Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
  Location of the museum in Rome | |
| Established | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Location | Rome |
| Coordinates | 41°55′01″N 12°28′56″E [8] |
| Type | museum of 19th and 20th century art |
| Director | Cristiana Collu |
| Website | lagallerianazionale.com [9] |
Interior, Sala di Canova
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea ("national gallery of modern and contemporary art"), also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then Minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
Location of the museum in Rome | |
| Established | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Location | Rome |
| Coordinates | 41°55′01″N 12°28′56″E [8] |
| Type | museum of 19th and 20th century art |
| Director | Cristiana Collu |
| Website | lagallerianazionale.com [9] |
History
The present building, the Palazzo delle Belle Arti (Palace of Fine Arts) at Via delle Belle Arti, 113 (near the Etruscan Museum) was designed by prominent Italian architect Cesare Bazzani. It was completed between 1911 and 1915. The facade features exterior architectural friezes by sculptors Ermenegildo Luppi, Adolfo Laurenti, and Giovanni Prini,[1] with four figures of Fame holding bronze wreaths, sculpted by Adolfo Pantaresi and Albino Candoni.[2]
The museum was expanded by Bazzani in 1934, and again in 2000 by architects Diener & Diener.[3]
The museum
The museum displays about 1100 paintings and sculptures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, of which it has the largest collection in Italy. Among the Italian artists represented are Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Alberto Burri, Antonio Canova, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Amedeo Modigliani, Giacomo Manzù, Vittorio Matteo Corcos,[4] and Giorgio Morandi.[5] []
The Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le arti decorative, the Museo Hendrik C. Andersen, the Raccoltà Manzù, and the Museo Mario Praz form part of the Galleria Nazionale.[7]
It is sometimes referred to as "the teeth" by reason of its columnated appearance.