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
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– 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.
18 May 2025 05.00 pm
MAXXI with the familyDi Spazio in SpazioDivento Spazio
20 May 2025 06.00 pm
books at MAXXIC’era una volta Hollywoodby David Niven
20 May 2025 06.30 pm
talkRiabitare Roma. Palazzina LIVEby IT’S ARCHITETTURA
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
MAXXI Auditorium – admission free subject to availability of places
An unexpected and surprising reading within the sphere of female photography and self-representation
In the book Chi sono io?, published by Contrasto, Concita De Gregorio has roamed widely, posing questions and questioning herself regarding the sense and value of a gesture: that of self-representation. This research is born out of careful observation of images and photographs created over the years, above all by women photographers: “I sought out numerous self portraits, for a long time. Those that I found were almost all female. Women photographers always portray themselves, almost always. Male photographers much less. It’s odd. Don’t men photographers need to seek their soul? How come they so rarely turn the camera on themselves? Why is work on identity – who am I – in photography above all female work?”.
From the outset photography has offered a mirror before which one can measure and define one’s identity, almost a third eye capable of reaching deep into the human soul. In Chi sono io?, an intimate and intense photo gallery, from Francesca Woodman to Cindy Sherman, from Wanda Wulz to Dora Maar through to the most contemporary photographs, De Gregorio presents the voices and gazes of those who, through their own image, are attempting to investigate their place in the world. With five Italian photographers who also operate, albeit not exclusively, within the field of self-representation, including Anna Di Prospero and Simona Ghizzoni, guests at the event, with whom Concita De Gregorio conversed at length.
It is above all the women who photograph themselves. Why, I asked five of them. The reply always concerns healing, a wound, treatment. A need, never vanity.
Introduced by
Giovanna Melandri President, Fondazione MAXXI
Speakers
Concita De Gregorio journalist and writer
Anna Di Prospero photographer
Simona Ghizzoni photographer