De Chirico Exhibition in Rome’s Modern Art Museum

When in Rome… Giorgio De Chirico in the GNAM

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From November 20th 2008 until January 25th 2009 the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna in Rome will host an exhibition dedicated to the influential 20th Century Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico.

The exhibition’s theme is the influence art and artists from the past exerted on De Chirico’s work.

The exhibition, organized by the GNAM together with De Chirico’s widow, opens exactly 30 years after the painter’s death.

About a hundred paintings and drawings can be admired, as well as one large sculpture.

Much of the art on display is normally kept in the “house-museum” near the Spanish Steps, where the Chirico and his wife lived from 1948 until the painter’s death on November 20th, 1978.

Julius Caesar exhibition in Chiostro del Bramante

When in Rome… Chiostro del Bramante – Julius Caesar Exhibition

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This exhibition purports to shed light on the life and legends about the man who turned the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire: Julius Caesar.

Caesar himself claimed to be a diret descendant of the Goddess Venus and her son Aeneas, founder of the city of Rome.

With the aid of paintings, sculptures and other objects on loan from a number of European museums, the exhibition follows the development of the cult of Caesar, who was murdered in 44 B.C. It starts with Renaissance artists and arrives, via the times of Shakespeare, at the gladiator movies of the fifties.

A number of scale models, especially made for the exhibition, are also to be seen.

The exhibition, which lasts until April 5th 2009, takes place in the Chiostro del Bramante (Via della Pace).

Opening hours: from 10am until 8pm (until 9pm on fridays and saturdays). Mondays closed. Admission 10 Euros.

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Rembrandt in Rome

When in Rome… 17th Century Dutch Painting in Museo del Corso

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Until February 15th 2009 the Museo del Corso in Rome (Via del Corso 320) will host an exhibition highlighting 17th century Flemish and Dutch painting, displaying masterpieces by a.o. Rembrandt (a.o. Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels), Vermeer, Frans Hals, Rubens and Anton Van Dyck.

The 55 paintings are on loan from the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin and it is the first time they can be admired in Italy.

In those days in Holland a new, wealthy middle class cam into existence and its members liked to have themselves portraited.

The Dutch art of painting during this Golden Age can be characterized by a change from religieus themes to more secular ones as portraits, landscapes and still-lives.

The exhibition is titled: From Rembrandt to Vermeer: Civic Values in 17th Century Flemish and Dutch Painting.

For more information: +39 066893806. The museum is open from 10am till 8pm. Mondays closed. Admission: 9 Euros. From Rome Termini you take metro line A to the stop Spagna or bus 64 to Piazza Venezia.

Jean-Michel Basquiat in Rome until February 1, 2009

When in Rome… Palazzo Ruspoli: Jean-Michel Basquiat

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This exhibition is organized by the Fondazione Memmo in cooperation with the Fundacion Marcelino Botin.

Basquiat was a precursor of the graffitti generation. Hij debuted in New York only just 20 years old, especially thanks to Andy Warhol’s encouragement.

The exhibition, which is titled, “Exorcising Ghosts” , brings 40 of Basquiat’s works together in Rome.

It all takes place in the Palazzo Ruspoli (Via del Corso 418) in the center of  Rome. The opening hours are from 10am until 7.30pm, except on frifays and saturdays when the Palazzo closes one hour later. The Basquiat exhibition can be admired until February 1st, 2009.

Ruins and Rebirth of Art in Italy: Colosseum Exhibition

When in Rome…Exhibitions – Colosseum: Ruins and Rebirth of Italian Art

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This exhibition, inside the Colosseum in Rome, highlights the efforts to protect Italy’s heritage of ancient culture and art.

Already in 1909 a law dealing with the problem of Italian art being sold abroad had come into effect.

More than sixty exhibits have been divided into six sections, starting from the times of Italy’s unification and ending with the most recent attempts to stop the sale of illegal art.

The works, often on loan from foreign museums and art galleries, are also meant to illustrate the various ways in which exchanges between galleries and museums have been encouraged.

The exhibition will last until February 15th, 2009. For more information call +39 (0)639967700.