Past Events

June 29, 2024
Spoleto
Performance

Baldwin Giang – Scenes from the Post-Diaspora

Color photo of ten people seated or standing around a long dinner table topped with fruit and musical instruments

This concert develops themes of postglobalization identity and hybridity in a multimovement, multimedia opera where Baldwin Giang’s music is accompanied by video footage that marked his personal journey.

June 27, 2024
Rome
Performance

Exhibition Finissage: An Evening of Performances with Peng Shuai Paolo & Vanshika Agrawal

AAR has commissioned two performances from Vanshika Agrawal and Peng Shuai Paolo as response to the exhibition A Moment in Time: Xu Bing in Rome.

June 22, 2024
Rome
Performance

Baldwin Giang – Death Speaks in Palimpsests

Color photo of three muscians, their instruments, and music stands in a room

The program presents the Italian premieres of works by two composers associated with AAR, Baldwin Giang (2024 Fellow) and David Lang (1991 Fellow, 2017 Resident).

June 18, 2024
Rome
Conference/Symposium

Erica Hunt & Lina Pallota: In Good Company

Drawing on their extensive life and work experiences, Erica Hunt (2024 Fellow) and Lina Pallotta will discuss collaborations across various communities, including visual artists, poets, and musicians.

June 11, 2024
Rome
Talking Architecture

Talking Architecture No. 3: Mario Gooden & Francesco Careri

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Talking Architecture is a series of talks in collaboration with La Sapienza and Casa dell’Architettura dedicated to new orientations and outstanding achievements in contemporary American architecture.

June 6, 2024
Rome
Exhibition

Open Studios 2024

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Open Studios showcases the work in progress of seventeen Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows at the American Academy in Rome.

June 6, 2024
Venice
Performance

Nico Muhly – To the Body

Color photo of a light skinned man sitting a computer desk and looking at the camera

Nico Muhly’s To the Body is an immersive soundscape created for Yu Hong: Another One Bites the Dust, an exhibition curated by Alexandra Munroe in Venice.

June 5, 2024
Rome
McKim Medal Gala

2024 McKim Medal Gala

One of the highest-profile cultural events of the social calendar in Rome, the McKim Medal Gala honors individuals whose work has contributed significantly to the arts and humanities internationally.

June 4, 2024
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Open Stacks 2024: Scholars’ Presentations

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Open Stacks offers an overview of the ongoing research projects of Rome Prize and Getty Global Fellows in the humanities at the American Academy in Rome.

May 30, 2024
Rome
Performance
Seminar

Remembering Malcolm Bell III

color photograph of men and woman sitting on an ancient staircase in Tunisia

AAR will host a seminar and concert honoring the life and work of the archaeologist Malcolm (“Mac”) Bell III, who died in January of this year.