Past Events

Monday, February 1, 2021
6:00 PM
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Rebecca Messbarger & Francesca Berni

Color photograph of a portion of a nine-panel painting that depict a man hanging by the neck from the pillar of a building, with various human, angelic, and demonic figures

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Monday, January 25, 2021
6:00 PM
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Carla Keyvanian & David Serlin

Color photograph of the facade of an abandoned, crumbling early-twentieth-century hospital administration building, with an overcast sky

Fellow Shoptalks are a forum in which Rome Prize winners, Italian Fellows, and Affiliated Fellows present their work to each other and to the public. Shoptalks are occasionally streamed live on Zoom and posted to the Academy’s YouTube channel.

Monday, November 30, 2020
6:00 PM
Rome
The City

Lynne Lancaster – Rome “Urbs Pensilis”: A Hanging City and Its Hanging Gardens

Monday, November 23, 2020
6:00 PM
Conversations/Conversazioni

A.O. Scott & Garrett Bradley

Black and white film still of a closeup of Fox Rich looking into a mirror

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

Monday, November 9, 2020
6:00 PM
Rome
The City

Giovanna Silva – Narratives/Relazioni

Monday, November 2, 2020
6:00 PM
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
The City

Andreas Scholl & Lynne Lancaster – The Pergamon Panorama in Berlin: Where Tradition and Innovation Converge

2020 Conversations - Pergamon Panorama

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
7:00 PM
Benefit

2020 Virtual Benefit: One Moment/Infinite Ideas

Monday, October 19, 2020
6:00 PM
Rome
Lecture/Conversation

Elizabeth Rodini – In and Out of Istanbul: The Cosmopolitan Life of a Peripatetic Portrait

Monday, October 5, 2020
6:00 PM
Conversations/Conversazioni
The City

Catherine Opie & Mark Robbins – Notes from America

Black and white photograph of a depopulated Wall Street in the early morning, looking west at Trinity Church from the steps of Federal Hall

The Academy’s signature series of events, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome, convenes leading artists, scholars, designers, historians, and museum leaders for frank, wide-ranging discussions on a variety of topics in the arts and humanities.

Monday, September 14, 2020
6:00 PM
Rome
The City

Avinoam Shalem – The City Objectified: Visual Histories of Withdrawals