Rome is preparing to host an unprecedented event: on May 9, 2026, at the Golf Club Parco di Roma, the first edition of the ‘Masterpiece Cup’ will take place, a sporting competition at the heart of the innovative project ‘Art & Golf: For a Round Together,’ which unites the elegance of golf with the expressive power of contemporary art.
The Event
The initiative, sponsored by both the Municipality of Rome – Department of Major Events, Sports, Tourism and Fashion, as well as Federgolf Lazio and CIWAS, was born from the intuition of Mauro Marchione, a Roman lawyer with a deep passion for golf and art and author of the unpublished story ‘A Complicated Round,’ written specifically to inspire the artists involved in the project. The goal is ambitious: to create, for the first time in the world, a permanent link between contemporary art and golf. In fact, while over 100 players will compete in an original and unifying competition, each hole will be forever associated with a work created specifically by nine artists.
The 18 works featured in the project will be exhibited from May 6 to 9 at the Golf Club Parco di Roma and will later be transferred to the exclusive halls of the Hotel Hassler at Trinità dei Monti. On May 14, the event will culminate in an auction curated by the auction house Bolli & Romiti. An exclusive event that will involve not only the participants in the competition but also collectors, investors, and art enthusiasts.
“We are faced with the unique opportunity to create an innovative and highly scalable format,” emphasizes Gianpaolo Sacconi, the event’s chief operating officer, “it is a concept that can have a significant impact on the art and luxury goods market in general.”
Among the featured artists are Francesco Astiaso Garcia, Sebastiano Bianco, Stefano Trappolini, TETSU, Carola Masini, Claudio Angeloni, Cosimo Brunetti, Cristiano Quagliozzi, and Milena Scardigno, with curatorship entrusted to Massimo Scaringella.
With ‘Art & Golf – For a Round Together,’ Rome is preparing to host a world premiere destined to redefine the very concept of experiential events: a journey through beauty, competition, and vision, where sport, culture, and networking merge into a refined and unrepeatable experience.
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