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Art & War in the Renaissance:
The Battle of Pavia Tapestries

Exhibition Dates

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX: June 16, 2024 - September 15, 2024
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA: October 19, 2024 - January 12, 2025
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: March, 2025 - May, 2025

Watch the trailer at the left for a teaser on what to expect. The AFC is planning its annual trip to coincide with the opening of ‘Art and War in the Renaissance’ in San Francisco at the de Young Museum (October 17-20, 2024). For more information, check out our events calendar.

Serving One of Europe’s Greatest Museums

The American Friends of Capodimonte (AFC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to build awareness in the English-speaking world of one of Europe’s greatest museums. We are a group of scholars and art lovers dedicated to sharing Capodimonte’s magnificent collection as well as raising funds for special projects at the Museum and its Royal Park. Thanks to our Capodimonte Fellowships, we are the first and only American organization to place talented, young American art historians directly inside an Italian museum. For more information on the AFC Fellowship, click here.

Benefits

Contributors to the AFC will receive exclusive access to the Capodimonte Museum—an unprecedented rarity in Italy. Our members and donors enjoy private tours, events, and dinners in the Museum and Royal Park. When works from the collection travel to America, we invite all who contribute to join us for events and exhibitions. Every summer the doors of Southern Italy’s greatest monuments and private palaces are opened exclusively for us during our annual journey to Naples. 

View the Latest Instagram Posts from our AFC Fellow

On day 3 of the AFC trip to San Francisco we were guided through the ‘Mary Cassat at Work’ exhibition at the Legion of Honor by associate curator Dr. Isabella Lores-Chavez. In the afternoon we visited the Antinori Vineyard at Atlas Peak,
On day 2 of the AFC trip to San Francisco we enjoyed a private tour of ‘Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries’, led by Emma C. de Jong, current AFC fellow, and James Anno, curator at the Houston Museum of Fine art
On day 1 of the AFC trip to San Francisco we attended the exhibition opening of ‘Art and War in the Renaissance: The Battle of Pavia Tapestries’ at the de Young museum. Director and CEO Dr. Thomas Campbell gave a great introductory lectur

Our Impact

Fellowships and Research

The AFC’s Fellowship is the only program to offer young American art historians the transformative, multi-year experience of working hands-on in an Italian museum. Our Fellows engage in essential English-language outreach and produce publications that open Capodimonte to a global audience.
Interested AFC Fellowship applicants can find application details on our Fellowships page.

Technology

Thanks to the AFC’s efforts, the Capodimonte Museum is Google Arts & Culture’s largest partner in Italy and the seat of an Apple Foundations Program.

International Exchange

The AFC has made the Capodimonte Museum a global meeting point by facilitating and encouraging dialogue with professors, journalists, diplomats, and American servicemen and women.

We would love to hear from you! Please reach out to us through our contact form and click here for more information about donating and becoming a member of our organization. 

Read about AFC Fellow Emma C. de Jong’s (’23-’25) Research on the Carlo Firmian Print Collection

Click on the image to go to the article published on the CODART website.

Watch AFC Fellow Caroline Paganussi (’21-’23) Give an Introduction to the Capodimonte

Listen to Caroline Talk About a Caravaggio Masterpiece to the BBC

Click on the image to be taken to the BBC Radio 4 website.