Art in Rome

Discover 10 places to experience unusual art in Rome.

Museo Barracco di Scultura Antica

An expansive collection donated by an heirless nobleman formed this admission-free civic museum.

Borromini's Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada

Borromini's Perspective Gallery of Palazzo Spada

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

Permanently Closed

Mirabilia Gallery.

Mirabilia Gallery

A wunderkammer of curious objects and intriguing art nestled within a hub of ancient Roman sites.

Frescoes in the basilica chapel.

Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

The lower basilica of San Clemente.

Sisinnius Fresco in the Basilica San Clemente

A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

Chigi Chapel.

Parish Church of Santa Maria del Popolo

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

All pieces of art are donated to this illegal museum.

Metropoliz Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

Permanently Closed

Mi sono perso. XVII-IX-MMX

'Mi Sono Perso' ('I Am Lost')

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum

Hendrik Christian Andersen House Museum

The former home of an Italian artist is now a shrine to his ambitious works.

Roman heads alongside a diesel engine.

Centrale Montemartini

Gods clash with machines in a power plant regenerated as a museum.

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