May 27, 2026
7:30pm
Villa Aurelia
Largo di Porta San Pancrazio, 1
00153 Rome

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.

The McKim Medal was designed by Cy Twombly and crafted by BVLGARI.

Wine for the evening will be provided by Castello di Ama and Tiberio.

For more information, please contact Inga Clausing at i.clausing [at] aarome.org (i[dot]clausing[at]aarome[dot]org), or +39 06 58 46 474.

Honoring 

Ludovico Einaudi

Gala Chair

Eugenia d’Aurelio

Honorary Gala Chairs

Beatrice Bulgari 
Ginevra Elkann 
Lauren Fertitta
Margherita Marenghi Vaselli
Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi

Founding Gala Chair

Verdella Caracciolo De Benedictis

Gala Committee

Ludovica Amati
Alessia Antinori
Mercedes T. Bass
Donella Bossi Pucci
Laura Cibrario Franzan
Inga Clausing
Noemia d’Amico
Delfina Delettrez Fendi
Alexandra De La Mora
Alessandra Di Castro
Elena Di Giovanni
Andrea Donzelli
Cole Frates
Paola Gaetani d’Aragona
Francesco Gianni
Valeria Giuliani
Eugenio Grippo
Pepi Marchetti Franchi
Alessia Margiotta Broglio
Margherita Marzotto  
Alexandra Massimo di Roccasecca
Antonio Monfreda
Martine Orsini
Diamara Parodi Delfino
Diana Picasso
Antonio Sersale
Ines Torlonia Theodoli Clarke
Calvin Tsao
Caio Twombly
Paola Ugolini
Virginia Valsecchi
Osanna Visconti di Modrone
Mafalda von Hessen
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

Corporate Patrons

Lottomatica

Corporate Supporters

Bloomberg
Carla Fendi Foundation
Chiomenti
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
Fondazione BVLGARI 
Fondazione Iris
Gagosian
Gianni & Origoni
Giorgio Armani