The GNAMC (National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art) is a museum of significant national interest and a high-level executive office of the Italian Ministry of Culture, with organizational, financial, and accounting autonomy.
Established in 1883 with the ambitious goal of collecting the finest examples of contemporary artistic production, the GNAMC is located near Villa Borghese, in the prestigious building designed by architect Cesare Bazzani in 1911. It houses approximately 20,000 artworks, including paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, design objects, films, and photographs.
The collection—built through targeted acquisition policies and generous donations—is the most important in the world for Italian artworks from the last two centuries. It also features masterpieces by international masters such as Klimt, Van Gogh, Warhol, and Twombly. The collection documents major international art movements, from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, from Impressionism to Divisionism, from the Avant-gardes to Pop Art, from Arte Povera to Transavantgarde, from Minimalism to Informalism, and continues to grow with new additions from the 21st century.