Rocco Ritchie shares rare photo with mom Madonna and dad Guy Ritchie

Madonna and her ex-husband Guy Ritchie came together for a good cause: the thriving artistic career of their son Rocco Ritchie.

Rocco, 25, hosted an art exhibition in London on December 12, and both of his famous parents came out to show their support, as seen in a family photo Rocco shared on Instagram.

In the photo, Rocco smiled as he stood between Madonna, 67, and Ritchie, 57, in front of two of her portraits — and in a caption, he expressed gratitude to his parents for their presence.

“Obviously some people might judge me, I don’t blame them,” he captioned his Monday, December 15, post. “However, I’m proud to be who I am, but I’m even more proud to have both my parents in one room supporting me. The work has to speak for itself, that’s why the show was called ‘Talk Is Cheap.’

The “Material Girl” singer and the British director were married from 2000 to 2008, and this outing marks a rare joint appearance for the former couple.

In September, Madonna appeared on an episode of Jay Shetty’s On purpose podcast, and spoke about the “painful” months-long custody battle she and Ritchie endured over Rocco in 2015 as they figured out where the 15-year-old would live.

“Even though my marriage didn’t work, I mean, a lot of people’s marriages don’t work,” she said. “They’re marrying the wrong people, they’re not aligned, they’re not right for each other. Someone trying to take my child away from me, it was like… they might as well kill me. That’s really what I thought.”

Madonna has previously shown support for Rocco’s artistry and attended an exhibition he curated in Miami in April 2024.

“So happy to have a free evening to enjoy my son Rocco’s latest collection of paintings called ‘Pack A Punch’ inspired by Muay Thai fighters,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “So proud! ♥️♥️♥️. @miamidesigndistrict.”

Rocco opened up about his passion for painting last year in an interview with Whitewall and explained that his parents influenced his career path.

“I’ve been painting since I was a child, and as you may know, I grew up in a household where creativity was on steroids,” he said. “My mother didn’t really give us a choice, which I’m very grateful for now, but she made us try every creative avenue.”

In a recent interview with Fantastic manHe added that his pop star mother often tells him stories about legendary artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, whom she once dated, and Keith Haring.

At his exhibition in London, Rocco included a portrait of his 13-year-old twin sisters Stella and Estere, whom Madonna adopted in 2017.

He shared a photo posing with the girls on his Instagram Stories, writing: “The sisters weren’t very impressed with [their] portrait 😂❤️.”

Madonna’s longtime best friend Debi Mazar commented on the photo Rocco shared with his parents, writing, “Boom 💥 Congratulations 💋.”