Villa Massimo

The fellowship of the German Academy in Rome, often referred to as the German Rome Prize, is one of the most important awards granted to distinguished artists for study abroad.

The award offers residencies of one year at Villa Massimo in Rome as well as three months at Casa Baldi in Olevano Romano to artists who have excelled in Germany and abroad, including architects, composers, writers and artists.

[1] The institution's founder was the patron and entrepreneur Eduard Arnhold, who in 1910 acquired the beautiful property of 36,000 m2, previously the suburban villa of the aristocratic Massimo family.

Arnhold commissioned the main building, a large villa appropriate for official events, and ten modern studios with adjacent private residential spaces.

Today, Villa Massimo is managed by the German Federal Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Media.