National Gallery of Modern Art

Rome’s Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna was created in 1883 to house the contemporary works of art of the newly unified Italian state. The gallery was originally located in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni until 1915, when the collections were moved to the Palace of Fine Arts, where works of contemporary and modern Italian art are still displayed.

The exhibits

Visiting the National Gallery of Modern Art

The museum’s collection includes more than 5,000 paintings and sculptures, including works that range from the neoclassical period to the abstract works created around 1960.

The enormous halls in which the museum’s permanent collection is displayed are highly interesting. They not only display extravagant works of art as in most museums of modern art, but valuable works by well known artists can also be viewed.

The museum’s lower floor consists of works from the 19th century, including works by Paul Cezanne, Antonio Canova, Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh.

The upper floor consists of works from the 20th century, including Futurist, Cubist, Dadaist, and abstract art.

Different from its peers

The Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna offers an interesting collection consisting of a large number of works by well-known artists displayed in a way that makes for a pleasant visit.

Unlike other museums of modern art, which focus on the exhibition of abstract and strange works of art, the gallery in Rome offers an interesting variety of art.