16 Oct Press presentation of the fifth edition of Roma Arte in Nuvola
Rome, October 16, 2025 – One of the most eagerly awaited events on the Italian art scene is back: Roma Arte in Nuvola – International Fair of Modern and Contemporary Art, now in its fifth edition. From November 21 to 23, 2025, the spaces of La Nuvola, designed by Massimiliano Fuksas, will host a rich program of exhibitions, talks, events, and performances where artists, gallerists, curators, and art enthusiasts will come together in one of the major cultural events of the autumn season.
Conceived and organized by Alessandro Nicosia, under the artistic direction of Adriana Polveroni and promoted by EUR S.p.A., Roma Arte in Nuvola benefits from the active participation of the Ministry of Culture, Roma Capitale, and the Lazio Region, as well as the Patronage of the Dicastery for Evangelization of the Vatican City. The fair is organized and produced by C.O.R. Creare Organizzare Realizzare in collaboration with Costruire Cultura.
Following the success of the previous edition — which drew over 38,000 visitors — the 2025 edition promises to be even richer in content, with a cross-disciplinary cultural offering that continues to grow, aimed at an increasingly broad and diverse audience.
“We wanted Rome — a city that had long lacked an art fair — to fill that gap by offering a unique platform for dialogue between modern and contemporary art and new artistic expressions, with the goal of playing a driving role for Southern Italy and the entire Mediterranean area.”
— Alessandro Nicosia
Roma Arte in Nuvola seeks to distinguish itself from other Italian art fairs by positioning itself not merely as a marketplace, but as a true cultural event featuring a wide range of exhibitions and activities in which institutions are called to take an active role, helping to forge a new and original identity. It is precisely this dialogue between market, culture, and institutions that makes Roma Arte in Nuvola a unique event in the national landscape.
Exhibitors and Scope
With over 140 exhibitors, the fair will showcase works ranging from modern to contemporary art, offering visitors a comprehensive overview of the artistic landscape — from the historical avant-gardes to the latest creative expressions — where long-established galleries stand alongside emerging ones presenting innovative artistic languages.
Institutional Exhibition: Gallery of Modern Art (Rome)
The Department of Culture of Roma Capitale and the Capitoline Superintendency of Cultural Heritage will take part with the exhibition The Acquisitions of the Gallery of Modern Art from 2012 to Today. Works from the Collections of the Capitoline Superintendency of Cultural Heritage. Through a selection of works from the Gallery of Modern Art of Rome, the exhibition highlights the enrichment of the collection — thanks to recent acquisitions and donations — with pieces by Marcello Avenali, Rolando Monti, Lamberto Pignotti, Guido Strazza, Emma Quilici Buzzacchi, Giuliana Caporali, Elisabetta Pasqualin Miresi, and Elisa Montessori.
Special Projects
- Gino Marotta — Natural–Artificial Universe (in Nuvola), curated by Andrea Viliani and organized with the Gino Marotta Archive, featuring a selection of figures from the Reliefs and Methacrylate series that capture the poetic essence of the artist’s vision.
- Mario Airò — Between Water and Light, curated by Adriana Polveroni, celebrates a leading figure among the artists who emerged between the 1980s and 1990s. The show features works centered on light — from Aurora (2003) to Ottava di Cadmio and a large Laser installation — along with the poetic installation Modellare l’acqua, on loan from the Menegaz Foundation in Castelbasso (Teramo).
- Fabrizio Clerici — Ultra Memoriam. The Fantastic Imagination Between Archives and Collections, curated by Giulia Tulino in collaboration with the Fabrizio Clerici Archive, offers a journey into the fantastic imagery of this 20th-century master, intertwining painting, architecture, and scenography in a vision suspended between dream and memory.
Photography Focus: Impossible Images
The collective exhibition Impossible Images, curated by Arianna Catania, brings together over fifty works by thirty-three Italian and international photographers exploring a single theme: transcending the limits of the visible. The exhibition investigates the expressive potential of contemporary photography when it moves beyond documentation to become a space of experimentation, fiction, and wonder.
Guest Country: Republic of Korea
The Republic of Korea is the guest country of this edition with Fever State, part of the Korea–Italy Cultural Exchange Year 2024–2025, established to celebrate the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. The exhibition showcases both renowned contemporary Korean artists and emerging talents, exploring intersections between tradition and modernity, material and digital, and personal memory and collective imagination. The six invited artists — Yun Choi, Jongwan Jang, Minhoon Kim, Yuja Kim, Yanghee Lee, and Kai Oh — represent the diverse expressive languages of Korea’s contemporary art scene.
Royal Residences of Savoy
With the Royal Residences of the House of Savoy in Piedmont, visitors are offered a visual journey through evocative images of some of Italy’s most important royal palaces, declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites — a unique cultural system promoted and preserved by the Consortium of the Royal Residences of Savoy, headquartered at the prestigious Reggia di Venaria.
Ministry of Culture – DGCC, DGA & Central Institute for Graphics
The DGCC – Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture renews its participation with an institutional space presenting initiatives that support the Italian contemporary art ecosystem and young artists, nationally and internationally. Visitors can explore DGCC platforms that document and map the many forms of contemporary art and architecture. Also present are the DGA – Directorate-General for Archives and the Central Institute for Graphics, with information areas and selected works on display.
MUCIV – Museum of Civilizations
The MUCIV – Museum of Civilizations in Rome will exhibit one of the historic wooden and glass showcases once belonging to the Geological Museum of Italy, now part of the Salone delle Scienze installation dedicated to the paleontological and litho-mineral collections of ISPRA – the Institute for Environmental Research and Protection. The display will include ancient fossil specimens and a tribute to contemporary artist Gino Marotta, reflecting on the relationship between nature and artifice and evoking the baroque wunderkammer, where naturalia (natural objects) and artificialia (man-made artifacts) coexisted.
Museum Loans: MAXXI, GNAMC & MFAIC
The MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Arts participates with two works on loan: a plaster sculpture by Giulio Paolini, Tre per Tre (Ognuno è l’altro o nessuno) (1998–1999), and Aurora (2003) by Mario Airò, a luminous installation evoking the shifting moments of dawn.
From the GNAMC – National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art comes Emilio Isgrò’s Isgrò cancella Isgrò (2024), while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation contributes Fausto Melotti’s La Sequenza (1971).