Rome: The Gallery of Modern Art is revamping its exhibition layout for its centennial with 25 additional works

Starting June 24, the exhibition “GAM 100: A Century of the Galleria Comunale, 1925–2025,” on view through October 11, 2026, at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in Rome, opens to the public with a revamped exhibition layout. Twenty-five additional works —including paintings and sculptures—have been added to the exhibition, some of which replace previously displayed works, while others expand the exhibition, offering the opportunity to highlight the collection held in the museum’s storage and to propose new interpretations of its history.

Alongside the existing masterpieces by Giacomo Balla, Felice Casorati, and Mario Sironi, the exhibition now features works by Giuseppe De Nittis, Mario Mafai, and Gino Severini, as well as pieces by lesser-known artists who nonetheless played a significant role in the formation and evolution of the collection.

Through more than 120 works, the exhibition traces a century of history of the Gallery and its collections, which are closely linked to the cultural policies of the City of Rome. This collection has been built up over time through a continuous process of acquisitions that began in the late 19th century and continues to this day. The exhibition is curated by Ilaria Miarelli Mariani and Arianna Angelelli, in collaboration with Paola Lagonigro, Ilaria Arcangeli, Antonio Ferrara, and Vanda Lisanti, and is sponsored by Roma Capitale—Department of Culture and Coordination of Initiatives Related to Holocaust Remembrance Day—and the Capitoline Superintendence for Cultural Heritage, with organizational support from Zètema Progetto Cultura.

The first section, dedicated to the origins of the collection, the artistic avant-garde movements, and the role of the Quadriennales, features new works that entered the municipal collections between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These include *Winter Landscape* by Giuseppe De Nittis, *Frigidarium* by Alessandro Pigna, and *Pompeian Figure* by Augusto Bompiani. Also included are works acquired during the Roman Biennales and the Quadriennales, such as *The Angel of Chrysanthemums* by Giuseppe Carosi, *Boy Diving* by Lorenzo Lorenzetti, *Young People by the Sea* by Franco Gentilini, and *The Abducting Angel* by Gino Severini. Also on display here are some rare painted ceramics by Nandù, presented in dialogue with the works of Second Futurism.

The second section traces the period between the gallery’s closure in 1938 and its reopening within Palazzo Braschi. The new exhibition layout highlights various artistic trends of the 1930s through works such as *Demolition on Via Giulia* by Mario Mafai, paintings by Umberto Bottazzi and Nino Caffè, and the sculpture *Madonna* by Ada Salvadori. This section of the exhibition also features two works never before exhibited at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna: *Agitazione* by Onorato Carlandi and *Cantiere con figure* by Maria Immacolata Zaffuto.

The third section is dedicated to the period spanning from the Gallery’s reopening in 1963 at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni to the present day. Here, visitors can trace the evolution of 20th-century Italian art through works by Pompeo Fabri, Pippo Rizzo, Nicola Rubino, Luigi Montanarini, and Primo Conti. The space also offers an opportunity to explore the phenomenon of the so-called “tavolettisti,” represented by paintings by Maria Cortini Viviani and Arrigo Taggi.

With the renovation of the exhibition layout, some works are temporarily leaving the exhibition halls to return to the museum’s storage facilities. These include works by Giulio Aristide Sartorio (“View of a Nymph,” 1890), Onorato Carlandi (“Monte Mario,” 1900–02), Adolfo De Carolis (“Woman with Flowers,” 1910), Pompeo Fabri (The Baths of Caracalla, 1916), Ferruccio Ferrazzi (“Fragment of a Composition,” 1920), Carlo Socrate (“The Turkey,” 1923), Gino Severini (“Composition,” 1933), Emanuele Cavalli (“Bather,” 1933–34), Giorgio de Chirico (Gladiatorial Combat, 1933–34), Carlo Carrà (Soccer Game, 1934), Luigi Trifoglio (Still Life, 1934–35), Manzù (Portrait of Ada De Micheli, 1940), Nicola Rubino (Female Nude, 1950–58), Marcello Avenali (Suburb, 1951), and Emilio Greco (Sibyl, 1951).

Rome: The Gallery of Modern Art is revamping its exhibition layout for its centennial with 25 additional works

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