Mario Schifano in Rome: two simultaneous exhibitions

Mario Schifano in Rome: two simultaneous exhibitions

From April 18 to May 16, 2026, Galleria Lombardi hosts the monographic exhibition Mario Schifano | Io guardo, curated by Lorenzo and Enrico Lombardi with a critical essay by Silvia Pegoraro. The gallery, located at via di Monte Giordano 40, presents this show concurrently with a large-scale retrospective at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, offering complementary views on the artist’s work.

The Galleria Lombardi exhibition offers a concise, rigorously selected itinerary spanning roughly thirty years of Schifano’s practice, from the early 1960s to the 1990s. About twenty works highlight the major themes and techniques of his investigation.

• Main themes: monochromes, advertising signs, the so-called "anemic landscapes," the "revisited Futurism" cycle, "equestrian paintings," and the chromatic materials of the 1990s.
• Artistic approach: painting that reworks media images and consumer imagery into dense, stratified surfaces positioned between memory and critical vision.
• Catalogue: the exhibition is accompanied by a publication featuring Silvia Pegoraro’s critical text, focusing on the artist’s intellectual autonomy and experimental drive.

Born in 1934 and deceased in Rome in 1998, Mario Schifano is a central figure of Italy's late 20th-century art scene. After informal beginnings in the 1950s, he forged a personal language that engages with Pop Art and urban culture while preserving a manual, thoughtful practice.

Visitor information: check opening hours and ticketing with Galleria Lombardi and the Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Together the two exhibitions provide a fuller picture of Schifano’s trajectory, from his use of media images to the pictorial matter of his later work.