Contemporary Art Exhibitions in Rome

Elisa Montessori | 50 x 35 | Monitor

A solo exhibition by Elisa Montessori at Monitor, presenting a wide selection of recent works, artist books, drawings and found materials in the gallery’s San Lorenzo space.

Dopo le sei di sera | Derive del realismo magico | Francesca Antonini

Group exhibition curated by Gaia Bobò exploring the legacy and contemporary resonances of magical realism through a new generation of artists.

Imogen Allen | Monti8

First Italian solo show of British painter Imogen Allen, featuring paintings exploring butterfly wings and nature through vivid colours and macroscopic detail.

José Angelino, Fabio Barile, Stefano Canto | Common Ground | Matèria

A special project for Contemporanea – Roma Gallery Weekend bringing together José Angelino, Fabio Barile, and Stefano Canto in a dialogue across sculpture, installation, and photography.

Sergio Breviario, Agostino Iacurci, Elena Mazzi, Julie Polidoro, Guendalina Salini | Impermanent Structures | Ex Elettrofonica

Cyril de Commarque, Laura Pugno, Gaia Scaramella, Lucia Veronesi | Materia Madre / Lingua Madre | Erica Ravenna

Group exhibition exploring matter as primary generative element, curated by Benedetta Carpi De Resmini.

Guglielmo Maggini | Nel tuo affondare, la mia forma | Z2O Sara Zanin

A solo exhibition exploring forms emerging from remains, through ceramic spheres and sculptural works that navigate the tension between past heritage and present transformation.

Tracey Emin | There Is A Truth | Galleria Lorcan O’Neill

New exhibition featuring monumental bronze sculpture, paintings, and works on paper

Portia Zvavahera | Fondazione Memmo

First institutional exhibition in Italy of Portia Zvavahera

Francesca Woodman | Gagosian

Francesca Woodman exhibition at Gagosian Rome features nearly fifty photographs exploring the artist's affinities with Surrealism.

Amelia Rosselli | Un canto nel suo spazio | MACRO

Hito Steyerl | Mechanical Kurds | MACRO

Kazuko Miyamoto | Galleria Alessandra Bonomo

Kazuko Miyamoto presents new String Works and unseen pieces at Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, following major institutional shows across Europe.

Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė | Basement Roma

First solo exhibition in Rome by artist duo Dorota Gawęda and Eglė Kulbokaitė, exploring the boundaries between body, technology and environment through painting, sculpture, performance and installation.

Rubén Rodrigo | Area Specularis | Spazio Nuovo

First solo exhibition in Italy by Spanish artist Rubén Rodrigo, exploring painting as a threshold between internal and external vision through 12 works of guided improvisation.

Sergio Lombardo | 1/9unosunove

Sergio Lombardo presents V-RAN MCCT Stochastic Compositions—algorithmic floor patterns exploring aesthetic engineering through mathematical beauty.

Barbara Bonfilio | Equinozio dell’Anima | Emmeotto Arte

Barbara Bonfilio's paintings and drawings explore the inseparable connection between human beings and their environment, where body and nature become reflections of the soul.

Galleria Nazionale

Exhibition dedicated to Giorgio De Chirico's work

Bernini e i Barberini | Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini

Bernini e i Barberini at Palazzo Barberini explores the sculptor's creative partnership with Rome's most powerful 17th-century patrons.

Stefano Canto | Sogno di Pietra | Matèria

Matèria presents Sogno di Pietra (Dream of Stone), a solo exhibition by Stefano Canto, opening 28 February 2026 at the gallery’s San Lorenzo space in Rome.

Valerio De Paolis | Lanterne magiche | Museo Carlo Bilotti

Museo Carlo Bilotti presents Lanterne magiche, a photography exhibition from the Valerio De Paolis collection tracing the medium's evolution from documentary to today

GAM 100. Un secolo di Galleria comunale 1925-2025 | Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale

It was 28 October 1925 when what is now known as the Galleria d’Arte Moderna first opened its doors in the halls of Palazzo Caffarelli on the Capitoline Hill.

Alex Da Corte | Museum

American conceptual artist Alex Da Corte presents a fresh curatorial interpretation of MAXXI's permanent collection, bringing together works spanning painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture. Da Corte's organic arrangement explores the classical elements of water, wind, fire, and earth within Zaha Hadid's architectural framework. The exhibition features works by Francis Alÿs, Alighiero Boetti, Luigi Ghirri, Marisa Merz, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Kara Walker, and others, creating a journey through transformation, growth, and decay toward what Da Corte describes as 'an inevitable invisible ether.'