The Histories of Architecture.Art and architecture in Rome

until 29 May, valid for all exhibitions currently on view, due to the rearrangement of selected galleries and the implementation of energy efficiency improvements to the buildings
valid for one year from the date of purchase
– minors under 18 years of age;
– myMAXXI cardholders;
– on your birthday presenting an identity document;
– upon presentation of EU Disability Card holders and or accompanying letter from hosting association/institution for: people with disabilities and accompanying person, people on the autistic spectrum and accompanying person, deaf people, people with cognitive disabilities and complex communication needs and their caregivers, people with serious illnesses and their caregivers, guests of first aid and anti-violence centres and accompanying operators, residents of therapeutic communities and accompanying operators;
– MiC employees;
– journalists who can prove their business activity;
– European Union tour guides and tour guides, licensed (ref. Circular n.20/2016 DG-Museums);
– 1 teacher for every 10 students;
– AMACI members;
– CIMAM International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art members;
– ICOM members;
– from Tuesday to Friday (excluding holidays) European Union students and university researchers in art history and architecture, public fine arts academies (AFAM registered) students and Temple University Rome Campus students;
– IED Istituto Europeo di Design professors, NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti professors, RUFA Rome University of Fine Arts professors;
– upon presentation of ID card or badge: Collezione Peggy Guggenheim a Venezia, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sotheby’s Preferred, MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie;
MAXXI’s Collection of Art and Architecture represents the founding element of the museum and defines its identity. Since October 2015, it has been on display with different arrangements of works.
21 May 2025 06.00 pm
talkBeyond the AudibleThe Electrical Jubilee in Christina Kubisch's Sound Paths
23 May 2025 07.00 pm
talkÈ stato un casoby Massimiliano Fuksas
24 May 2025 04.30 pm
MAXXIperTUTTIGeografie liquidelab in LIS
27 May 2025 06.00 pm
books at MAXXIL’uomo che arrestò Mussoliniby Mario Avagliano
28 May 2025 06.00 pm
libri al MAXXIIl grande frastuonoby Roy Chen
MAXXI Auditorium – admittance €5.00; admittance to 5 seminars €20; free for myMAXXI cardholders.
The purchase of a ticket allows for reduced price museum entrance (€8) within one week of issue.
Five lectures examining the urban and architectural history of modern and contemporary Rome from 1870 to the present day
The relationship between art and architecture is complex and variegated: in the short century and also in the contemporary age, when architecture attempted figurative and symbolic incursions into a field up until then closely tied to the prerogatives of art. Art and architecture in Italy have frequently contested primacy or subjection, especially in the period between the two wars, when the former faced up to the demands of propaganda and was politically by the corporate state.
Aside from any possible political use, this report would instead appear to have been consolidated in the subterranean museum of the Neapolitan metro line, while an experiment such as MAAM in Rome, the museum inhabited by nomads and refugees, promotes itself as an example of a global work of art.
Antonella Greco, a professor in the History of Contemporary Architecture at La Sapienza University, Rome, graduated in the History of Art with Giulio C. Argan. Her research focuses on the architectural scene in Rome, the relationships between art and architecture, Italian architects in the period between the two wars and in period following the Second World War (Luigi Moretti, Ludovico Quaroni, Adalberto Libera, Gio Ponti, Leonardo Ricci). She has curated, alone or with others, various exhibitions and seasons of documentaries on architecture in Italy and abroad. Her most recent publications include: Leonardo Ricci, Monterinaldi, Balmain, Mann (with M. Clara Ghia), Rome 2012, Santiago Calatrava, Musei Vaticani 2013 (edited by Micol Forti), Arte e artisti all’E.42, Rome 2015.
The Histories of Architecture. Lectures on Rome
27 February – 14 May 2016
The first edition of The Histories of Architecture: this year the series examines the transformations in the architecture of the capital from 1870 through to the present day.
Introductions by Margherita Guccione, director MAXXI Architettura.