Rome
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Rome - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Rome.
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When in Rome: is this a world-class car show to rival Lake Como’s fashionable Villa d’Este?This April, the classic car community was in the Italian capital to experience the latest addition to the concours circuit, the 2026 Anantara Concorso Roma
By Jeremy Taylor Published
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This Rome residence is reborn through quiet extravagance and modern designA potent mix of architectural ambition and bespoke craftsmanship revives a Rome residence into a beacon of contemporary luxury, courtesy of Prima Design
By Emily Wright Published
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Rome’s hottest new bar is a temporary art installation – don’t miss itVilla Lontana presents ‘Bar Far’, a striking exhibition by British artists Clementine Keith-Roach and Christopher Page, where nothing is what it seems
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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How designer Hugo Toro turned Orient Express’ first hotel into a sleeper hitThe Orient Express pulls into Rome, paying homage to the golden age of travel in its first hotel, just footsteps from the Pantheon
By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published
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Cartier pays tribute to ancient myths in Rome exhibitionIn ‘Cartier & Myths at the Capitoline Museums’, Cartier looks to its rich history of drawing inspiration from the ancient world
By Hannah Silver Published
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A restored 1950s Rome theatre raises its curtain in collaboration with Poltrona FrauTeatro della Cometa was given a refresh by architect Fabio Tudisco, with new seating by Poltrona Frau to accommodate contemporary viewing
By Tianna Williams Published
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Out of office: The Wallpaper* editors’ picks of the weekThe rain is falling, the nights are closing in, and it’s still a bit too early to get excited for Christmas, but this week, the Wallpaper* team brought warmth to the gloom with cosy interiors, good books, and a Hebridean dram
By Anna Solomon Published
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Rome’s Basilica di Massenzio has been reinvigorated with fresh architectural interventionsThe ancient landmark bridges past and present with a redesigned stage area, new flooring and interactive information points
By Anna Solomon Published
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Spend a night at the renovated Villa Medici, ‘one of Rome’s greatest sleepover experiences’Villa Medici is not a hotel; but if you can snag a room at what’s in fact the French Academy in Rome, you’re in for a design treat
By Amy Serafin Published
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Wallpaper* checks in at Romeo Roma: a new hotel that’s one of Zaha Hadid’s last projectsLocated within Rome’s Tridente, Romeo Roma is a palimpsest of periods in which the late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid left her avant-garde mark
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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This fun and free-spirited photography exhibition offers a chromatic view on the world‘Chromotherapia’ at Villa Medici in Rome, explores how we view colour as a way of therapy, and how it has shaped photography over the last century (until 9 June 2025)
By Tianna Williams Published
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Night at the museum: the best art hotels to book nowSleep amid surrealists at London’s Broadwick Soho, or wake up to contemporary favourites at New Hotel in Athens – indulge in an immersive art hotel experience
By Dalya Benor Published
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We are the world: Pininfarina’s ‘Orbis’ taps Papal support for an eco-friendly agendaThe Orbis is a ‘symbolic object’, a gift to Pope Francis from the Italian design agency at a time of political upheaval and social fracture around all aspects of sustainability
By Jonathan Bell Published
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2025 getaways: where Wallpaper* editors will be travelling to this yearFrom the Japanese art islands of Naoshima and Teshima to the Malaysian tropical paradise of Langkawi, here’s where Wallpaper* editors plan to travel to in 2025
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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A 90s icon of Italian sports car design is reborn as the Veloce12 by Touring SuperleggeraCarrozzeria Touring Superleggera have transformed the Ferrari 550 Maranello into an all-analogue, carbon-bodied GT for the modern era
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Experience Cardo Roma, the contemporary Roman holiday you didn’t know you neededCardo Roma, the inaugural property of Cardo Hotels, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s Autograph Collection, caters to those seeking to merge business and pleasure
By Tianna Williams Published
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La Pergola, one of Rome’s most coveted reservations, gets a sumptuous renovationJouin Manku re-envisions La Pergola, the acclaimed restaurant atop Rome Cavalieri, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel
By Hannah Walhout Published
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Louise Bourgeois’ work is in conversation with ancient art in RomeGalleria Borghese's 'Louise Bourgeois: Unconscious Memories' is its first exhibition dedicated to a contemporary female artist and the first devoted to Bourgeois in Rome
By Hili Perlson Published
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New Alfa Romeo Milano revives the marque’s sporty, small-car heydayThe all-new Alfa Romeo Milano is the brand’s latest compact car, a small SUV with two all-electric options and plenty of integral style
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Palazzo Roma embodies the heritage of Roman noblessePalazzo Roma, part of the Shedir Collection, boasts eclectic and eccentric interiors by Giampiero Panepinto
By Luke Abrahams Published
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Brunello Cucinelli takes a Roman holiday to launch new eyewear collectionWallpaper* joined Brunello Cucinelli’s opulent festivities at Rome’s Villa Aurelia, which heralded a new eyewear collection created in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica
By Jack Moss Published
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A pair of performance Alfa Romeos burnish the hallowed Quadrifoglio badgeThe new Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio and Stelvio Quadrifoglio represent the apex of each model
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Maserati Grecale Modena hits the middle ground, an SUV for the badge-consciousThe Maserati Grecale Modena shows just how far a brand has to go to make an impact in the contemporary car market. How does it reflect on the Italian company’s long heritage?
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Ares Wami Lalique Spyder harks back to a golden age of coachbuildingWith the Ares Wami Lalique Spyder’s real crystal fittings and entirely bespoke body, the Milan-based coachbuilder evokes midcentury automotive glamour
By Rory FH Smith Published
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This Rome apartment features serene interiors by Cristina CelestinoCristina Celestino designed a Rome Apartment inside a 1930s building, defined by a calming colour palette and diffused light
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Vincent Van Duysen’s furniture for Giustini Stagetti is inspired by sculpture and Rationalism‘I.R.O. – Italian Rational Objects’, an exhibition and furniture collection, is the first collaboration between Vincent Van Duysen and Rome design gallery Giustini Stagetti
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Cesare Cunaccia's ‘Dolce Vita’ book captures Italy’s infinite passion for lifeExperience the dolce vita lifestyle through Assouline’s newly published title
By Sofia de la Cruz Published


