Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, also known as La Galleria Nazionale or GNAM, is an art museum in Rome dedicated to modern and contemporary art. Located in the Villa Borghese park, it is the only national museum in Italy primarily focused on modern art from 1840 to 1970, with a secondary emphasis on contemporary works. Founded in 1883, it holds the largest collection of nineteenth and twentieth century Italian paintings and sculptures in the country. The institution is owned by the Ministry of Culture and oversees four affiliated museums.

The gallery was established in 1883 on the initiative of Minister Guido Baccelli, shortly after Rome's integration into the Kingdom of Italy and the 1870 proclamation of the Republic. Initially, the collection was housed in the Palazzo delle Esposizioni on Via Nazionale. To accommodate the 1911 Rome International Exposition, the government commissioned a new museum building in the Villa Borghese. The museum began incorporating twentieth century works as early as 1912. The main building was subsequently expanded to double its size by its original architect between 1933 and 1934. A separate annex designed by Luigi Cosenza opened in 1988 but closed a decade later due to safety concerns. Although a replacement design by Diener & Diener was selected in 1999 and 2000, the project was halted in 2003. By 2018, renovations were undertaken to make the Cosenza building safe for use again.

The collection comprises approximately 5,000 paintings and sculptures displayed across 55 to 75 rooms, with about 1,100 works on view at any given time. Its primary strength lies in Italian art of the latter nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, featuring extensive holdings of Macchiaioli painters, Futurists, and metaphysical artists. The museum also holds a notable selection of works by international artists, including key figures of Cubism, Fauvism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism. In addition to its main displays, the gallery hosts temporary exhibitions focused on both Italian and international artists.

The Italian holdings feature signature works by Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Alberto Burri, Antonio Canova, Giorgio de Chirico, Lucio Fontana, Amedeo Modigliani, Giacomo Manzu, and Giorgio Morandi. Specific documented Italian works include de Chirico's The Disquieting Muses, Artist's Studio in Paris, and Lucretia, as well as Giovanni Boldini's portraits of Giuseppe Verdi and the Marquise Luisa Casati with peacock feathers. International highlights include Gustav Klimt's The Three Ages of Woman, Vincent van Gogh's The Gardener and The Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux), Antoine Bourdelle's Heracles the Archer, Joan Miro's The Lament of the Lovers, Piet Mondrian's Large Composition, and Modigliani's Portrait of Hanka Zborowska. Other represented international artists include Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Paul Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Marcel Duchamp, Alberto Giacometti, Wassily Kandinsky, Yves Klein, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, and Auguste Rodin.

The museum's main building is the Palazzo delle Belle Arti, situated at 113 Via delle Belle Arti near the Villa Giulia within the Villa Borghese park. Designed by Cesare Bazzani, construction took place between 1911 and 1915. The facade is decorated with friezes by Ermenegildo Luppi, Adolfo Laurenti, and Giovanni Prini, accompanied by four figures of Fame holding bronze wreaths sculpted by Adolfo Pantaresi and Albino Candoni. Bazzani expanded the structure in 1934. The complex also includes the later Cosenza building, which was added to provide additional exhibition space.

The Galleria Nazionale is located at 113 Via delle Belle Arti in Rome and operates under the ownership of the Italian Ministry of Culture. In addition to its primary complex, the institution administers four affiliated sites. These include the Museo Hendrik C. Andersen on Via Stanislao Mancini 20, the Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi for the decorative arts on Via Boncompagni 18, and the Museo Mario Praz located in the Palazzo Primoli, all within Rome. The Raccolta Manzu, dedicated to the works of Giacomo Manzu, is located in Ardea, outside the capital.