Claudio Parisi Presicce - Finestre sull'Arte

For the first time in Italy, in Rome, an exhibition of archaeological finds from Turkmenistan

For the first time in Italy, the Capitoline Museums are hosting the major exhibition Ancient Civilizations of Turkmenistan, staged in the halls of Palazzo dei Conservatori from October 25, 2025 to April 12, 2026. The exhibition, curated by Claudio P...
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What Rome was like in 1350: at Mercati di Traiano the exhibition on the medieval city

To close the Jubilee 2025, in Rome the Mercati di Traiano - Museo dei Fori Imperiali will host from October 9, 2025 to February 1, 2026 the exhibition 1350. The Jubilee without a Pope, an exhibition that invites visitors to rediscover the Rome of the...
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Rome, Villa Caffarelli will host an exhibition on the Farnese family in 16th century Rome

From February 11 to May 18, 2025, the exhibition I Farnese in Sixteenth-Century Rome will be hosted at the Capitoline Museums, Villa Caffarelli. Origins and fortune of a collection, curated by Claudio Parisi Presicce and Chiara Rabbi Bernard, promote...
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In Rome, Italy's first monographic exhibition dedicated to Phidias. Also exhibited are some original fragments of the Parthenonian frieze

From Nov. 24, 2023, to May 5, 2024, the Capitoline Museums - Villa Caffarelli in Rome will host for the first time in Italy a monographic exhibition dedicated to Phidias, the greatest Greek sculptor of the classical age linked to the construction and...
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Two never-before-seen portraits of Augustus found in Rome and Isernia on display at the Mercati di Traiano

On display from June 29 to Nov. 26, 2023 the Markets of Trajan in Rome are the two unpublished portrait-heads of Emperor Augustus recently discovered during archaeological investigations conducted in Rome, in the area of the Forum of Trajan, and in I...
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Mosaics from Capitoline collections never before exhibited at Centrale Montemartini on display

From March 14 to June 25, 2023, the third phase of the exhibition Colori dei Romani is being held at Centrale Montemartini. Mosaics from the Capitoline Collections, curated by Claudio Parisi Presicce, Nadia Agnoli and Serena Guglielmi and promoted by...
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Capitoline Museums, a major exhibition tells the story of Republican Rome through archaeology

The Capitoline Museums, in the rooms of Palazzo Caffarelli, present from January 13 to September 24, 2023 the exhibition La Roma della Repubblica. The Tale of Archaeology, curated by Isabella Damiani and Claudio Parisi Presicce and promoted by Roma C...
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The elephant of Rome: an exhibition commemorates the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Elephas Antiquus fossils

Ninety years ago, fossil remains of elephant(Elephas antiquus) were discovered in Rome at the base of Velia Hill, near the Colosseum. Today, the fossils, preserved in the Antiquarium of the Capitoline Museums, have been restored, and the intervention...
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