National Gallery of Modern Art: aka GNAM, is located in Rome’s picturesque Villa Borghese Park. More than seven dozen exhibition halls are filled with five thousand pieces. The National Gallery of Modern Art is a logical complement to the Borghese Gallery, located on the same estate. While the Borghese Gallery exhibits works by masters of the 15th-18th centuries, the GNAM’s large exposition consists of paintings and sculpture from the 19th-20th centuries.
The National Gallery of Modern Art began its activities at the end of the 19th century. The idea of organising a museum showcasing contemporary Italian art had long been in the air. And so, in 1883, the Palace of Exhibitions was built, designed by the architect Pio Pianchetti.
For the rest of the 20th century, painters of the newly united Italy. Expositions and exhibitions The very name of the exhibition hall suggests that it focuses on the work of Italian contemporary masters. At first, the walls of the GNAM were decorated with works by artists representing romanticism, realism and modernism. Portraits, landscapes by Boldini, Palazzi, Vincenzo Caprile, Celintano, Vittorio Corcos.
The southern coast of Italy, made by the followers of the Sorrento school of art, looks especially juicy. It is also worth paying attention to a unique direction in Italian painting – macchiaioli (from the word macchia – “spot”).
Museum opening hours: 10.00-18.30
Days off – Monday, 25 December. 1 May.
