From the 19th of February until the 18th of May the exhibition “China in the 21^st Century. Art between identity and transformation”, organized by Zhu Qi and Morgan Morris, will occupy one floor of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome.

The Chinese artists of the “post ‘89” generation exhibit a series of paintings, installations, videos and photographs, showing a wide variety of interpretations of Chinese society ranging from Pop Art to a new way of using the symbols of Communist China.

While the exhibition is going on, in one of the Palaexpo’s rooms, the painter Liu Xiaodong will realize a new work, to be named “Eat First”, a kind of “Last Supper” depicting 13 people eating Mediterranean food.

There is also space for cinema and literature. From February 21^st until May 18^th in the Sala Cinema and the Auditorium of the Palazzo delle Exposizioni there will be documentaries, shorts, full-length movies and discussions.

Various writers like Mian Mian (March 20th), Wang Shuo (April 22nd) and Su Tong (May 7^th) will read from their works in the Auditorium of the Palaexpo.

For practical information about opening hours, admission costs and directions to the Palazzo delle Esposizioni as well as about the duration of the exhibition visit the Rome blog contemporary exhibition page.

Pop Art Exhibition

Fifty artists and over one hundred works of art are on display in the exhibition e “Pop Art! 1956-1968”, in the Scuderie del Quirinale.

It is almost impossible to capture the essence of the style Pop Art in one definition, although one can pinpoint some of the characteristics: an interest in consumer culture, in the common, banal aspects of life, but also in the influence of the means of mass communication.

The first room is dedicated to Pop Art’s predecessors, while the following ones are ordered by theme: objects, portraits and brands, the historical events of the sixties (Kennedy’s death, the moon landing).

On the upper floor the exhibition goes back and forth between the high- and the lowbrow. The visitor can see that the artists did not only seek for inspiration in supermarkets and on tv, but also in museums themselves.

The last room is dedicated to the human body.

Pop Art, Gallerie del Quirinale, until January 27th

Directions from the Chaplin Bed and Breakfast

From B&B Chaplin Hostel Rome you need to take bus 64 until the end of Via Nazionale. Via XXIV Maggio is its last side street on the right.

From Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel and Rome Termini you take bus 910. Ask the driver where to get off, for the museum is not really easily recognizable. From Hostel Little Italy B&B you take metro line A to Spagna (4 stops), find the Villa Borghese exit and walk along the eastside of the park till you come to the Galleria Borghese.

Please note that you cannot go to the Galleria Borghese without having made a reservation at least one day before your visit. It is possible to do this via the internet, but that has not always appeared to be equally reliable, so if you have booked your accommodation in Rome in Bed and Breakfast Little Italy or Chaplin Hostel we will gladly do this for you (for free of course). Especially during the high season it is advisable to secure the reservation well in advance of your visit to Rome.

From the Rome Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel take bus 40E or 64 and get off at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni stop.

From the Bed and Breakfast Little Italy Hostel Rome you take the metro to Termini where you change lines to get off at the line B Colosseo stop. After exiting cross the road, and turn right. Walk along the Roman Forum till you come to the Via San Pietro in Carcere on your right. From the Hostel Chaplin B&B Rome take the metro directly to the Colosseo stop.
From Cranach to Monet, until January 27th

Palazzo Ruspoli can be reached from the B&B Chaplin Hostel Rome by taking metro line A to Flaminio (4 stops). Look for the Piazza del Popolo-exit and when you hit the square, take the middle one of the 3 roads forming the tridente.

Mark Rothko, until January 6th

The Palazzo delle Esposizioni can be reached easiest from the Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel Rome by taking either bus 40E or bus 64 from Rome Termini. You get off when you see a tunnel on your right. From the Hostel Little Italy B&B you take metro line A to Repubblica (2 stops) and then bus 40E or bus 64.

Emilio Vedova, until January 6th

From both the Chaplin Hostel Rome and Bed and Breakfast Little Italy Hostel take metro line A to the Flaminio stop and then walk along the west side of te Villa Borghese Park till you come to the Viale delle Belle Arti.

Francesco Somaini

From Rome Bed and Breakfast Chaplin Hostel you walk to Rome Termini and take metro line A to Flaminio. Then take bus 231 till Viale delle Belle Arti.
Indian Popular Art