American Academy in Rome

President of the AAR, artist and architect Mark Robbins (Fellow 1997), presents his work at the intersection of public space, art and urban design and speaks about the role of cultural institutions in a civil society. Watch on Livestream.com now!

Polly Apfelbaum, FAAR'13, will be featured in an exhibition, The Potential of Women, at Alexander Gray Associates (510 W 26th Street, New York City) on view 7 September to 21 October. There will be an opening reception on 7 September from 6-8pm.

Don't miss Peter Benson Miller, Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, and others in “Philip Guston. The Painter Can't Sleep”, a public symposium on Thursday 31 August 2017, 4 pm – 6.30 pm at @gallerieaccademiavenezia.

Peter will discuss Guston's interest in Italian art, as well as work he created while at AAR and in Rome. Images (swipe left): Guston’s Pantheon (1973); ‘Untitled (Wall)’, from his Roma series, made at the AAR in 1971; and ‘Awakened by a Mosquito in the Villa Aurelia’, a "poem picture" inspired by a poem written by Guston's wife, Musa McKim Guston.

AAR Andrew Heiskell Arts Director @peterbensonmiller to participate in "Philip Guston. The Painter Can't Sleep", a public symposium mark the final week of the exhibition 'Philip Guston and The Poets’, @gallerieaccademiavenezia on Thursday 31 August 2017, 4 pm – 6.30 pm.

Program includes introductions by Paola Marini, Director of Gallerie dell'Accademia, and exhibition curator Kosme de Barañano. Poet Clark Coolidge will discuss his collaboration and friendship with Philip Guston. Peter Benson Miller, (@amacademyrome), will discuss Guston’s relationship with Italy. Musa Mayer, daughter of Philip Guston, and Pia Capelli will read from 'Night Studio. Un ritratto intimo di Philip Guston,' recently published in Italian by Johan & Levi (@johan_and_levi).
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The event will conclude with a book signing and refreshments. Admission is free, however RSVP is essential via email to guston@hauserwirth.com by Monday 21 August 2017. The exhibition closes Sunday, 3 September 2017.

For our friends in Rome:Tonight at 7:00pm--AAR Resident Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran, together with violin player Chala Yancy, will be performing at Sant'Andrea de Scaphis in Trastevere.Thursday, July 20, 7:00 pm
@aliciahallmoran @thejasonmoran rg:

Cheers to AAR Trustee Tod Williams (1983 Fellow), who has been elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation’s oldest scholarly organization. Candidates for APS membership are nominated by existing members and elected for extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.

Questa sera vi aspettiamo alle ore 18 a Villa Aurelia con il celebre musicista, compositore e artista Jason Moran che racconterà la sua indagine in svolgimento sulla relazione tra architettura, spazio e musica jazz.
Jason Moran è direttore artistico della sezione Jazz del Kennedy Center di Washington D.C e insegna al New England Conservatory di Boston. Recentemente ha creato una propria etichetta discografica e lanciato un nuovo magazine, LOOP dedicato agli aspetti molteplici che caratterizzano la cultura Jazz. Nel 2018, in primavera avrà la sua prima mostra personale al Walker Art Center di Minneapolis.

Martedì 13 giugno 2017, ore 18.00, Mark Bradford, protagonista del Padiglione Americano a La Biennale di Venezia incontra Hou Hanru, Direttore Artistico MAXXI.
Introducono Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Direttore MAXXI Arte
e Kimberly Bowes, Direttrice American Academy in Rome.
La conversazione, in collaborazione con l’American Academy in Rome e il supporto dell’Ambasciata degli Stati Uniti d’America in Italia, si terrà presso il MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo.

In the latest issue of Archinect, 2016 Rome Prize Winners Rachely Rotem and Phu Hoang discuss how to design for a rapidly changing environment and how the Rome Prize altered their practice.

Join 2016 Fellow Mark Boulos as he presents his new monograph on Thursday, June 8 at the Whitechapel Gallery in London and at the Galerie Stigter van Doesburg in Amsterdam on Friday, June 9.

Fellow and AAR Trustee Mary Margaret Jones visits the Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia to see “Philip Guston and The Poets”, an exhibition exploring the artist’s work in relation to critical literary interpretation. The exhibition is on view through September 3.

Recent work by Javier Galindo (2016 Fellow) will be on view at the launch of the journal 'Thresholds 45 : MYTH". The event, Friday May 26, will feature music and exhibitions from 5 to 10pm at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in NYC.