10 events and exhibitions in Rome in February not to be missed

Keep an eye on the calendar, because having the opportunity to participate in the Roman carnival is truly an unforgettable experience.

You know, Carnival is pure fun, but the beauty of Rome manages to convey even more charm to the event. The city center – in particular the area between Piazza del Popolo and via del Corso – is transformed, completely enraptured by a whirlwind of music and colors.

Concerts, theatrical performances, parades of masks and floats, workshops and games to entertain the little ones. A heterogeneous and wide offer which, in addition to pleasure, also aims to preserve and enhance an ancient and precious tradition.

All that remains is to dive in search of the most suitable experience for you, without forgetting the multitude of artisan shops where you can buy a handmade mask, and the food and wine stands where you can try typical delicacies such as frappe, Roman castagnole or ricotta bocconotti.

In 2022 Italy celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Pier Paolo Pasolini through events to remember his creative genius and strong sensitivity.

Among these, however, one in particular emerges for the desire to move away from the perspective of cinema and literature, from which his artistic career is observed, to turn his gaze to a field much less explored by critics: painting.

The Pasolini Painter exhibition, scheduled at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna until the 14 of April, explores Pasolini's poetics through two hundred works, paintings and drawings, created between the 1950s and 1970s, deserving above all of demonstrating the competitive ability of the author also in this area.

Still about revolutionary personalities, the National Roman Museum hosts until mid-month Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury. Inventing Life, a retrospective dedicated to Virginia Woolf and the personalities who animated Bloomsbury at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Books, photographs, paintings and objects, organized in an exhibition itinerary divided into 5 sections, are the protagonists in the rooms of Palazzo Altemps, returning, together with the experimental and avant-garde spirit of the time, also the stories of the people and relationships that made Bloomsbury a reference of free-thought in the world.

For painting lovers, a visit to the Franco Angeli - Opere 1958-1988 exhibition at the WeGil cultural hub cannot be missed, which sinks into the Franco Angeli Archive in Rome thanks to the meticulous and visionary commitment of the gallery owner Aldo Marchetti and the curator Silvia Pegoraro.

The goal (achieved) is to use the works created from the second half of the last century as a key to entering the world of a central figure for Roman and, more generally, Italian painting of the time. From Figurativism to Metaphysics.

This is precisely the magical power of the photographic exhibition La vie en vert by Karmen Corak, scheduled (with free admission) at the Galleria del Cembalo. An event that promotes the project of the Italian artist of Slovenian origin, whose intent is to communicate to the visitor all her love for nature.

The images printed on washi paper, produced on the island of Shikoku in Japan, are a tribute to the natural landscapes of Italy, Slovenia, China, Germany, Japan and France, emphasizing in particular the relationship they can establish with the inner landscapes of human beings. 

The retrospective Stati d’infanzia-Viaggio nel Paese che cresce which sees photographs by Riccardo Venturi in the halls of the Museum of Rome in Trastevere also deals with poetics.

Open until the end of February, the multimedia project investigates the universe of Italian children and adolescents today, transversally addressing the issues of greatest interest connected to it. For example: dropping out of school, child poverty, up to new teaching methods and the need for new spaces for play.

Another interesting stimulus for the more sensitive and attentive to the environmental problem is the Hot Spot exhibition. Caring For a Burning World, which demonstrates how art can unite generations of artists from different backgrounds and countries by breaking down the negative sense attributed to being different.

Through a large sculpture made of iron and neon lights, is re-proposed the image of a planet Earth ignited by conflicts that burn, risking of destroying it forever.

Artists from all over the world are entrusted with the task of stimulating reflection on all the ways we have to save our planet.

A rare jewel for those who love art. The Galleria delle Arti exhibits a selection of 14 watercolors printed in a limited edition and published for the first time in 1963.

Today the exhibition Joan Mirò – TRACE' SUR L'EAU still shows them to the world, recounting the author's extraordinary ability to let himself be contaminated by different styles without losing his identity as an abstract expressionist.

Let's go back to the carnival theme with Vogia de carnival, a digital experiment rather than an exhibition; an immersive journey that between reality and illusion accompanies the visitor from Venice to Rome.

All thanks to the creativity of Raffaele Curi, who in the spaces of the Rhinoceros gallery builds an unforgettable experience through modern technologies.

We are in Rome, yes, but to welcome the visitor will be the sea of Venice, then the Mose, still further on the joyous Venice of the past, up to the panoramic terrace, where our eyes once again immerse themselves in the Roman landscape.

If, on the other hand, you prefer not to plan anything, but simply want to enjoy a weekend in complete freedom, we have two tips in particular for making the most of a trip to Rome in the month of February. 

In addition to being able to take advantage of the last days of the ice skating rinks open during the Christmas holidays, a walk on the bridges of the capital cannot be missing to experience the perfect romantic weekend. One among all: Ponte Milvio, full with thousands of padlocks left as a sign of eternal love.