Exhibition Space Of Palazzo Merulana In Rome, Italy Editorial Image

Vapor Smoke by Giacomo Balla in the second floor of the new exhibition space of Palazzo Merulana on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, Italy. The painting dates from 1922 and represents a favorite futurism topic. In 1933 the Balla added on the other site the portrait of the world champion boxer Primo Camera. The second floor of Palazzo Merulana displays the permanent exhibition which is composed by more than 90 works of the collection of Elena and Claudio Cerasi and includes artists like De Chirico, Balla, Donghi, Capogrossi, Casorati, Pirandello, Severini, Cambellotti. The collection of the former Health Department of Rome is composed mainly of works of the Roman school and the Italian twentieth century with openness towards contemporary art.