February 1, 2018 Blackout: Allora & Calzadilla Opening on February 15 MAXXI is presenting a project by the American artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla called Blackout. Read more
January 30, 2018 Black Value Opening on February 8 A group exhibition titled Black Value, composed of current and former Academy Fellows, opens on February 8 in Florence. Read more
January 25, 2018 Tony Kushner’s Centennial Medal Speech The celebrated playwright and screenwriter Tony Kushner delivered a delightful Centennial Medal Speech during the American Academy in Rome’s 2017 Fall Gala. Read more
January 24, 2018 Lynne C. Lancaster Is Appointed Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the Humanities Lynne C. Lancaster, an archaeologist, architectural historian, educator, and 2002 Fellow, has been selected as the next Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the Humanities at the American Academy in Rome. Read more
January 18, 2018 Three AAR Alumni Are Named 2018 United States Artists Fellows United States Artists has selected two Rome Prize winners, Abigail DeVille and Thomas Kelley, and one AAR Resident, Tania León, to receive 2018 fellowships. Read more
January 9, 2018 Artist Rana Hamadeh Is Mondriaan Fellow Rana Hamadeh, an artist based in Rotterdam, has won the 2017 Prix de Rome, the oldest and most generous award in the Netherlands for visual artists under the age of forty. Since 2012, the Mondriaan Fund has been responsible for the award. Read more
January 5, 2018 Conference Report: The Political Power of Sacred Texts A conference held at the American Academy in Rome on October 19, 2017, brought together eminent scholars from Biblical, Qur’anic, Hindu, and Chinese studies. Read more
December 14, 2017 Matera Imagined/Matera Immaginata: Photography and a Southern Italian Town The Academy’s fall 2017 exhibition, Matera Imagined/Matera Immaginata: Photography and a Southern Italian Town, travels to Matera, located in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. Read more
November 14, 2017 2017 Fall Gala In November, 250 guests gathered to honor Tony Kushner and returning Rome Prize Fellows at the American Academy in Rome’s Fall Gala in New York. Read more
August 18, 2017 AAR Remembers John W. Hyland Jr. John W. Hyland Jr., a longtime Academy friend and chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees, has passed away. Read more
July 10, 2017 Director Kimberly Bowes Highlights AAR’s Ongoing Commitment to Archaeology In 1948, teams of archeologists from the Academy traveled up the Tuscan coast to the abandoned town of Cosa. They were the first Americans granted a permit to excavate in Italy. Under the directorship of then Mellon Professor Frank Brown, the teams began one of the first attempts in Italy to chart the history of a Roman town. Read more
June 5, 2017 Charles Ray in Rome In the spirit of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad (1869), which brought American mythologies into relief through direct encounters with Europe, AAR invited celebrated artist Charles Ray, to explore the theme of “American Classics.” The new sculpture resulting from this invitation debuts in a two-work exhibition at the Academy in May, during the artist’s tenure as the 2017 Deenie Yudell Artist in Residence. Read more
June 4, 2017 2017 Mediterranean Discussion Group Each year at the American Academy in Rome, common themes emerge among Fellows’ projects with wonderful serendipity. This year found several scholars and artists investigating the Mediterranean as a geographical and conceptual framework in different historical periods and from different perspectives. Read more
May 25, 2017 AAR Remembers Sophie Consagra It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Sophie Chandler Consagra, an integral and unique figure in the history of the American Academy in Rome. Her long relationship with the Academy began with her being hired as AAR director in 1980, then with her selection in 1984 as president. Read more
January 23, 2017 American Academy in Rome Appoints John Ochsendorf as Director AAR announced today that John Ochsendorf, a preservation engineer, historian, and educator, has been selected as the twenty-third director of the American Academy in Rome. Read more
January 17, 2017 AAR Remembers Lidia Villani It is with sorrow that we say goodbye to our colleague Lidia Villani, who passed away a few days ago. Lidia began at the American Academy in Rome in 1999 as administrative assistant and cashier. Her contagious cheerfulness enlightened both her work and her personal relationships with the community. Read more
November 30, 2016 AAR Remembers Pina Pasquantonio It is with great sadness that we relay the passing of Pina Pasquantonio, our assistant director of operations in Rome. Read more
November 23, 2016 Carne: Meat Recipes from the American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is pleased to announce that Carne is finally available for sale, just in time for holiday shopping! Written by Chris Behr, head chef at AAR’s Rome Sustainable Food Program, Carne is the fifth book in our cookbook series, following Biscotti, Zuppe, Pasta, and Verdure. Read more
November 17, 2016 2016 Fall Gala The American Academy in Rome’s 2016 Gala held at the Morgan Library and Museum honored the remarkable Laurie Anderson and celebrated Rome Prize Fellows. Read more
May 8, 2016 The 2016–17 Rome Prize Winners The American Academy in Rome is pleased to present winners of the 2016 Rome Prize Fellowship. These thirty-one artists and scholars will receive a stipend, workspace, and room and board for a period of six months to two years at the Academy’s eleven-acre campus in Rome. Fellowship winners were presented at the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony, which was held in Kaplan Hall Auditorium at the New School in New York. Read more