The Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, like the Galleria Borghese and the Etruscan Museum, is located in what may well be called Rome’s museum park, the Villa Borghese. The museum, which is nowhere near as famous as it should be, consists of 75 rooms with lots of art of the Neo-Classicist and Romantic periods.
There is also an outstanding collection of mainly Italian Pop Art and the Italian futurists are well represented.
The most famous Italian artists De Chirico, Modigliani and Fontana, while foreign art is represented by painters such as Degas, Cezanne, Monet, van Gogh, Klee, Ernst, Braque, Miro, Kandinsky, Mondrian and Pollock and sculptors like Rodin and Canova.
Apart from the permanent exhibition, there are sometimes special exhibitions to be seen at the GNAM, usually of very high quality.
Present exhibition(s) at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome:
- Gianfranco Baruchello (until March 4, 2012)
- Arte Povera (until march 4, 2012)
Finished exhibitions at the GNAM:
- Giacinto Cerone, until October 23 2011.
- (Starting October 8, until October 23, 2011) Art installation by the, Malaysian born but resident in Rome, artist H. H. Lim.
- “Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and the Myth of Italy in Victorian England.” The exhibition deals with the English Pre-Raphaelite painters and how their work was influenced by early Italian masters.
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Practical Information
| Address | Viale delle Belle Arti 131, Rome (disabled entrance at Via Antonio Gramsci, 73) |
| District | Center of Rome (Pinciano) |
| Hotels nearby | Find hotels near GNAM |
| Telephone | +39 0632298221 |
| Opening Hours | Tuesday-Sunday: 8.30AM - 7.30PM (December 24, 31: 8.30AM - 6PM) |
| Closed | Monday, December 25, January 1 |
| Admission | 8 Euros (concessions 4 Euros); 2 Euros extra for special exhibitions; free for European citizens under 18 or over 65. |
| Public transport | Metro A: Flaminio |
| Special Holidays/Events | None |
| Note | Current exhibition: Giacino Cerone |
Directions to the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
Take metro A to Flaminio (4 stops from Roma Termini). Enter the Villa Borghese park and follow the signs to the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna.