Art: 47 exhibitions and events, the rich 2020 of Rome

ROME - It will be a 2020 pyrotechnic for the municipal museums of Rome. The Torlonia Marbles, contemporary art in Villa Borghese, the history of the city from the Breccia di Porta Pia to the First World War as a focus for the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Roma Capitale, the great archeology of the Republican Urbe, are among the events of most prominent of the calendar of 47 exhibitions that will involve the exhibition sites of the Capitoline system. Luca Bergamo, deputy mayor with responsibility for Cultural Growth, presenting the program in the Montermartini power plant, highlighted the result of the work to enhance the city's artistic and cultural heritage: "From 2016 to 2019, with the exception of a slight decrease in 2018, there has been a constant increase in visitors to the museum system, from one million 700 thousand to two million and 70 thousand admissions ".
The calendar developed with the Capitoline Superintendence for Cultural Heritage directed by Maria Vittoria Marini Clarelli and with Zetema, aims to strengthen the trend, starting from the most awaited exhibition, "Torlonia marbles. Collecting masterpieces", promoted with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Torlonia Foundation, scheduled from April 4 to January 10, 2021 at Palazzo Caffarelli, recovered as an exhibition space of the Capitoline Museums after 55 years of closure and inaugurated for the occasion. "It is an event of worldwide importance - said Bergamo -. The set up is curated by the Chipperfield studio but the layout of the rooms is the work of the Capitoline Superintendency". For "Back to Nature", from April 23 to December in the Parco dei Daini in Villa Borghese, great works created by international artists will be installed, from Mario Merz to Edoardo Tresoldi, Mimmo Paladino, Grazia Toderi, Andreco and Davide Rivalta. (HANDLE).