Rome Art Program
Rome Art Program inspires artistic vision through painting and drawing on the streets of Rome. A U.S.
Launched in 2009, the Rome Art Program is designed to inspire students to expand their artistic vision through painting and drawing on the streets of Rome; expanding on the plein-air tradition of earlier generations of artists. The Program's ideology is based on the compelling impact that firsthand observation and perception have on drawing and painting. Students will work on location taking their inspiration from the evocative ruins, churches, Renaissance palaces, museums, streets and gardens that constitute the Italian landscape. Critiques and lectures will lend insight and prompt a deeper knowledge of each student's artistic journey. Guiding students through important sites, distinguished art historians will illuminate the significance of historic places and periods. non-profit educational organization, the Program has an internationally recognized faculty of artists, visiting artists and art historians. We welcomes students pursuing their BA and MFA degrees in Studio Art, as well as painters and sculptors looking to renew their studio practice. Working plein-air, where the street and garden become the studio, profoundly impacts the focus and output of our students.
10/05/2026
Art, whatever it takes - Interview with Marco Pezzali
Marco Pezzali was born in Rome in 1957. He graduated in Classical Studies and went on to earn a law degree. Founded in 1976, the 'Galleria della Tartaruga' has organised exhibitions of important Italian and international artists at its Via Sistina location in Rome. Since 2022, it has also held exhibitions at the Eli bookshop on Viale Somalia, in Rome.
The Galleria della Tartaruga was founded to provide a professional space dedicated to modern art, connecting tradition with the contemporary.
Beyond their extensive technical knowledge and authentic mastery of artistic language, a subtle common thread unites the Tartaruga’s artists: a strong connection to traditionand a profound reflection on the past, aimed at achieving aesthetic results and fostering a greater understanding of current issues, and even anticipating future dynamics.
RomeArtProgram: How did your passion for art begin?
Marco Pezzali: I was probably influenced by being around my family at home. In fact, my father was apassionate painter and an engineer, while my mother had a degree in sculpture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome...
RAP: When did the project for the ‘Galleria della Tartaruga' ('Turtle Gallery') arise, and how was the name chosen?
Marco: My father had alreadyopened his own art gallery on Via Margutta called ‘Dei Leoni’. When I was nineteen, we considered opening another gallery on Via Sistina and we decided to choose the name of a lucky animal with a long life. 'Tartaruga' ('Turtle Gallery') was an obvious choice...
RAP: How did the Galleria project evolve into a multifunctional space today?
Marco: In October 2021, I had to leave the space on Via Sistina as the owners were terminating all leases on the property in order to create a tourist hotel. Fortunately, I was 'hosted' by my friend Marcello Ciccaglioni, a renowned bookseller in Rome, who had recently opened this new 700-square-metre multifunctional space. The centrepiece is the bookshop, which hosts events, book launches, courses, conferences and sales of new and used books. The space brings together Rome's oldest publishing house, Palombi Editori, and the Orvieto-based winery 'Le Velette', whose wines are used for openings and various post-event toasts.
Finally, I brought the ‘Galleria della Tartaruga’ to fill the exhibition spaces.
This combination of entities has generated a highly functional synergy, fostering cultural exchanges and providing constant stimulation forthe various activities, which consequently thrive off each other.
RAP: What role does art play today?
Marco: In anincreasingly fast-paced society undergoing profound transformation, such asthat brought about by the advent of digital technology, the role of art is difficult to grasp.
Art is trying to establish itself in this new reality, but the digital revolution is still inits infancy. However, as has always been the case, art will continue to interpret everyday feelings and prophesise the future.
RAP: What advice would you give to an emerging artist in the contemporary scene?
Marco: In times oftransition like ours, it's never easy to give advice. Today, the gap between generations seems vast due to the shift from an analytical world to an increasingly digital one. However, I feel I can offer one piece of advice: work with intellectual honesty and maintain your passion, determination and tenacity.
As always, time will be the impartial judge.
RAP: What is the position of galleries, museums, academies, & art schools today, and what is your opinion on how they should be positioned?
Marco: It's a difficult question to answer because we're in an era of repositioning for all organisations. I just feel that they should find aneffective way to support young people, in particular, and then guide them in their approach to art.
RAP: Will art save us?
Marco: Let's hope so!
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10/04/2026
Micro Arti Visive
Rome
Bruna Condoleo's new book
was presented and discussed with the public:
"Maestri dell'800. Da Turner a Monet, da Manet a van Gogh,
da Fattori a Modì"
(De Luca Editori d'Arte).
RomeArtProgram participated in the event.
Micro Arti Visive
Viale Mazzini 1
Rome
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10/04/2026
Gagosian
New York
Roy Lichtenstein
‘Like New’
the Whitney Museum of American Art
October 11, 2026
till May 10, 2027
New York
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10/03/2026
Monitor Art Gallery
Rome, Lisbon
Canção de dentro
Daniel V. Melim
text by Carolina Quintela
Opening Friday, October 9
from 6 to 8:30 pm
Monitor Lisbon announces Canção de dentro,
the second solo show by Portuguese multidisciplinary artist
Daniel V. Melim (Coimbra, 1982) at the Lisbon Gallery,
opening on Friday, October 9, from 6 to 8:30 pm.
The exhibition is accompanied by a text by Carolina Quintela.
Monitor Rome
Via degli Aurunci 44, 46, 48
00185 Rome
Monitor Lisbon
Rua da Páscoa, 91
1250-178 Lisbon
https://monitoronline.org/
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10/03/2026
Palazzo Diedo
Venice
October 6 and 10, 2026
Berggruen Arts & Culture organizes a summit on AI
and contemporary culture in Venice to celebrate the pioneering exhibition "Strange Rules" Gatherings and live performances featuring artists, writers, and theorists including Hito Steyerl, Holly Herndon, Simon Denny,
Primavera De Filippi, Niccolò Milanese, Venkatesh Rao, New Models, Dean Kissick, Sarah Friend, John Chowning
Berggruen Arts & Culture
Venice Palazzo Diedo
Fondamenta Diedo, Cannaregio 2386,
Venice
www.berggruenarts.org
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10/03/2026
Von Buren Contemporary
Rome
'Iconography of Absence'
Solo exhibition by
Marco Stefanucci
Opening
Thursday, October 15 and Friday, October 16, 2026
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Critical text: Anna Gasperini
The exhibition runs until November 12
Von Buren Contemporary
Via Giulia 13,
Rome
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10/01/2026
Monogramma Art Gallery
Via Margutta, Rome
Exhibition opening,
featuring the work of Benedicte Roland,
an artist who interprets marble by creating
exquisite lingerie forms,
transforming a solid, monumental material
into works of surprising delicacy and sensuality.
The exhibition will open at the gallery located at
Via Margutta 102, Rome
Friday, October 9, 2026, at 6:30 PM
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10/01/2026
Monogramma Art Gallery
Via Margutta, Rome
Exhibition opening
featuring the work of Benedicte Roland,
an artist who interprets marble by creating
exquisite lingerie forms,
transforming a solid, monumental material
into works of surprising delicacy and sensuality.
The exhibition will open at the gallery located at
Via Margutta 102,
Rome
Friday, October 9, 2026, at 6:30 PM
monogramma.it
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10/01/2026
Palazzo Blu
Pisa
Exhibition:
"Edward Hopper"
Preview:
October 13 h. 11:30
Palazzo Blu
Lungarno Gambacorti, 9
Pisa
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09/29/2026
German Embassy presentation
Rome
Organized by the German Embassy
and attended by H.E. Ambassador Thomas Bagger
and H.E. the Ambassador to the Holy See, Bruno Kahl,
the book presentation and lecture
"A Never-Ending Story? Russian Expansionist Ambitions from a Historical Perspective"
by the Prof. Dr. Martin Schulze Wessel
had taken place in collaboration with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
and the Embassy of Ukraine to the Holy See.
The lecture provided an in-depth analysis of the historical roots of Russian imperialism and expansionist ambitions in Eastern Europe, with a particular focus on the situation in Ukraine.
The venue took place at the Santa Croce University's Aula Magna, located within the Palazzo di Sant'Apollinare
in Rome.
RomeArtProgram participated in the event.
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