Rome, Italy - November 1, 2016: front view of Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (GNAM, National Gallery of Modern Art) art gallery, founded in 1883, in Villa Borghese public gardens in Rome city 629202620 Ornamental Garden, Travel, People Traveling, Villa Borghese, Building Exterior, City Life, Landscaped, Municipal Gallery Of Modern Art, Facade, Art, Art Museum, Modern, Italian Culture, Cultures, National Landmark, Architecture, Urban Scene, Outdoors, Front View, Tourist, People, Rome - Italy, Italy, House, Museum, Park - Man Made Space, Palace, Built Structure, Cityscape, Town, Gnam Front view of National Gallery of Modern Art

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Housed in a vast belle époque palace, this oft-overlooked modern-art gallery, known locally as GNAM, is an unsung gem. Its superlative collection runs the gamut from neoclassical sculpture to abstract expressionism, with works by many of the most important exponents of 19th- and 20th-century art.

There are canvases by the macchiaioli (Italian Impressionists) and futurists Boccioni and Balla, as well as sculptures by Canova and major works by Modigliani, de Chirico and Guttuso. International artists represented include Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Klimt, Kandinsky, Mondrian and Man Ray.

An accessible entrance is at Via Antonio Gramsci 71.

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