Books at MAXXI.Modern Rome. From Napoleon to the Twenty-First Century by Italo Insolera

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.
14 May 2025 06.00 pm
books at MAXXIPaleoestetica. Alle origini della cultura visualeby Michele Cometa
14 May 2025 06.30 pm
talkSpiritualitàby Michelangelo Pistoletto and Antonio Spadaro
16 May 2025 06.00 pm
stories of artLecture on greenwith Giorgio Zanchetti
17 May 2025 05.00 pm
MAXXI with the familyDi Spazio in SpazioDivento Spazio
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
Sala Graziella Lonardi Buontempo – free admittance until full capacity
10 individual seats reserved for myMAXXI card holders writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it by the day before the event.
The last two centuries in the history of the Eternal City, capital of the Papal State, then of united Italy, first under the monarchy and subsequently the republic.
After fifty years and fifteen editions and reprints in Italy, this classic, groundbreaking work in the field of historical urban studies is now published in English. Insolera’s masterful, fluent narrative leads the reader through the last two centuries in the history of the Eternal City, capital of the Papal State, then of united Italy, first under the monarchy and subsequently the republic.
Rome’s chaotic growth and often ineffective urban planning, almost invariably overpowered by building speculation, can find an opportunity for future redemption in a vibrant multicultural society and the enhancement of an unequalled archaeological heritage – still buried for a large part – with the ancient Appian Way as its spine and the Fora all the way to the Capitoline Hill as its urban appendage.
Greetings
Bartolomeo Pietromarchi MAXXI Arte Director
Introduction
Roberto Einaudi architect
Speakers
Jeffrey Blanchard architectural historian
Francesco Erbani journalist
Rita Paris archaeologist
Francesco Scoppola architect
In collaboration with Cambridge Scholars Publishing.