Upcoming events

May 14–November 9, 2025
Rome
Exhibition

Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape

AAR presents Women and Ruins: Archaeology, Photography, and Landscape, the first exhibition dedicated to the influence of a group of trailblazing women who helped record archaeology and landscapes from new vantage points.

November 3, 2025
Rome
Fellow Shoptalks

Undefined Spaces: Between Image and Relief

2025-26 Fellow Shoptalks

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

November 6, 2025
New York
Benefit

New York Gala 2025

2025 New York Gala sigil

The next New York Gala will take place on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at the New York Public Library’s Bartos Forum.

November 6, 2025
New York
New York Gala

New York Gala After Party

The annual New York Gala celebrates the extraordinary innovation, scholarship, and exchange of ideas that have taken place at the Academy since 1894. Proceeds from the evening support the Academy, which provides time and space for the world’s best thinkers, scholars, and artists to create and imagine a better future.

November 10, 2025
New York
Symposium

Francesco Urbano Ragazzi – LAAAAAND!!! Curating Another Nation

This panel discussion, organized by Francesco Urbano Ragazzi (2025 Italian Fellows), will reflect on how art and curating respond critically to a renewed and suspicious interest in the national dimension of culture.

November 13, 2025
New York
Film Screening

Francesco Urbano Ragazzi – TUTTAUNANOTTE. An Italian Cinematic Showcase

tuttaunanotte

Ten U.S. premieres by Italian and Italy-based artists, curated by 2025 Italian Fellows Francesco Urbano Ragazzi. Dreamlike and spectral, the program transforms darkness into a space of listening, guiding viewers from colonial pasts to imagined futures.

November 22, 2025
Venice

Venice Biennale of Architecture, Speakers' Corner Workshop: Afterlives of Ruins

November 25, 2025
Rome
Conversations/Conversazioni
Environmental Humanities

Conversation: Approaches to Medieval Environments

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.

December 3–4, 2025
Rome
Conference/Symposium

Food at the Nexus of Territory, Tradition, and Climate Change

A collaboration with Dartmouth, this gathering will immerse participants in the complexities and intersections of food systems, culture, and sustainability.

December 5, 2025
Brooklyn
Performance

Scenes from the Post-Diaspora

BlackBox Ensemble performs the US premiere of PIPA BOY: Three Scenes from the Post-Diaspora by Baldwin Giang (2024 Fellow).