Villa Medici

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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.

The 16 new fellows have arrived

As every year, September marks the arrival of a new group of fellows at Villa Medici! They will spend a year in residence creating, experimenting, or researching in order to develop their artistic projects. This year, the sixteen fellows of 2025-2026 represent eight disciplines.

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Crossing the Threshold of Villa Medici

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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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Sculpture workshop

© Véronique Ibert-Péréal_A.Fourès 1950-1959

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