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Museum in Rome, Italy

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MAXXI (, 'national museum of 21st-century arts') is a national museum of contemporary art and architecture in the Flaminio neighborhood of Rome, Italy. The museum is managed by a foundation created by the Italian Ministry of Culture. The building was designed by Zaha Hadid, and won the Stirling Prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2010.

History

In 1998, an international design competition for the design of the museum building was won by Zaha Hadid. Her submission included five separate structures, of which only one was completed. It was built on the site of a former military barracks, the Caserma Montello, incorporating parts of it.

The museum took more than ten years to build, and opened to the public in 2010. It received the Stirling Prize for architecture of the Royal Institute of British Architects in the same year.

The Guardian has called the MAXXI building "Hadid's finest built work to date" and "a masterpiece fit to sit alongside Rome's ancient wonders".

Description

MAXXI consists of two museums: "MAXXI Art" and "MAXXI Architecture". "MAXXI Architecture" represents Italy's first national museum of architecture, and is dedicated to modern and contemporary Italian and international architecture. The outdoor courtyard surrounding the museum provides a venue for large-scale works of art.

Gallery

File:More than meets the eye MAXXI Roma 2015.jpg File:MAXXI Museum interior 05.JPG File:Inside MAXXI (26876589823).jpg File:MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Roma, Italy (Unsplash).jpg File:L'intérieur du MAXXI (Rome) (34216328131).jpg

MAXXI L'Aquila

On 30 October 2020, a branch of the museum opened in L'Aquila, capital of the Regione Abruzzo. It is housed in the , an eightenth-century palace that was severely damaged in the earthquake of 2009 and later restored by the Italian Ministry of cultural heritage and tourism, with additional funding from the Russian government.

Collections

The permanent collections of these two museums grow through direct acquisitions, as well as through commissions, thematic competitions, awards for young artists, donations, and permanent loans. The collection includes work by:

References

References

  1. "Zaha Hadid: MAXXI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Architecture". HENI Talks.
  2. Bianchini, Riccardo. (16 June 2022). "Zaha Hadid – The MAXXI Museum Rome – part 1".
  3. Glancey, Jonathan (16 November 2009). [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/nov/16/zaha-hadid-maxxi-rome "Zaha Hadid's stairway into the future"]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. London. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  4. Moore, Rowan (6 June 2010). [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/06/maxxi-rome-zaha-hadid "Zaha Hadid's new Roman gallery joins the pantheon of the greats"]. ''The Guardian''. London. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100803171852/http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/en/museo/museum-who-we-are "Who We Are"]. ''MAXXI''. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  6. "Conferenza ‘MAXXI dall’architettura del museo al museo di architettura’ di Margherita Guccione, direttrice del MAXXI Architettura".
  7. Junkin, Caitlin. (16 September 2011). "At Maxxi in Rome, Urban Gardens Bloom". [[The New York Times]].
  8. Harris, Gareth. (10 August 2020). "MaXXI to open new museum in earthquake-ravaged L'Aquila in October". [[The Art Newspaper]].
  9. Glancey, Jonathan (4 October 2010). [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/oct/04/zaha-hadid-maxxi-stirling-prize "Zaha Hadid's Maxxi was the right choice for the Stirling prize"]. ''The Guardian''. London. Retrieved 6 January 2023.

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