Fondazione Memmo

The Fondazione Memmo was established in 1990 by Roberto Memmo with the objective of bringing a broad public closer to the workd of art. In 2012 the direction board presented a new exhibition program entirely dedicated to the contemporary art scene.

The aim is to contribute to the development of a local cultural texture in a global perspective, connecting international realities and promoting the interaction between the artists and the city of Rome.

Through the organization and production of exhibitions, performances, residencies, talks, conferences, workshops and arts publications, the Fondazione Memmo desires to promote the present time in order to contribute to the development of our future.

The new course was started in November 2012 with Sara VanDerBeek’s solo exhibition, in 2013 the foundation hosted the artist Sterling Ruby with the CHRON II exhibition, in 2014 it was Shannon Ebner’s turn with Auto Body Collision. In 2015, the collective exhibition Conversation Piece was presented, curated by Marcello Smarrelli, which was followed by other editions organized on an annual basis, with the aim of taking stock of the situation on artistic presences in Rome (in particular involving the guest artists at the academies and institutes of foreign culture active in the capital). In 2016 it was the turn of Monday, an exhibition by Camille Henrot, curated by Cloè Perrone; in 2017 Giuseppe Gabellone’s solo exhibition was held, curated by Francesco Stocchi, who subsequently also curated _Ruine and _KOVO (2018), exhibitions of the German artist Kerstin Brätsch and the duo KAYA (formed by Brätsch herself and Debo Eilers), Romance, by Latifa Echakhch (2019), spirits and gestures, by Oscar Murillo (2021), Quasi by Amalia Pica (2022). Dreaming the End, Sin Wai Kin’s first solo exhibition in Italy, curated by Alessio Antoniolli, was inaugurated in 2023.