From November 21 to 23, 2025, Rome Arte in Nuvola - International Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art, now in its fifth edition, returns. The monumental spaces of La Nuvola, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, will host a rich program of exhibitions, talks, events and performances that will see artists, gallerists, curators and art enthusiasts dialogue. Conceived and organized by Alessandro Nicosia, under the artistic direction of Adriana Polveroni and promoted by EUR S.p.A., the fair benefits from the active participation of the Ministry of Culture, Roma Capitale and the Lazio Region, with the patronage of the Dicastery for the Evangelization of Vatican City. The event is realized and produced by C.O.R. - Creare Organizzare Realizzare in collaboration with Costruire Cultura.
After the success of last year’s edition, which registered more than 38,000 visitors, the 2025 edition is even broader and more articulated, with a cross-cultural proposal that is constantly growing.
“We wanted Rome, where there had been a lack of a fair for years, to fill a gap in proposals, appearing on the national and international scene, with a specific platform dedicated to the encounter between modern and contemporary art and new artistic proposals, with the aim of playing a driving role towards the South and the entire Mediterranean area,” said Alessandro Nicosia.
With more than 140 exhibitors, Roma Arte in Nuvola will range from modern and contemporary art, from the historical avant-garde to the most current research. Alongside galleries of long tradition, new emerging realities will also find space.
The Department of Culture of Roma Capitale, together with the Capitoline Superintendency of Cultural Heritage, is participating in the fifth edition with the exhibition The Acquisitions of the Gallery of Modern Art from 2012 to Today, which brings together works from civic collections to tell the story of the evolution of the museum’s holdings in recent years. Among the artists featured are works by Marcello Avenali, Rolando Monti, Lamberto Pignotti, Guido Strazza, Emma Quilici Buzzacchi, Giuliana Caporali, Elisabetta Pasqualin Miresi and Elisa Montessori.
Three special projects characterize the 2025 edition: Gino Marotta. Natural-Artificial Universe (in Cloud), curated by Andrea Viliani, in collaboration with the Gino Marotta Archive. A tribute to the poet of plastic matter, with a selection of works from the Rilievi and Metacrilati series, emblems of his visionary universe; Mario Airò. Tra acqua e luce, curated by Adriana Polveroni, celebrates one of the protagonists of the art scene between the 1980s and 1990s. The works on display, dominated by the theme of light-from Aurora (2003) to Octave of Cadmium-also include the poetic installation Shaping Water, granted by the Menegaz Foundation of Castelbasso. Fabrizio Clerici. Ultra Memoriam. The Fantastic Imaginary between Archives and Collections, curated by Giulia Tulino and realized with the Fabrizio Clerici Archive, offers a journey into the dreamlike and architectural imagery of one of the masters of the 20th century, suspended between dream, memory and invention.
Ample space is also reserved for contemporary photography with the exhibition Immagini Impossibili, curated by Arianna Catania, which explores the expressive potential of photography beyond the document, as a space for experimentation, fiction and wonder. On display are more than fifty works by thirty-three Italian and international artists united by the desire to push beyond the limits of the visible.
This edition’s guest country is the Republic of Korea, the protagonist of the exhibition Fever State, part of the Korea-Italy Cultural Exchange Year 2024-2025 project, on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The exhibition features artists such as Yun Choi, Jongwan Jang, Minhoon Kim, Yuja Kim, Yanghee Lee and Kai Oh, interpreters of research that interweaves tradition and contemporaneity, material and digital, memory and collective imagination.
Another focus is dedicated to the Royal Residences of the House of Savoy in Piedmont, through a journey through images that aims to enhance the system of the main Italian Royal Palaces, declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites, thanks to the work of the Consortium of Royal Residences of Savoy based at the Reggia di Venaria.
Also renewed is the participation of the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity (DGCC) of the Ministry of Culture, present with an institutional space dedicated to initiatives supporting the Italian contemporary art system and young artists, together with the Directorate General for Archives and the Central Institute for Graphics.
The MUCIV - Museum of Civilizations in Rome will exhibit a historic wood and glass showcase from the Geological Museum of Italy, within which fossil finds will be displayed in dialogue with a tribute to Gino Marotta, evoking the relationship between naturalia and artificialia typical of ancient wunderkammer. MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo is participating with two works on loan: Tre per Tre (Everyone is the Other or No One) (1998-1999) by Giulio Paolini and Aurora (2003) by Mario Airò.
From the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art comes Isgrò deletes Isgrò (2024) by Emilio Isgrò, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation lends The Sequence (1971) by Fausto Melotti.
The fair will be enlivened by a busy program of events, performances and talks. Performances include Landfall by Sonia Andresano, curated by Adriana Polveroni, reflecting on the relationship between balance and tension; Try by Marilisa Cosello, focusing on the mythology of the body and decontextualization as a critical tool; Filippo Riniolo’s Mission Space Y, which stages an imaginary dialogue on the impact of space exploration; Alix Boillot’s L’Éternité, curated by Isabella Vitale, dedicated to human weeping as the eternal cycle of water.
Among the scheduled talks are Today is not Today: immersive artist experiences for VR viewer, a conversation between Marco Senaldi and Valerio Borgonuovo dedicated to new digital platforms for art, and a meeting on young collectors, aimed at defining their profiles and trends.
Main sponsor is Banca Ifis.
Completing the program are a series of initiatives outside the Cloud, including studio visits to the studios of selected artists, designed to encourage direct encounters between collectors, curators and practitioners.
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