berengo Gardin (Santa Margherita Ligure, 1930) The first photograph is from a series on the Po Delta. It recounts an ancient landscape characterised by the “persistence of agricultural work in all its antiquity”, untouched by modern […]

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Events
17 June 2022
​Next Farnesina Collection open day 24 June

The Touring Club’s “Open for You” initiative continues, with the Farnesina building again opening its doors to the public. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has been taking part in the initiative since 2016. The next scheduled open day is Friday 24 June, the last before the summer break. On the day, members […]

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Events
18 May 2022
Rai Cultura airs documentary on Farnesina Collection​

On 18 May, International Museum Day, Rai Cultura organised a special programme dedicated to museums: episodes dedicated to 40 different museums will be broadcast from the studio of “Art Night”, the programme hosted by Neri Marcorè, to tell the history of culture, from the earliest Etruscan artefacts to the most recent works of contemporary art. […]

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17 May 2022
Farnesina Collection: “Le tre chiese” by Silvia Camporesi

The Farnesina Collection welcomes a new work, Le tre chiese (2011) by Silvia Camporesi (Forlì, 1973). The triptych is part of the photographer and artist’s La Terza Venezia (2011) series, in which she alternates glimpses of the real with scale miniatures of Italy’s lagoon city. Camporesi chose one of the winter months to portray the city, empty of […]

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13 May 2022
Farnesina Collection open to the public with Open House

Open House Roma is an annual event that enables members of the public to visit buildings in the Italian capital that are of notable artistic or architectural interest. During the weekend of 21-22 May 2022 about 274 buildings will be open to the public, with free guided tours. As part of this initiative, now in […]

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