talk + filmSongs and Cries + The Banquetby Li Yongzheng
MAXXI auditorium
free admission subject to availability
valid for everyone from 20 October to 12 November
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– for groups of 15 people or more;
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– 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;
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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.

MAXXI auditorium
free admission subject to availability
25 Oct 2026 11.30 am
guided toursSophie CalleMatrimoni, Rotture e Funerali inclusi
4 Nov 2026 06.00 pm
books at MAXXIPiccola mia. Lettera a una bambina appena nataby Walter Veltroni
6 Nov 2026 06.30 pm
conferenceLe ragioni dell’architetturaRicordando Susanna Nobili
7 Nov 2026 04.00 pm
MAXXI with the familyDi Spazio in SpazioDivento Spazio
7 Nov 2026 05.30 pm
MAXXI with the familyDi Spazio in SpazioDivento Spazio
Two video works by the Chinese artist, whose practice explores themes such as individual memory, migration and borders.
Songs and Cries, created between 2023 and 2024 and comprising six short films, responds to the individual experiences, emotional traumas and shifts in social psychology brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and the period that followed.
In The Banquet, created in 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic, the artist travels from southern China to a remote canyon in Xinjiang, where, in a completely uninhabited landscape, she invites local Uyghur residents to share a dinner.
speakers
Luigia Lonardelli MAXXI curator
Li Yongzheng artist
Xiuzhong Zhang founder of Zhong Art International
screening
Songs and Cries
China, 2023–2024, 50’
The Banquet
China 2020, 12’30”
In collaboration with Zhong Art International.
seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event