MAXXI

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MAXXI ({{langx|it|Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo|italic=no}}, '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

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.{{cite web| first=Riccardo| last=Bianchini| title=Zaha Hadid – The MAXXI Museum Rome – part 1| url=https://www.inexhibit.com/case-studies/zaha-hadid-the-maxxi-museum-rome-part-1/| website=Inexhibit| date=16 June 2022| access-date=6 January 2023}}

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.{{r|guard}}

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

Description

MAXXI consists of two museums: "MAXXI art" and "MAXXI architecture".[https://web.archive.org/web/20100803171852/http://www.fondazionemaxxi.it/en/museo/museum-who-we-are "Who We Are"]. MAXXI. Retrieved 5 July 2010. The outdoor courtyard surrounding the museum provides a venue for large-scale works of art.{{cite news| last=Junkin| first=Caitlin| url=http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/at-maxxi-in-rome-urban-gardens-bloom/| title=At Maxxi in Rome, Urban Gardens Bloom| newspaper=The New York Times| date=16 September 2011| quote=Natural and recyclable materials like pressed hay, soil and grass were used in construction of the archipelago, rendering an organic touch to the museum’s concrete area| access-date=28 September 2011| url-access=subscription}}

Gallery

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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 {{ill|Palazzo Ardinghelli|it}}, an eightenth-century place 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.{{cite news| title=MaXXI to open new museum in earthquake-ravaged L'Aquila in October| url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/maxxi-outpost-due-to-open-in-earthquake-ravaged-l-aquila-in-october| first=Gareth| last=Harris| date=10 August 2020| access-date=6 January 2023| newspaper=The Art Newspaper}}

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:

Alighiero Boetti
Grazia Toderi
William Kentridge
Kara Walker
Ed Ruscha
Gilbert & George
Gino De Dominicis
Michael Raedecker
Anish Kapoor
Gerhard Richter
Francesco Clemente
Lara Favaretto
Marlene Dumas
Maurizio Cattelan
Gabriele Basilico
Kiki Smith
Thomas Ruff
Luigi Ghirri
Manfredi Beninati
Vanessa Beecroft
Stefano Arienti
Francis Alys
Ugo Rondinone
Thomas Schutte
Francesco Gostoli
Franklin Evans
Bruna Esposito
archives of architects Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi and Pier Luigi Nervi.{{failed verification|date=August 2018}}

References

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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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