The American Academy in Rome will hold the next McKim Medal Gala on June 4, 2025. Official sales will open on January 15.

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.

Gala Chair

Beatrice Bulgari

Honorary Gala Chairs

Ginevra Elkann
Margherita Marenghi Vaselli
Carla Markell
Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi

Founding Gala Chair

Verdella Caracciolo De Benedictis

Gala Committee

Alessia Antinori
Ludovica Amati
Mercedes T. Bass
Donella Bossi Pucci
Laura Cibrario Franzan
Inga Clausing
Noemia d’Amico
Eugenia d’Aurelio
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
Alexandra Massimo di Roccasecca
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

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Lottomatica Group

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