Wangechi Mutu’s Artworks Animate the Dazzling 17th-Century Rooms of Galleria Borghese in Rome
On view through September 14, “Black Soil Poems” is the latest installment in the institution’s new series devoted to female talents
In a captivating dialogue between past and present, artist Wangechi Mutu has transformed the magnificent 17th-century rooms and gardens of Rome’s Galleria Borghese with new site-specific pieces as well as iconic pieces from her oeuvre.
“A fragmented world and time whose material details are observed with metaphorical resonance, Mutu’s work encourages us to look more intensely not only at contemporary creativity but also at the space and the works of the museum,” says director Francesca Cappelletti of the institution’s first solo exhibition featuring a living woman artist. On view through September 14, “Black Soil Poems” is the latest installment in a new series devoted to female talents.
A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2025 Fall Issue in the section “Artful Life.” Subscribe to the magazine.