Pier Paolo Pasolini was an Italian film director, poet, writer and intellectual, a visionary thinker who became a controversial figure of the last century; he was murdered in 1975.
Lately my social feeds have been virally invaded by the picture of the new poster-art piece by the French artist Ernest Pignon Ernest, which has been pasted onto walls almost simultaneously in several different areas of Rome, from Testaccio to Trastevere and up to the Tiberina Island.
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A round up of Rome’s street art – VOL. 1
While I travel and write about amazing street art from all around Europe, there is a lot going on in my hometown too. Honestly, I’ve never thought I couldn’t keep up with Rome’s street art scene, but that’s what happened during this spring, so I’m writing a blogpost collecting what’s new on the streets of Rome, including some older works that I still hadn’t review on this blog. At the end of the article, you will find a list of useful links to previous blogposts about Rome’s street art scene.
Enjoy the reading and the graffiti hunt!
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Top 7 street art galleries in Rome
Street art, by definition, is “in the streets”; urban spaces are its framework and murals are for everybody passing by, a gift to the community. But what happens when the street art leaves the street to enter an art gallery? Is it still street art or does it turn into something else? And if it changes, what does it become?
Every Roman art gallery specializing in street art has faced this dilemma, coming up with its own solution of this tricky matter: from making the gallery’s white walls available to the artists for site-specific works to challenging them to paint on canvas, or even by sponsoring huge murals in the gallery’s neighborhood, Rome’s street art galleries have committed themselves to spreading the message that Art is Art, whatever the framework.
Peeking into courtyards is a great way to explore a town literally going beyond the surface of a destination. Rome’s hidden inner courtyards were meant to recreate the atmosphere of the village’s main square. They are places where you can hang out the laundry, let the kids play all day long, and where neighbourhood relationships are built.
I am a big fan of spending August in Rome: this is the only period when the town slows down, and you can enjoy a more relaxed vibe.
In August, you can enjoy a nearly empty Rome; pretty sultry maybe, but having the town all for yourself is priceless.