Vassily Kandinsky, Gelb-Rot-Blau (Yellow-Red-Blue), 1925. Oil on canvas, 128 x 201.5 cm. Gift of Nina Kandinsky, 1976. Centre Pompidou, Paris, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre de création industrielle

15 SEPTEMBER 2026 – 14 FEBRUARY 2027

Kandinsky, the father of abstraction, returns to Rome after more than twenty-five years

Palazzo Bonaparte opens its season with a major retrospective devoted to Vassily Kandinsky, the artist who turned form and colour into pure emotion. Rome had been waiting for him for over twenty-five years.

Curated by Angela Lampe, the exhibition brings together more than seventy works from the bequest of Nina Kandinsky, the artist’s wife. The Centre Pompidou was able to grant an unusually generous group of loans thanks to the temporary closure of its Paris building for renovation.

Arranged in five sections, the show follows Kandinsky’s entire story, from his years as a brilliant lawyer in Moscow to his role as a pioneer of the European avant-gardes. Highlights include Gelb-Rot-Blau (1925) and Black Arc (1912), paintings conceived to resonate like a melody.

A special focus is devoted to Gabriele Münter, the artist’s partner and a leading figure of Expressionism, shown in Italy for the first time. Photographs, letters and period documents complete the account, in an installation designed by Arthemisia.

Full details on the official exhibition page.

OPENING HOURS
Monday to Thursday 9.00–19.30

Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9.00–21.00

The ticket office closes one hour earlier

Palazzo Bonaparte, Piazza Venezia 5, 00186 Rome