The resident artists, 22 in total, are the winners of the annual competition organized by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and have been called to carry out a project dedicated to Italy and in particular to the city that hosts them. Rome is always at the center of his artistic research, which this year ranges from figurative art to multimedia technology, from photography to dance, from cinema to graphic novels, passing through fashion and gastronomy.

Since 1873, the year in which the Royal Academy of Spain was founded in Rome, 1,031 scholars have lived in Rome, giving life to important projects during their stay in the city and increasingly consolidating the role of the Academy as the center of Spanish culture in abroad.