Past Events

The event explores the travels and discoveries of women archaeologists featured in Women & Ruins: Archaeology, Landscape, and Photography—including Gertrude Bell, Esther Van Deman, the Bulwer Sisters, and Marion Blake—followed by a discussion of Olivier Guez’s Mesopotamia with Caroline Goodson, Ilaria Puri Purini, and moderator Raffaella Silvestri.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.