Joker at Palazzo Braschi: "It's Happening Again" by Adrian Tranquilli

It’s Happening Again: Adrian Tranquilli at Museo di Roma

From April 11 to May 24, 2026 the Museo di Roma at Palazzo Braschi presents It’s Happening Again, a solo exhibition by Adrian Tranquilli. The show includes three newly created installations that examine the figure of the antihero and use cinematic and cultural references to explore instability and power.

The works on display

The exhibition route is structured around three large-scale pieces investigating identity, reality and play:

• My Little White Book (2026) – a wall-mounted book that appears to explode outward, conveying fragility and rupture.
• Endsong (2025) – a totem-like sculpture evoking monolithic cinematic forms.
• In Excelsis 6 (2024) – the triptych’s closing piece, focused on identity and knowledge.

Context and references

Tranquilli draws on a broad cultural palette—art, music, literature and anthropology. In this exhibition, comic-book imagery and cinematic echoes (including references to filmmakers like Kubrick and Lynch) combine with the artist’s recurring use of playing-card structures as symbols of political and historical instability.

Practical info

• Where: Museo di Roma – Palazzo Braschi, Piazza San Pantaleo 10, Rome.
• When: April 11–May 24, 2026 (museum opening hours apply).
• Admission: included with civic museum ticket; free for Rome residents upon presentation of ID.
• How to get there: buses 40, 46, 62, 64; tram 8; walkable from Piazza Navona.

Check the museum’s official channels before your visit for updated hours, ticketing details or temporary changes. The exhibition is also an opportunity to explore Palazzo Braschi’s historic rooms and civic collections.