Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale

Rome's civic Gallery of Modern Art occupies a former Carmelite convent on Via Francesco Crispi. Its collection of more than three thousand works traces artistic life in the capital from the late nineteenth century through the postwar decades, including Divisionism, the Roman Secession, Futurism and the Scuola Romana.

Why it matters

Municipal acquisitions began in 1883, and the collection first opened to the public in 1925 at Palazzo Caffarelli. It later moved among several sites before settling at Via Crispi in 2011. The gallery provides a civic counterpart to Rome's national collection of modern art, with particular strength in artists and movements connected to the city.

What to notice

The collection includes works by Giulio Aristide Sartorio, Nino Costa, Onorato Carlandi and Adolfo De Carolis, as well as Divisionist paintings. Twentieth-century holdings include works by Giacomo Balla, Scipione, Mario Mafai, Giuseppe Capogrossi, Emanuele Cavalli and artists associated with the second Futurism. The 2001 acquisition of Giulio Turcato's Comizio marked a renewed phase of collecting.

Context and history

After opening at Palazzo Caffarelli in 1925, the gallery reopened as the Galleria Mussolini in 1931. In 1938 its collection was placed in storage, and it later returned to public view at Palazzo Braschi in 1952. Following periods split between temporary venues and storage, the gallery reopened at the former convent on Via Crispi in 1995 and settled there permanently in 2011. Restoration work during its 2025 centenary brought a seventeenth-century mural by Sister Eufrasia della Croce to light.