What’s on this Month – November 2026

Andy Warhol at the Vaccheria Gallery, “Roma Arte in Nuvola” at the Nuvola exhibition Space in EUR, “Following in the Footsteps of Francis” at Museo del Corso/Palazzo Sciarra Colonna, Richard Avedon at PalaExpo, “The Faces of Fayum” at Ara Pacis Museum, “Food. Flavor in Art” at Chiostro del Bramante, and more.

Roma Arte in Nuvola

From November 20 to 22, Rome’s leading contemporary art fair, Roma Arte in Nuvola, returns to La Nuvola, the futuristic, cloud-shaped venue designed by Massimiliano Fuksas. The event brings together leading Italian and international galleries, showcasing everything from painting and sculpture to photography, installations, video and digital art, performance, and street art. Alongside the main exhibition, visitors can discover special projects, exhibitions, installations and performances created especially for the spectacular setting. While the fair attracts collectors and art professionals, its lively and varied programme also welcomes a wider audience, making contemporary art accessible to everyone.

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Andy Warhol – Forever Love

Think Pop Art, and Andy Warhol immediately springs to mind. This month, Rome’s La Vaccheria exhibition space in EUR presents Andy Warhol – Forever Love, an immersive journey into the world of this extraordinary artist. Bringing together iconic works, vintage memorabilia and historical documents, the exhibition explores Warhol’s lasting influence on contemporary culture. Highlights include celebrated screen prints such as Marilyn, Flowers, Campbell’s Soup and Ladies & Gentlemen, as well as vintage record covers, issues of Interview magazine, personal objects, and artifacts connected to the legendary “Factory”, as his NYC art studio was called. A special focus is placed on 28 previously unpublished photographs taken by Dino Pedriali in 1978 during Warhol’s stay in Italy, offering an intimate glimpse of the artist beyond his iconic public image.

Until March 28, 2027. lavaccheriaroma.it

Following in the Footsteps of Francis: Art, Restoration and Contemporaneity

To mark the 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi’s death, the Museo del Corso – Palazzo Sciarra Colonna presents the exhibition Following in the Footsteps of Francis: Art, Restoration and Contemporaneity. Until January 10, 2027, the show will be tracing the saint’s image from the late 13th century to the present, exploring the enduring relevance of his message of peace, universal brotherhood, and harmony with nature.

The exhibition brings together masterpieces by various artists including Titian, El Greco, Caravaggio, and Giovan Battista Piazzetta, alongside 20th-century and contemporary works by Duilio Cambellotti, Gino De Dominicis, Stefano Di Stasio, Fathina Ramos, and Jaume Plensa. Highlights include Caravaggio’s St Francis in Prayer and Piazzetta’s The Ecstasy of St Francis, which captures the saint’s profound spiritual experience in an intimate Baroque composition.

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Richard Avedon. In the American West

Richard Avedon was one of the most influential fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century, and the exhibition Richard Avedon. In the American West at PalaExpo, on display until December 31, showcases one of his celebrated portrait series. Between 1979 and 1984, Avedon travelled extensively across the American West, seeking out truck stops, county fairs, rodeos, amusement parks, oil fields, mining sites and slaughterhouses. Using a simple white backdrop set up outdoors and natural light alone, he photographed more than 1,000 people: ranchers, miners, waitresses, drifters, amusement-park workers, and the unemployed. By turning his camera on ordinary people, whom he saw as America’s hidden strength, Avedon sought to broaden his portrait of the US. The exhibition features the complete series of 110 prints produced for the book, alongside archival material from the Richard Avedon Foundation.

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The Power of Portraiture: Egypt and Rome. The Faces of Fayum

The exhibition The Power of Portraiture: Egypt and Rome. The Faces of Fayum (Ara Pacis Museum, until 2 May, 2027), brings together the celebrated Fayum portraits, among the most remarkable and rare painted images of the ancient world. Painted on wooden panels just a few millimetres thick, in tempera or encaustic, and using pigments mixed with hot wax, these portraits were placed over the faces of the deceased between the layers of their mummy bandages, preserving lifelike images of men, women, and children. Many of the 50 portraits on show are on loan from Egypt for the first time, such as Tondo of the Two Brothers, while 23 come from major museums around the world. This is a rare opportunity to see such an extraordinary collection in one place. Running from November 6.

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Food. Flavor in Art

Food. Il gusto nell’arte (Flavor in art) at Chiostro del Bramante explores the fascinating relationship between art and food, a universal theme that has shaped human history, culture, and everyday life. From traditional still lifes to contemporary installations, the exhibition looks at food not simply as nourishment, but as a source of creativity, identity, memory, and social connection. Artworks from different periods and disciplines are brought together with objects, images and installations, exploring the rituals, colors, forms and meanings associated with food.

The exhibition also reflects on changing attitudes towards eating and consumption, from ancient traditions to contemporary artistic experimentation, showing how food can become both a cultural heritage and a powerful form of artistic expression.

Until Feb 28, 2027. chiostrodelbramante.it

More dates on the calendar:

• AQVA. Catastrophe and Wonder. All Month. vaticanlibrary.va – catastrofeemeraviglia.it
• Sappho. The Spirit of Poetry. All Month. Uccellerie Farnesiane. colosseo.it
• Kandinsky. All Month. mostrepalazzobonaparte.it
• Pontormo. All Month. scuderiequirinale.it
• Aura. All Month. piazzamignanelli23.com
• Diego Rivera. All Month. museicapitolini.org
• The Return of the Heroes. All Month. museoetru.it
• The Unfinished: Between Poetics and Technique. All Month. museicapitolini.org
• Rembrandt. Absolute Black. The Revolution of Etching. All Month. navigaremostre.com
• Renato Guttuso. Mediterranean Soul. All Month. navigaremostre.com
• Keith Haring. All Month. museodiroma.it
• Elisa Montessori. Nel Corso del Tempo. All Month. museivillatorlonia.it