What's on today
Gio Ponti. Loving architecture
REOPENING: 22-23-24/29-30-31 May and from 2 June on the usual opening days and hours
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.
Elisabetta Catalano. Between photography and performance
A new focus presentation of the MAXXI archives this time featuring a great photographer
REAL_ITALY
REOPENING: from 2 June 2020
In the year of its 10th anniversary, MAXXI chooses to give great space to Italian creativity, by hosting the winners of the competition held by the MiBACT Italian Council.
At Home/Projects for contemporary housing
REOPENING: from 18 June 2020
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
Alcantara Project - MAXXI. Studio Visit Konstantin Grcic. Imagination in power
REOPENING: from 18 June 2020
A space inspired by Pier Luigi Nervi that visitors may enter and move around.
THE INDEPENDENT. Max Fletcher
Three canvases combine words, painting and gestures in a critical rethinking of the past as a means of building friendships, solidarity and alliances.
Upcoming
Isaac Julien. Lina Bo Bardi. A Marvellous Entanglement
«Time is not linear, it is a marvellous tangle in which, at any moment, ends can be chosen and solutions invented, without beginning or end».
Alberto Boatto. Lo sguardo dal di fuori
For the first time, MAXXI dedicates a focus to a critic's archive, one of the most important intellectuals and writer of the last half-century, who died at the age of 87 in 2017.
senzamargine. Passages in Italian Art at the Turn of the Millennium
In conjunction with the Museum’s 10th anniversary, celebrated on 30th May 2010, a great new re-installation has enhanced the museum with a new cluster of Italian artworks from the turn of the century.
MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE
MAXXI and Bulgari together for young contemporary art.
Navin Rawanchaikul. Ciao da Roma
An imposing oil on canvas between Bollywood and the Roman suburbs, diaspora and cultural integration.
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
Choose the membership programme that meets your needs: a whole year of advantages awaits!
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Upcoming
Isaac Julien. Lina Bo Bardi. A Marvellous Entanglement
«Time is not linear, it is a marvellous tangle in which, at any moment, ends can be chosen and solutions invented, without beginning or end».
Alberto Boatto. Lo sguardo dal di fuori
For the first time, MAXXI dedicates a focus to a critic's archive, one of the most important intellectuals and writer of the last half-century, who died at the age of 87 in 2017.
MAXXI Collection. senzamargine. Passages in Italian Art at the Turn of the Millennium
In conjunction with the Museum’s 10th anniversary, celebrated on 30th May 2010, a great new re-installation has enhanced the museum with a new cluster of Italian artworks from the turn of the century.
MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE
MAXXI and Bulgari together for young contemporary art.
Navin Rawanchaikul. Ciao da Roma
An imposing oil on canvas between Bollywood and the Roman suburbs, diaspora and cultural integration.
A Story for the Future.
MAXXI’s First Decade
A passionate work of research, a thoughtful debate on the XXI century's first decade through the MAXXI's point of view.
Aldo Rossi. The Architect and the Cities
A retrospective on the extraordinary theoretical and practical contribution of an “unusual architect”. On display materials from archives and collections from all over the world.
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.
Invia la tua candidatura entro il 23 marzo per il workshop gratuito e metti a confronto il mondo della creatività e dello sviluppo attraverso metodi, politiche e programmi culturali.
Il Festival di Architettura per un nuovo approccio a sostenibilità e innovazione urbana, culturale e ambientale.
Sperimenta e condividi le professioni della cultura con il programma di alternanza scuola-lavoro del museo!
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With the my MAXXI card experience the museum full time: unlimited and preferential access, reduced rates to participate to cultural programmes and educational activities
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
A space to meet real and virtual visitors to MAXXI and have them meet one another, a space designed for the sharing of ideas, interests, experiences and opinions on the world of contemporary creativity.
