Italy hasn’t seen a major retrospective devoted to Vassily Kandinsky in over 25 years, and the one now on view at Palazzo Bonaparte, in Rome, is particularly timely: the Centre Pompidou, temporarily closed for renovation, has lent a generous group of artworks from the Nina Kandinsky bequest, pieces that would not ordinarily travel. Over 70 paintings trace the full arc of Kandinsky’s career, from his early years as a Moscow lawyer through his time with the Blue Rider group in Munich, his Bauhaus decade, and his late Paris period—including Gelb-Rot-Blau (1925) and L’Arco Nero (1912), two of his best-known canvases. A separate focus is devoted to Gabriele Münter, his longtime companion and a significant Expressionist painter in her own right, shown in Italy for the first time. —Elena Clavarino