What has happened in Italian art over the last 50 years? Who have been the protagonists? What ideas have revolutionized the way of making and looking at art? For eight Saturdays from September 2010 to April 2011, eight critics and university lecturers will meet the MAXXI public to discuss the avant-gardes and Transavanguardia, Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, photography, the new media and the contemporary art system of the 21st century.
The Histories of Art / 1960-2010 – Contemporary art lectures
from 18 September 2010 to 16 April 2011
every third Saturday of the month, 11.30-13.00
entrance: € 4,00
18 September 2010
Maria Grazia Messina discusses the Sixties
Other encounters scheduled:
16 October 2010/ Maria Teresa Roberto discusses the performance
20 November 2010 / Daniela Lancioni discusses the Seventies
18 December 2010 / Claudio Marra discusses photography
15 January 2011 / Stefano Chiodi discusses the Eighties
19 February 2011 / Silvia Bordini racconta i nuovi media
19 March 2011 / Paola Nicolin racconta gli ultimi vent’anni
16 April 2011 / Claudio Zambianchi racconta la critica degli ultimi quarant’anni
> booking your entry ticket online
What has happened in Italian art over the last 50 years? Who have been the protagonists? What ideas have revolutionized the way of making and looking at art? For eight Saturdays from September 2010 to April 2011, eight critics and university lecturers will meet the MAXXI public to discuss the avant-gardes and Transavanguardia, Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, photography, the new media and the contemporary art system of the 21st century.
The Histories of Art / 1960-2010 – Contemporary art lectures
from 18 September 2010 to 16 April 2011
every third Saturday of the month, 11.30-13.00
entrance: € 4,00
18 September 2010
Maria Grazia Messina discusses the Sixties
Other encounters scheduled:
16 October 2010/ Maria Teresa Roberto discusses the performance
20 November 2010 / Daniela Lancioni discusses the Seventies
18 December 2010 / Claudio Marra discusses photography
15 January 2011 / Stefano Chiodi discusses the Eighties
19 February 2011 / Silvia Bordini racconta i nuovi media
19 March 2011 / Paola Nicolin racconta gli ultimi vent’anni
16 April 2011 / Claudio Zambianchi racconta la critica degli ultimi quarant’anni
> booking your entry ticket online