November 14, 2017 2017 Fall Gala In November, 250 guests gathered to honor Tony Kushner and returning Rome Prize Fellows at the American Academy in Rome’s Fall Gala in New York. Read more
August 18, 2017 AAR Remembers John W. Hyland Jr. John W. Hyland Jr., a longtime Academy friend and chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees, has passed away. Read more
July 10, 2017 Director Kimberly Bowes Highlights AAR’s Ongoing Commitment to Archaeology In 1948, teams of archeologists from the Academy traveled up the Tuscan coast to the abandoned town of Cosa. They were the first Americans granted a permit to excavate in Italy. Under the directorship of then Mellon Professor Frank Brown, the teams began one of the first attempts in Italy to chart the history of a Roman town. Read more
June 5, 2017 Charles Ray in Rome In the spirit of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad (1869), which brought American mythologies into relief through direct encounters with Europe, AAR invited celebrated artist Charles Ray, to explore the theme of “American Classics.” The new sculpture resulting from this invitation debuts in a two-work exhibition at the Academy in May, during the artist’s tenure as the 2017 Deenie Yudell Artist in Residence. Read more
June 4, 2017 2017 Mediterranean Discussion Group Each year at the American Academy in Rome, common themes emerge among Fellows’ projects with wonderful serendipity. This year found several scholars and artists investigating the Mediterranean as a geographical and conceptual framework in different historical periods and from different perspectives. Read more
May 25, 2017 AAR Remembers Sophie Consagra It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the passing of Sophie Chandler Consagra, an integral and unique figure in the history of the American Academy in Rome. Her long relationship with the Academy began with her being hired as AAR director in 1980, then with her selection in 1984 as president. Read more
January 23, 2017 American Academy in Rome Appoints John Ochsendorf as Director AAR announced today that John Ochsendorf, a preservation engineer, historian, and educator, has been selected as the twenty-third director of the American Academy in Rome. Read more
January 17, 2017 AAR Remembers Lidia Villani It is with sorrow that we say goodbye to our colleague Lidia Villani, who passed away a few days ago. Lidia began at the American Academy in Rome in 1999 as administrative assistant and cashier. Her contagious cheerfulness enlightened both her work and her personal relationships with the community. Read more
November 30, 2016 AAR Remembers Pina Pasquantonio It is with great sadness that we relay the passing of Pina Pasquantonio, our assistant director of operations in Rome. Read more
November 23, 2016 Carne: Meat Recipes from the American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is pleased to announce that Carne is finally available for sale, just in time for holiday shopping! Written by Chris Behr, head chef at AAR’s Rome Sustainable Food Program, Carne is the fifth book in our cookbook series, following Biscotti, Zuppe, Pasta, and Verdure. Read more
November 17, 2016 2016 Fall Gala The American Academy in Rome’s 2016 Gala held at the Morgan Library and Museum honored the remarkable Laurie Anderson and celebrated Rome Prize Fellows. Read more
May 8, 2016 The 2016–17 Rome Prize Winners The American Academy in Rome is pleased to present winners of the 2016 Rome Prize Fellowship. These thirty-one artists and scholars will receive a stipend, workspace, and room and board for a period of six months to two years at the Academy’s eleven-acre campus in Rome. Fellowship winners were presented at the Arthur and Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony, which was held in Kaplan Hall Auditorium at the New School in New York. Read more
February 8, 2016 From Rome to Berlin: AAR and the Scharoun Ensemble, a Lasting Collaboration Flaming music boxes. Ping pong balls. Kurt Vonnegut. Shakespeare. While not typical staples of classical music, all have been featured in the work of AAR composers and performed by the renowned Scharoun Ensemble. Read more
January 8, 2016 On Museum Design Last week, a capacity audience filled the ODC Dance Theater in San Francisco for the latest installment of Conversations | Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome. The event, a panel discussion on the design of museums and cultural spaces, featured speakers offering unique perspectives on approaching their work. Read more
December 22, 2015 Cy Twombly, Photographer It’s not easy to picture Cy Twombly with a camera in his hand. Famous for his abstract canvases and found-object sculptures, Twombly’s best-known work seems to eschew the world in favor of its symbolic and conceptual fundamentals. Read more
December 21, 2015 AER at AAR: Celebrating the Past, Present, and Future of Electronic Music The composer Annie Gosfield, a current AAR Resident, sat serenely at her computer while the percussionist Chris Cutler roamed barefoot around an ensemble of suspended garden tools. Read more
December 21, 2015 On Her Own Terms: Revealing Esther Van Deman Over the last three years, a collaboration between the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, or the Centro, and AAR has given the Centro students an opportunity to use Academy resources to curate their own exhibition. This year, they worked with Academy curator Valentina Follo to tell the story of a pioneering woman—Esther Boise Van Deman. Read more
December 9, 2015 2015 Cabaret – A Gathering of Fellows and Friends A festive group of Fellows, Affiliated Fellows, Residents, Trustees, and Academy friends reunited recently for an annual tradition—the 2015 AAR Cabaret. Read more
November 9, 2015 An Evening of Poetry with Robert Polito and Edward Hirsch A large crowd braved driving rain turn to see Edward Hirsch (1989 Fellow) and Robert Polito read and discuss poetry at this fall’s first US installment of the series, Conversations/Conversazioni: From the American Academy in Rome. Read more
November 6, 2015 Regias Revisited Archaeology is destruction—every turn of the spade destroys layers of earth that preserve moments of the human past. The archaeology archive—the documentation that records excavation—transforms that destructive moment into history. More important than any buried building or fragment of sculpture, this archive preserves the tenuous link between the modern archaeologist and the people of the past. Read more