September 8, 2022 American Academy in Rome’s New York Offices to Move to West Chelsea The American Academy in Rome is moving its New York offices to the Dia Art Foundation building at 535 West 22nd Street in October. Read more
August 1, 2022 New Mordant Family/Australia Council Affiliated Fellows: Reko Rennie and Angela Valamanesh Two celebrated Australian artists, Reko Rennie and Angela Valamanesh, are the latest recipients of the Mordant Family/Australia Council Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. Read more
July 28, 2022 In Memoriam: Nancy Brown Negley The American Academy in Rome notes with sadness the death of Nancy Brown Negley, Trustee Emerita. Read more
July 15, 2022 Film Screening and Discussion Examines Stories of Migrant Life in Italy A Fellows’ Project Fund event on July 5 was dedicated to organizations that advocate for social and racial justice for migrants in Italy. Read more
July 11, 2022 CBS Sunday Morning Visits the Academy CBS Sunday Morning distilled the Academy’s essence, history, and present-day life in a five-minute television segment that aired on July 10. Read more
June 23, 2022 In Memoriam: Jay Hopler, 2011 Fellow The American Academy in Rome celebrates the life of the late poet Jay Hopler (2011 Fellow). Read more
June 10, 2022 AAR Announces Expansion of Global Affiliates Program A grant from the Getty Foundation’s Connecting Art Histories initiative will support a residency for scholars from underserved regions in the greater Mediterranean basin. Read more
June 9, 2022 AAR Celebrated the 2022 McKim Medal Gala on June 8 The American Academy in Rome honored curator Cecilia Alemani and the filmmaker and producer Matteo Garrone at the sixteenth McKim Medal Gala at the Villa Aurelia in Rome on June 8. Read more
June 6, 2022 2022 Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters Alumni of AAR are well represented among the 2022 American Academy of Arts and Letters award winners. Read more
June 3, 2022 Memoirs Volume 66 Published AAR has just published volume 66 of its flagship journal, the Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. Read more
June 1, 2022 Finding the Black Experience in Italy Rhonda Collier, the Inaugural Tuskegee University Affiliated Fellow, conducts research from the American Academy in Rome. Read more
May 27, 2022 In Memoriam: Professor Giovanni Uggeri AAR is saddened to learn of the death of Giovanni Uggeri (1965 Affiliated Fellow), an internationally renowned archeologist and scholar in the field of ancient topography. With his passing, we have lost a treasured user of our Library. Read more
May 26, 2022 AAR Announces Visionary Gift of Nearly $5 Million from the Tsao Family Foundation A visionary set of gifts by the Tsao Family Foundation will support scholars working on the historical intersection of China and Italy in arts and ideas, artists from China, as well as faculty or doctoral students from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Read more
May 24, 2022 Inaugural Fondazione Sicilia Affiliated Fellows Are Announced Congratulations to the inaugural Fondazione Sicilia Affiliated Fellows: artist duo Antonella Genuardi and Leonardo Ruta and scholar Gaia Nuccio. Read more
May 18, 2022 A Planned Gift A recent bequest intention from the Grose Family Fund will support Fellows who identify as LGBTQI+ or whose artistic or scholarly projects in Rome explore LGBTQI+ themes. Read more
May 4, 2022 From the Archives: Anna McCann Meet Anna McCann, the first American woman underwater archaeologist. Read more
April 25, 2022 Announcing the 2022–23 Rome Prize Winners and Italian Fellows The American Academy in Rome has announced the winners of the 2022–23 Rome Prize and Italian Fellowships. Read more
April 22, 2022 Trustees Emeriti Gather in New York AAR Trustees Emeriti came together in New York on Tuesday, April 19 for a reception with Academy Fellows. Read more
April 1, 2022 Aliza S. Wong Appointed 25th Director of the American Academy in Rome AAR is pleased to announce that Aliza S. Wong, a professor of history and interim dean of the Honors College at Texas Tech University, has been appointed to be the Academy’s 25th Director. Read more
March 31, 2022 AAR Launches on the Free Bloomberg Connects App Explore the American Academy in Rome at your fingertips on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app. Read more