Cy Twomby, Untitled III, 2006 Acrylic on wood panel 96 x 144 inches (243.8 x 365.8cm) Detail

ROME, ITALY.-On December 18, 2007, Gagosian will inaugurate a new gallery in Rome with "Three Notes from Salalah," an exhibition by Cy Twombly. There will be a private reception for the artist on December 15, 2007, 4–8pm. Cy Twombly (b.1928) has lived and worked in Rome and Lexington, Virginia since the late 1950's. In 2001 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the 49th Venice Biennale. Twombly, who has made many significant exhibitions with Gagosian Gallery, will be the subject of a retrospective survey at Tate Modern in 2008.
Gagosian Gallery Rome is situated in the very center of the city between the Via Veneto and the Spanish Steps. It occupies 750 square meters on the ground and mezzanine levels of a former bank, built in 1921. One of its outstanding features is an oval space measuring 23 meters by 13 meters with a ceiling height of 6 meters.
The gallery has been designed by Rome-based architect Firouz Galdo in collaboration with the London-based practice, Caruso St John. The renovation has transformed the space into a state-of-the-art contemporary gallery while retaining its distinctively Roman character.
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