Albert Watson
A Rome Codex

29.05__03.08.2025

Palazzo Esposizioni Roma will be hosting A Rome Codex, the largest photographic exhibition ever produced in Italy exploring the work of Albert Watson, one of the most iconic photographers of our time.
 

Promoted by Rome the Capital City's Cultural Affairs Department and the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo, produced and organised by the Azienda Speciale Palaexpo with the Studio F.P., the exhibition, curated by Clara Tosi Pamphili, takes a powerful and intuitive photographic look at the city of Rome, delving deeply behind its traditional visual stereotypes.

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Albert Watson A Rome Codex29 May__3 August 2025
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Albert Watson, Carlotta Gamba, Actor, Rome, 2024 / Albert Watson, Cast of Apollo Giustiniani, Villa Medici - Académie de France, Rome, 2024. © Albert Watson

New York photographer Albert Watson challenges the conventional depictions of the Eternal City to provide a contemporary anthropological narrative of its most authentic quintessence.

In a career spanning over five decades, from 1970 to the present, Watson has made a name for himself as one of the influential and prolific photographers on the international scene. Combing art, fashion and commercial photography with unparalleled depth and versatility, he has created icons that have carved out a place for themselves in our collective imagination.

200 photographs, a city to decipher

The exhibition showcases 200 black-and-white and colour photographs, often in large formats, displayed in the three main halls of the Palazzo Esposizioni Roma. The images are arranged on the basis of an instinctive rather than a thematic rationale, in order to offer visitors a freer and more contemporary approach to their understanding and enjoyment.

In the vast exhibition space, intimate and spontaneous moments of humanity sit side by side with the imposing architecture and history of the city, in a game of echoes between Rome and the people who live in it and define it.

Albert Watson dispenses with all hierarchy: a portrait, a landscape, an interior, an anonymous face and a celebrity all coexist with the same narrative intensity.

Taken as a whole, Roma Codex offers a visual compass that is at once instinctive and meticulous, to decipher a city rich in contrasts.

Mario Giacomelli. The photographer and the artist / Albert Watson. Roma Codex

Monday 10:00am__08:00pm
Tuesday   10:00am__08:00pm
Wednesday  10:00am__08:00pm
Thursday 10:00am__10:30pm
Friday 10:00am__10:30pm
Saturday   10:00am__10:30pm
Sunday 10:00am__08:00pm
 
Entrance is allowed up to one hour before closing

Full price € 12,50
Reduced price € 10,00
Children aged 7 to 18 € 6,00
 
Audioguide Mario Giacomelli. The photographer and the artist
Single € 4,50 (member PER Card € 4,00)
Web around (for mobile devices) € 2,50 

 

  • young people under 26
  • senior citizens over 65
  • teachers in activity on presentation of the institute of origin, excluding university professors
  • forces of law and order and the military on producing an ID
  • groups with reservation required (min 10 max 25 people)
  • Conventions

  • children under 7
  • 1 escort for each group booked
  • 1 companion for every 10 students
  • otherwise skillfull and accompanying person 
  • invalid and person accompanying
  • tourist guides
  • tour leadres
  • interpreters accompanying the guides
  • ICOM and ICROM card holders
  • PER Card Members Palazzo Esposizioni


Cinema in mostra
With the booking confirmation email for the Cinema you will be able to visit the exhibitions with a reduced ticket

Groups and schools
From Tuesday to Friday schools € 4,00 per student.
From Tuesday to Friday groups € 10,00 per person. Saturday Sunday and holidays groups € 12,50 per person.
Reservation required for groups € 30,00 email: tour@coopculture.it
Compulsory booking schools € 20,00 (min 10 max 25 people) email: edu@coopculture.it
Guided tours for groups and schools with reservation required
Groups € 100,00 (minimum 10 — maximum 25 people) email: edu@coopculture.it
Schools € 80,00 (minimum 10 — maximum 25 students) email: edu@coopculture.it

Press reduced price
€ 7,00
Journalists with regular license of the National Order (professionals, pratictioners, journalists). For journalists requiring accreditment for service reasons admission is free and you need to send a request to


Member's guest
Until May 19th € 7,00 - From May 20th € 9,00 

Students, researchers and undergraduates
On Fridays and Saturdays, after 5:00 pm until the box office closes € 4,00

First Wednesday of the month
Free entry for under 30 from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm