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Exhibitions in Rome Now — What’s On at the Museums

Every major exhibition open in Rome now, from the Scuderie del Quirinale and Palazzo Bonaparte to MAXXI and the Galleria Borghese, with dates, opening hours and ticket prices read off each museum’s own page.

61 art exhibitions in Rome

All That Changes You: Metamorphosis by Isaac Julien at Galleria BorgheseTHRU SUN, OCT 25

All That Changes You: Metamorphosis by Isaac Julien

Galleria Borghese · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€16 + €2 booking fee (museum ticket)

The World of the Stage II: Yuan Gong at Palazzo MerulanaTHRU SUN, NOV 1

The World of the Stage II: Yuan Gong

Palazzo Merulana · Monti, Esquilino & Termini

Runs over several days

See listing

AQVA: Catastrophe and Wonder at the Vatican Library at Vatican Apostolic LibrarySATURDAYS · 10 AM

AQVA: Catastrophe and Wonder at the Vatican Library

Vatican Apostolic Library · Vatican & Prati

Recurring

€15 / €10 reduced

The Flying Engineer: Free Evening Opening with Guided Tours at Villa dei Quintili and Santa Maria NovaSUN, NOV 1

The Flying Engineer: Free Evening Opening with Guided Tours

Villa dei Quintili and Santa Maria Nova · Appian Way, EUR & South · 3 h

One-time

Free · ticket required

Cent'anni a Roma: The Abbey Awards, 1926–2026 at British School at RomeWED, NOV 4

Cent'anni a Roma: The Abbey Awards, 1926–2026

British School at Rome · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese · 3 h

One-time

See listing

Winter Open Studios at British School at RomeWED, DEC 2

Winter Open Studios

British School at Rome · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

One-time

Free · no registration

Troy and Rome: Myths, Legends and Stories of the Ancient Mediterranean at Colosseum Archaeological ParkTHRU SUN, NOV 8

Troy and Rome: Myths, Legends and Stories of the Ancient Mediterranean

Colosseum Archaeological Park · Colosseum, Celio & Aventine

Runs over several days

€18 / €2 EU ages 18–25 (Colosseum ticket)

The Flying Engineer: Taruffi Returns to the Appian Way at Villa dei Quintili and Santa Maria NovaTHRU SUN, NOV 8

The Flying Engineer: Taruffi Returns to the Appian Way

Villa dei Quintili and Santa Maria Nova · Appian Way, EUR & South

Runs over several days

€8 site ticket / €2 reduced

States of Uncertain Domesticities at Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera di Villa BorgheseTHRU SUN, NOV 8

States of Uncertain Domesticities

Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera di Villa Borghese · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€7.50 / €6 reduced

Living! Julian Beck, Painter at Ripense – Accademia Nazionale di San LucaTHRU SAT, NOV 14

Living! Julian Beck, Painter

Ripense – Accademia Nazionale di San Luca · Trastevere & Monteverde

Runs over several days

Free

Biodiversity Portrayed: Red-Label Types and Nabokov's Immortality at Museo Civico di ZoologiaTHRU SUN, NOV 15

Biodiversity Portrayed: Red-Label Types and Nabokov's Immortality

Museo Civico di Zoologia · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€10.50 / €5.50 reduced

Moda in Luce 1955–1975: Rome Between Glamour and Industry at Centrale MontemartiniTHRU SUN, NOV 15

Moda in Luce 1955–1975: Rome Between Glamour and Industry

Centrale Montemartini · Testaccio, Ostiense & Garbatella

Runs over several days

€11 / €6.50 reduced

Aegyptus: From the Nile to the Mediterranean at Baths of Diocletian (Museo Nazionale Romano)THRU SUN, NOV 15

Aegyptus: From the Nile to the Mediterranean

Baths of Diocletian (Museo Nazionale Romano) · Monti, Esquilino & Termini

Runs over several days

See listing

Divina d'Acciaio: A Portrait Statue of Maria Callas at Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni BarraccoTHRU SUN, NOV 15

Divina d'Acciaio: A Portrait Statue of Maria Callas

Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€7.50 / €6 reduced

Marina Bindella: Cosmographies at Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera di Villa BorgheseTHRU SUN, NOV 15

Marina Bindella: Cosmographies

Museo Carlo Bilotti – Aranciera di Villa Borghese · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€7.50 / €6 reduced

Miriam Cahn: What Looks at Me at MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of RomeTHRU SUN, NOV 15

Miriam Cahn: What Looks at Me

MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€6 museum ticket

In Hoc Signo: Christian Traces Between Ostia and Portus at Castello di Giulio IITHRU SAT, NOV 21

In Hoc Signo: Christian Traces Between Ostia and Portus

Castello di Giulio II · Day Trips

Runs over several days

€6 / €2 reduced (castle ticket)

Fires on the Tiber: Rome Through the Eyes of Kanutas Ruseckas at Castel Sant'AngeloTHRU SUN, NOV 22

Fires on the Tiber: Rome Through the Eyes of Kanutas Ruseckas

Castel Sant'Angelo · Vatican & Prati

Runs over several days

€18 / €2 reduced (castle ticket)

Contemporary Women Artists at Casa Andersen: The Body as Dwelling at Casa Museo Hendrik Christian AndersenTHRU SUN, NOV 22

Contemporary Women Artists at Casa Andersen: The Body as Dwelling

Casa Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€6 / €2 reduced

Las Grietas: On the Trail of a Fantasy at Museo di Roma in TrastevereTHRU SUN, NOV 22

Las Grietas: On the Trail of a Fantasy

Museo di Roma in Trastevere · Trastevere & Monteverde

Runs over several days

€9.50 / €5 reduced

Agnieszka Mastalerz: The Props Assist the House at Musei di Villa TorloniaTHRU SUN, NOV 22

Agnieszka Mastalerz: The Props Assist the House

Musei di Villa Torlonia · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€8 / €5 reduced

Eugenio Tibaldi: BENU at Fondazione Pastificio CerereTHRU SAT, NOV 28

Eugenio Tibaldi: BENU

Fondazione Pastificio Cerere · San Lorenzo, Pigneto & East

Runs over several days

Free

Luigi & Iango: Special Bodies at National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC)THRU SUN, NOV 29

Luigi & Iango: Special Bodies

National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€17 / €2 reduced (museum ticket)

Under a Lucky Star: The Making of the Italian Emblem at Musei di Villa TorloniaTHRU SUN, NOV 29

Under a Lucky Star: The Making of the Italian Emblem

Musei di Villa Torlonia · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

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Luchino Visconti and the Staging of History at Castel Sant'AngeloTHRU SUN, NOV 29

Luchino Visconti and the Staging of History

Castel Sant'Angelo · Vatican & Prati

Runs over several days

€18 / €2 reduced (castle ticket)

The Ennio Calabria Donation at National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC)TUE, OCT 27

The Ennio Calabria Donation

National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€17 / €2 reduced (gallery ticket)

Fulco Pratesi: Pioneer Watercolours at Museo di Roma in TrastevereTHRU SUN, DEC 6

Fulco Pratesi: Pioneer Watercolours

Museo di Roma in Trastevere · Trastevere & Monteverde

Runs over several days

€9.50 / €5 reduced

Titian: Dialogues Between the Sacred and the Profane at Galleria BorgheseTHRU TUE, DEC 8

Titian: Dialogues Between the Sacred and the Profane

Galleria Borghese · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€16 + €2 booking fee (museum ticket)

Diego Rivera and the Making of Modern Art in Mexico at Capitoline MuseumsTHRU SUN, DEC 13

Diego Rivera and the Making of Modern Art in Mexico

Capitoline Museums · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€15 / €13 reduced

Artist at the GNAMC: Marinella Senatore at National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC)THRU THU, DEC 31

Artist at the GNAMC: Marinella Senatore

National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€17 / €2 reduced (gallery ticket)

Dayanita Singh: Archive at Villa Giulia National Etruscan MuseumTHRU SUN, JAN 3

Dayanita Singh: Archive

Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€13 / €2 reduced (museum ticket)

The Unfinished: Poetics and Technique at Capitoline MuseumsTHRU MON, JAN 4

The Unfinished: Poetics and Technique

Capitoline Museums · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

Included in museum admission

Elvi Ratti: Aurea at Casa Museo Boncompagni LudovisiTHRU SUN, JAN 10

Elvi Ratti: Aurea

Casa Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€6 / €2 reduced

Frank Horvat at Baths of CaracallaTHRU SUN, JAN 10

Frank Horvat

Baths of Caracalla · Colosseum, Celio & Aventine

Runs over several days

€10 / €4 reduced

Angels: Messengers, Guardians and Wanderers at Capitoline MuseumsTHRU SUN, JAN 10

Angels: Messengers, Guardians and Wanderers

Capitoline Museums · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€16.50 / €11 reduced (museum + exhibition)

Italian Baroque in Dresden at Museo NapoleonicoTHRU SUN, JAN 10

Italian Baroque in Dresden

Museo Napoleonico · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€7.50 / €6 reduced

From Franciscan Preaching to the Monti di Pietà at Palazzo Sciarra Colonna (Museo del Corso)THRU SUN, JAN 10

From Franciscan Preaching to the Monti di Pietà

Palazzo Sciarra Colonna (Museo del Corso) · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

Free

In the Footsteps of Francis: Art, Restoration and the Contemporary at Palazzo Sciarra Colonna (Museo del Corso)THRU SUN, JAN 10

In the Footsteps of Francis: Art, Restoration and the Contemporary

Palazzo Sciarra Colonna (Museo del Corso) · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

Free · guided tours €7

Shirin Neshat: Do U Dare! at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsFRI, NOV 13

Shirin Neshat: Do U Dare!

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced

Black Sun: Petroleum and Contemporary Art at Villa Medici (French Academy in Rome)THRU MON, JAN 18

Black Sun: Petroleum and Contemporary Art

Villa Medici (French Academy in Rome) · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€12 / €10 reduced (dated) · €15 / €12 (open ticket)

Sappho: The Spirit of Poetry at Colosseum Archaeological ParkTHRU SUN, JAN 31

Sappho: The Spirit of Poetry

Colosseum Archaeological Park · Colosseum, Celio & Aventine

Runs over several days

From €18 / €2 EU ages 18–25 (park tickets)

Marialba Russo: Reverse Gaze at MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of RomeTHRU SUN, JAN 31

Marialba Russo: Reverse Gaze

MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€6 museum ticket

Richard Avedon: In the American West, 1979–1984 at Palazzo delle EsposizioniTHRU SUN, JAN 31

Richard Avedon: In the American West, 1979–1984

Palazzo delle Esposizioni · Monti, Esquilino & Termini

Runs over several days

€12 / €10 reduced (until 1 Nov) · €15 / €12 reduced (from 3 Nov)

Correnti Sotterranee: Paintings by Marina Baciocchi at Museo delle MuraFRI, OCT 30

Correnti Sotterranee: Paintings by Marina Baciocchi

Museo delle Mura · Appian Way, EUR & South

Runs over several days

Free

GAM 100: A Century of Rome's Municipal Gallery at Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma CapitaleTHRU SUN, FEB 7

GAM 100: A Century of Rome's Municipal Gallery

Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€14.50 / €10 reduced

Pontormo at Scuderie del QuirinaleTHRU SUN, FEB 7

Pontormo

Scuderie del Quirinale · Monti, Esquilino & Termini

Runs over several days

€18 / €16 reduced · €12 under 30 · €5 ages 6–17 (+ €2.50 booking fee)

Sophie Calle: Marriages, Break-ups and Funerals Included at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsTHRU SUN, FEB 7

Sophie Calle: Marriages, Break-ups and Funerals Included

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced · €10 for everyone online until 12 Nov

Nature – Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: Open Field at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsTHRU SUN, FEB 7

Nature – Tatiana Bilbao Estudio: Open Field

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced · €10 for everyone until 12 Nov

Kandinsky at Palazzo BonaparteTHRU SUN, FEB 14

Kandinsky

Palazzo Bonaparte · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€18 / reduced from €7

The Thin Line at Museo di Roma in TrastevereWED, OCT 28

The Thin Line

Museo di Roma in Trastevere · Trastevere & Monteverde

Runs over several days

See listing

Carlo Maria Mariani at Villa Farnesina: The Essence of Painting at Villa FarnesinaFRI, NOV 27

Carlo Maria Mariani at Villa Farnesina: The Essence of Painting

Villa Farnesina · Trastevere & Monteverde

Runs over several days

€12 / €10 reduced (villa admission)

Elisa Montessori: Over Time at Musei di Villa TorloniaTHRU SUN, FEB 28

Elisa Montessori: Over Time

Musei di Villa Torlonia · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€13.50 / €9 reduced

Gordon Matta-Clark: Not the Work... The Worker at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsFRI, NOV 13

Gordon Matta-Clark: Not the Work... The Worker

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced

MAXXI Bvlgari Prize 2026 at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsFRI, NOV 6

MAXXI Bvlgari Prize 2026

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced · €10 for everyone until 12 Nov

De Chirico and Metaphysics at National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC)THRU SUN, MAR 21

De Chirico and Metaphysics

National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€17 / €2 reduced (museum ticket)

Marina Abramović: Historical Works and Transforming Energy at National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC)WED, NOV 18

Marina Abramović: Historical Works and Transforming Energy

National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€17 / €2 reduced (museum ticket)

Et in Arcadia Ego: Goethe in Dialogue with Guercino, Raphael and Poerio at Casa di GoetheWED, DEC 2

Et in Arcadia Ego: Goethe in Dialogue with Guercino, Raphael and Poerio

Casa di Goethe · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€6 / €5 reduced (museum admission)

Keith Haring at Museo di Roma – Palazzo BraschiTHRU SUN, APR 11

Keith Haring

Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€17 / €15 reduced (exhibition) · €25 / €19 with museum

Frontiers: The Geopolitics of Architecture at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsFRI, DEC 18

Frontiers: The Geopolitics of Architecture

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced

The Power of the Portrait: Egypt and Rome, the Fayum Faces at Ara Pacis MuseumTHU, NOV 5

The Power of the Portrait: Egypt and Rome, the Fayum Faces

Ara Pacis Museum · Centro Storico

Runs over several days

€17 (+ €1 presale)

Ritrovarsi: The MAXXI Collection at MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century ArtsFRI, DEC 4

Ritrovarsi: The MAXXI Collection

MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts · Flaminio, Parioli & Villa Borghese

Runs over several days

€14 online / €15 at the door · €11 / €12 reduced

Questions people ask

How many art exhibitions are there in Rome right now?+
61 on our calendar at the moment, from 37 venues. The busiest are MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts (7), National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAMC) (5) and Musei di Villa Torlonia (3).
Are there free art exhibitions in Rome?+
7 are free. Paid ones run from €6 to €18, with the middle of the range around €14.
What can I do on a weekend or an evening?+
47 of these fall on a Saturday or Sunday and 3 start at 5pm or later. The filters at the top of the page narrow the list.
Where do these listings come from?+
From the venues themselves. A person reads each listing on the venue or organizer's own page and enters the date, time and printed price; nothing is scraped from ticket resellers. If something has changed, the "Fix a detail" box on the event page reaches us.

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