Museo Carlo Bilotti

The Museo Carlo Bilotti introduces a different kind of collecting from the Borghese Gallery. Opened in 2006, it grew from gifts of modern art to the city of Rome. Giorgio de Chirico’s paintings and sculpture form a substantial part of the collection, alongside works by artists including Andy Warhol and Larry Rivers.

The family connections are visible in the subjects. Warhol’s portraits of Tina and Lisa Bilotti sit within a collection shaped by personal relationships as well as artistic preferences. De Chirico’s later paintings offer another line of inquiry. His Self-portrait with the Head of Minerva adopts the dress of an earlier Venetian painter, while his Venetian regatta picture looks back toward Canaletto. Modern art here includes deliberate arguments with the history of painting.

The museum occupies the Aranciera, the park’s former orangery. The building’s adaptation places twentieth-century works inside an older garden setting. Temporary exhibitions add to the visit, so consult the museum’s current program when choosing how much time to allow.