The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea stands at 113 Via delle Belle Arti, near Villa Giulia in Rome. The museum was founded in 1883 at the initiative of the minister Guido Baccelli. Cesare Bazzani designed the present building, which was constructed from 1911 to 1915 and doubled in size in 1934. Friezes by Ermenegildo Luppi, Adolfo Laurenti and Giovanni Prini decorate it, and four figures of Fame hold bronze wreaths.
Luigi Cosenza designed a new building, inaugurated in 1988. It closed about ten years later over safety concerns and was made safe for use in 2018. A Diener & Diener extension planned for 1999 and 2000 was put on hold in 2003.
The gallery shows about 1,100 paintings and sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries, by artists such as Balla, Boccioni, Canova, Cézanne, Monet and Van Gogh.
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