To: Devoted To Creativity
From: Art|Travel Muse
Date: Inaugural Exhibitions
Subject: When In Rome

The eagerly awaited opening for MAXXI, the National Museum of XXI Century Arts designed by Zaha Hadid, has arrived.

MAXXI is the first Italian national museum devoted to contemporary creativity. Strongly supported by
the Minister for Cultural Heritage Sandro Bondi, the museum is managed by MAXXI Foundation presided
over by Pio Baldi and directed by Margherita Guccione (MAXXI Architecture) and Anna Mattirolo
(MAXXI Art).

The inaugural exhibitions are GINO DE DOMINICIS: the Immmortal, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva (30
May – 7 November 2010). KUTLUG ATAMAN. Mesopotamian Dramaturgies, curated by Cristiana
Perrella (30 May – September 2010). LUIGI MORETTI, ARCHITECT. From Rationalism to the Informal,
curated by Bruno Reichlin and Maristella Casciato (30 May – November 2010).

However, it is SPACE that speaks of the spirit of the museum: the first thematic exhibition of MAXXI
Art and Architecture collections curated by an interdisciplinary group composed of Pippo Ciorra,
Alessandro D’Onofrio, Bartolomeo Pietromarchi and Gabi Scardi. Catalogue edited by Stefano Chiodi and
Domitilla Dardi (30 May 2010 – February 2011).

The idea for SPACE was prompted by Zaha Hadid’s fluent forms and fully interprets MAXXI’s
interdisciplinary nature. Around 90 works from the Art collection (including works by Alighiero Boetti, Anish
Kapoor, William Kentridge, Sol Lewitt, Giuseppe Penone, Grazia Toderi and Francesco Vezzoli) will be
exhibited along a route winding inside and outside the museum, where they will dialogue with site specific
installations by 10 international architecture studios (including Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Lacaton & Vassal
Architects and West 8).

As part of the exhibition, a work by Studio Azzurro, Italian Geographies, will occupy a 40-metre wall: an
interactive account of the last 60 years of Italian architecture, composed of film clips, interviews,
photographs and drawings, freely reinterpreted and assembled in spectacular fashion. This work and the
installations will enhance the MAXXI Architecture collection.

MAXXI

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