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Founded over 350 years ago, the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici is an artists' residence, an art center with a wide range of programs (exhibitions, festivals, concerts, performance) and a cultural heritage site open to visitors.

Visits Programme Residencies

Extrait du film Human Energy, 2023 © Jessica Segall

Exhibition

Black sun

09.10.2026 - 18.01.2027

Artists :
Latif Al Ani
Monira Al Qadiri
Jananne Al-Ani
Ana Alenso
Ismaïl Bahri
Alessandro Balteo-Yazbeck
Bernardo Bertolucci
Rossella Biscotti
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Alberto Burri
Chloe Dewe Mathews
Aref El Rayess
Fouad Elkoury
Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly
Media Farzin
Mehdi Ghadyanloo
Lungiswa Gqunta
Robert Gschwantner
Jacqueline Hassink
Isabelle Hayeur
Romuald Hazoumè
Michael Hirschbichler
Alexandre Hogue
Nancy Holt
Jumana Manna
Alessandro Marchi
Anita Molinero
Anahita Norouzi
Robert Rauschenberg
Ed Ruscha
Shirin Sabahi
Behjat Sadr
Latifa Saeed
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Jessica Segall
Allan Sekula
Robert Smithson
Thu-Van Tran
Jala Wahid
Hani Zurob

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Exhibition

FRANÇOIS MORELLET

09.10.2026 - 18.01.2027

Curator :
Alessandro Gallicchio

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Exhibition invitation

Francis Picabia

09.10.2026 - 18.01.2027

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Call for projects

Interior design of the last three fellows’ pavilions

The French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici is opening a new call for projects from June 22 to October 30, 2026 for the interior design of the last three fellows' pavilions (pavilions G-H-I).

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Long-term Residency

Open call fellows annual selection

Application 04.09 - 16.10.2026

Each year, the French Academy in Rome - Villa Medici organizes an international competition to select fellows who will be welcomed at the Villa Medici in Rome for a 12-month residency in creation, experimentation and research (residency begins in September, ends in August).

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Currently at Villa Medici

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Crossing the Threshold of Villa Medici

Visit

Step inside one of the most beautiful Renaissance villas in the heart of the Italian capital and travel through Renaissance Rome, the Rome of the 17th- and 18th-century Grand Tour, all the way to the Rome of today....

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