The American Academy in Rome honored the filmmaker and screenwriter Sofia Coppola at the McKim Medal Gala on June 5, 2024. The sold-out evening raised over $900,000 to support AAR and its fellowships. 

We are deeply grateful to our faithful supporters who have, once again, ensured that the gala was a success. 

The American Academy in Rome will hold the next McKim Medal Gala in June 2025.

This year’s honoree is Sofia Coppola, presented by Rachel Feinstein.

One of the highest-profile cultural events of the social calendar in Rome, the annual McKim Medal Gala honors individuals whose work internationally, most particularly in Italy and in the United States, has contributed significantly to the arts and humanities, and whose life exemplifies creative and intellectual exchange across the arts, scholarship, language, and culture.

Proceeds from the evening support Academy programs and American, Italian, and international artists and scholars, providing them with important opportunities to pursue their individual studies, to participate in and contribute to international discourse in their fields and disciplines, and to gain experience that will be invaluable throughout their careers.

For more information, please contact Inga Clausing at mckimgala [at] aarome.org (mckimgala[at]aarome[dot]org) or +39 06 58 46 474.

McKim Medal Gala Chair

Margherita Marenghi Vaselli

Honorary Gala Chairs

Ginevra Elkann
Carla Markell
Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi

Founding Gala Chair

Verdella Caracciolo De Benedictis

McKim Medal Gala Committee

Alessia Antinori
Mercedes T. Bass
Beatrice Bulgari
Laura Cibrario Franzan
Inga Clausing
Noemia d’Amico
Delfina Delettrez Fendi
Elena Di Giovanni
Andrea Donzelli
Cole Frates and Alexandra De La Mora
Paola Gaetani d’Aragona
Francesco Gianni
Valeria Giuliani
Eugenio Grippo
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
Alessia Margiotta Broglio
Emanuele Mascioni
Antonio Monfreda
Martine Orsini
Diamara Parodi Delfino
Mirella Petteni Haggiag
Diana Picasso
Ines Torlonia Theodoli Clarke
Paola Ugolini
Virginia Valsecchi
Osanna Visconti di Modrone
Mafalda von Hessen
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

Presenting Sponsor

Bulgari SpA

Corporate Benefactor

Fondazione Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti

Corporate Patrons

Gagosian
Lottomatica Group

Corporate Supporters

Amanita
Assicurazioni Generali
Blazé Milano
Bloomberg
Boies Schiller Flexner Italy
Carla Fendi Foundation
Chanel
Chiomenti
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Fendi
Fincantieri SpA
Gianni & Origoni
Giorgio Armani
Jefferies
Valentino SpA