Villa Romana

This volume retraces one hundred and twenty years of Villa Romana, one of Europe’s longest-running and most historically significant artist residencies. Founded in 1905 by Max Klinger, Villa Romana is a German cultural institution based in Florence that has supported artistic production and hosted recipients of the Villa Romana Prize for over a century. Published on the occasion of the exhibition CENTOVENTI: Villa Romana 1905–2025 at the Museo Novecento in Florence, the book expands and deepens the exhibition’s inquiry in editorial form. Through critical essays, archival materials, documents, and images gathered during a three-year research project conducted in collaboration with the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Department of Humanities, the volume engages with the history of this artists’ house—one that has functioned as a laboratory of experimentation, a space of cohabitation, and a site of encounter across generations and diverse cultural contexts.