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Collezione MAXXI. Lo Spazio dell’Immagine
A renewal at the heart of the museum with a new set- up of the permanent Collection
Low Form. Imaginaries and Visions in the Age of Artificial...
An exploration of the technological and surreal imaginary of the artists of today, from computer-generated dreams to creative algorithms and avatars that question the meaning of existence.
THE STREET. Where the World Is Made
The street as a place of sharing and innovation, the principal laboratory for artists, architects and creatives.
Paolo Pellegrin. Un’antologia
Over 150 photographs to discover the creative journey and themes animating the quest of the photographer and ten-time winner of the World Press Photo Award.
Lezioni Olivettiane®. Olivetti’s style: showcases in the world
Three meetings to study the figure of Adriano Olivetti in relation to Italian architecture of the 20th century.
Zerocalcare. Digging ditches ∙ Feeding crocodiles
The first solo exhibition dedicated to the publishing talent of Italian comics
Nature. Michele De Lucchi. L’anello mancante
For the sixth edition of the Nature monographic exhibitions cycle, De Lucchi presents a site-specific installation charged with meanings and references.
Dentro la Strada Novissima
An insight on 1980 exhibition which started the international debate on post-modern
When sound becomes form
The story of the Italian sound avant-garde through photographs, films, videos, historical posters, original LPs and audio contributions.
THE INDEPENDENT. NESXT
A symbolic map of the practices that inhabit the ever-expanding independent national scene, with a selection of eight projects.
Artapes. Low Form
A journey into a technological and surreal imaginarium, through artificial intelligence, dreams generated by computers and creative algorithms
RASSEGNA DI STREET FOOD
Accanto alla mostra “La Strada. Dove si crea il mondo” come suo naturale prolungamento, la piazza del museo ospita una rassegna di street food a rappresentare la varietà gastronomica proveniente da diversi angoli di Italia e del mondo.
TERRE IN MOVIMENTO Sguardi d’artista per una Committenza sul paesaggio...
Ancona, Chiesa di San Gregorio Illuminatore già San Bartolomeo
Colori in corso. Cromatiche evoluzioni di Gipa, un artista...
Un percorso espositivo pieno di energia e vitalità in cui la diversità diventa ricchezza
Upcoming
Scritture della psiche
Una occasione per valorizzare esperienze più e meno note della scrittura come approfondimento e cura della psiche.
The exact coincidence of random events
The story of Bizhan Bassiri, an Iranian artist exiled in Italy in a documentary that follows him as he returns home after many years.
District 9
A mockumentary, a sharp allegory of our contemporary failing to offer hospitality.
Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival
A meeting to present the next edition of the XXII Milan Triennale.
Art collections
The collections of the MAXXI art present themselves as a strong nucleus that witnesses the national and international artistic production
Architecture collections
The MAXXI Architettura collections comprise all those artefacts and documents that, in various ways, represent the material and conceptual complexity of architecture.
Architecture Archives Centre
The Centro Archivi curates and manages the MAXXI's architecture collections and provides the possibility, inside the Sala Studio, to directly consult the documents and database of its twentieth and twenty-first century collections.
Biographies
Virtual tour with Google Street View
Membership
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Upcoming
Scritture della psiche
Una occasione per valorizzare esperienze più e meno note della scrittura come approfondimento e cura della psiche.
Film at MAXXI - Extra Special. The exact coincidence of random events
The story of Bizhan Bassiri, an Iranian artist exiled in Italy in a documentary that follows him as he returns home after many years.
Film at MAXXI - Alice Family. James e la pesca gigante
The adventures of little James who has a dream
Film at MAXXI - Exhibition Special. District 9
A mockumentary, a sharp allegory of our contemporary failing to offer hospitality.
XXII Milan Triennale. Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival
A meeting to present the next edition of the XXII Milan Triennale.
Demopathy. A trip into the heart of democracy
Zerocalcare’s comic strips in an application with reportage and interviews.
Curator's Tour. Margherita Guccione racconta Paolo Pellegrin. Un’antologia
Una visita d’eccezione alla mostra del grande fotografo per scoprirne il percorso creativo insieme alla direttrice del MAXXI Architettura.
Books at MAXXI. L’occhio della macchina by Simone Arcagni
If each era offers a specific look at the world, then what is the logic and the nature of the contemporary eye?
Film at MAXXI - Exhibition special. L’uomo che rubò Banksy
A film that skilfully and ironically reflects on what it means to create and sell art in the world of today.
Ai margini. Storie di vite in strada
Un appuntamento per approfondire e indagare il rapporto tra il mondo dell’arte e quello del sociale
Cinema al MAXXI - Speciale mostre. Let’s get lost
Una rockstar della fotografia racconta il mix di talento, bellezza, tossicodipendenza
Autograph session with Zerocalcare
A special event with readers and fans on the occasion of the exhibition "Zerocalcare. Digging ditches · feeding crocodiles".
Book at MAXXI Archivi d’artista e lasciti: memorie culturali tra diritto e mercato
A meeting to present two books recounting the long career of Flavio Favelli
Obiettivo Architettura. Racconti sulla lettura fotografica di un progetto. it’s con Francesco Mattuzzi
Un ciclo di incontri per approfondire il rapporto simbiotico tra un’architettura, il suo progettista e il fotografo che l’ha ritratta.
Lezioni Olivettiane®. Adriano Olivetti’s UNRRA CASAS in the reconstruction of Italy
Three meetings to study in depth the figure of Adriano Olivetti in relation to Italian architecture of the 20th century
Libri al MAXXI. Io Khaled vendo uomini e sono innocente
La scioccante storia di un trafficante di esseri umani dell'autrice Francesca Mannocchi.
Obiettivo Architettura. Racconti sulla lettura fotografica di un progetto. Alessandro Scandurra con Filippo Romano
Un ciclo di incontri per approfondire il rapporto simbiotico tra un’architettura, il suo progettista e il fotografo che l’ha ritratta.
Alcantara®-MAXXI Project. Studio Visit Formafantasma. Nervi in the Making
A space inspired by Pier Luigi Nervi that visitors may enter and move around.
Lezioni Olivettiane®. History and future of Ivrea, World heritage site
Three meetings to study in depth the figure of Adriano Olivetti in relation to Italian architecture of the 20th century
Elisabetta Catalano
A new focus presentation of the MAXXI archives this time featuring a great photographer
Paola Pivi. World Record
Un progetto site specific, immersivo e coinvolgente, tra opere storiche e lavori più recenti.
At Home / A casa. Projects from the MAXXI Architecture Collection
A review that ranges from the low-cost housing projects of the post-war years to new experimental and sustainable ways of inhabiting the planet
Paolo Di Paolo. Mondo perduto
Un racconto delicato, rigoroso e sapiente di un’Italia che rinasceva dalle ceneri della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
Obiettivo Architettura. Racconti sulla lettura fotografica di un progetto. SET Architects con Simone Bossi
Un ciclo di incontri per approfondire il rapporto simbiotico tra un’architettura, il suo progettista e il fotografo che l’ha ritratta
Olivo Barbieri, Paola De Pietri, Petra Noordkamp. Terre in movimento
Three great photographers recount a changing landscape
Obiettivo Architettura. Racconti sulla lettura fotografica di un progetto. Nunzio Gabriele Sciveres e Giuseppe Gurrieri con Filippo Poli
Un ciclo di incontri per approfondire il rapporto simbiotico tra un’architettura, il suo progettista e il fotografo che l’ha ritratta.
Al norte de la tormenta
From Robert Rauschenberg to Antoni Tàpies, from Bruce Nauman to Juan Muñoz. The masterpieces of the IVAM collection at MAXXI.
Maria Lai. Holding the Sun by the Hand
A fitting tribute to an artist who created, ahead of the latest research into relational art, a language combing sensibility, local traditions and global codes.
Enzo Cucchi
In mostra opere recenti, che evidenziano la forza creativa e la contemporaneità del percorso di ricerca del poliedrico artista.
TUTTO. O della materia spirituale dell’arte
Una mostra dedicata a quei percorsi artistici che ricercano una dimensione altra, di assoluto, tra universale, materiale e immateriale, immanente e trascendente.
Gio Ponti. Amare l’architettura
40 years on from his death, MAXXI is dedicating a major retrospective to him that studies and presents his versatility, starting out with an account of his architecture.
collections
MAXXI’s collection represents the museum’s founding element and it determines its identity. From October 2015 the display will be permanent with several pathways.
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In "Disposizioni Generali e altri contenuti" è stato pubblicato il progetto di Codice etico della Fondazione MAXXI
The Architectural project
The MAXXI design goes beyond the concept of the building-museum. The complexity of the volumes, the curving walls, the variations and intersections of the levels determine a very rich spatial and functional configuration that visitors may pass through via ever different and unexpected routes.
Entertain at MAXXI
The Museum's spectacular Lobby and the Auditorium can host: conferences, corporate meetings and presentations, film screening, private dinners and cocktail receptions.
attività educative
Didactic activities with the objective of making the museum a familiar and dynamic space, a place for meeting as well as learning
Designed for audiences of different ages and requirements, from the youngest to the eldest, from the merely curious to experts in the sector, the museum intends to provide the necessary tools for active and participatory interpretation of contemporary themes.
Architectures of light
Workshop on the technique of oxidations presenting the MAXXI architecture on the basis of light
