3 Best Sights in Rome, Italy

This small nonprofit art foundation is housed inside the turn-of-the-century Cerere factory, which produced pasta until 1960 and embodies San Lorenzo's transition from industrial to artsy. Although the foundation was established in 2004 to promote the work of young contemporary artists, artists have been renting studio space in the factory since the 1970s. Part of the exhibition space has remained raw, which makes for interesting site-specific installations. Check in advance to see what's happening, as exhibitions typically change every couple of months.

This is the Roman outpost of Larry Gagosian’s global art empire. Taking residence in a 1920s bank building, Gagosian brings an international crowd with highly anticipated exhibitions and blockbuster showcases of megastars such as Cy Twombly, Damien Hirst, and Jeff Koons.

If you're keen to delve deeper into Rome's contemporary art scene, come to this stark-white gallery, which represents local and international artists whose work gets shown at international art fairs and prestigious museums like MAXXI and MACRO. The gallery has four exhibitions per year.