MAXXI Roma Celebrates 10 Years with New Branch in L'Aquila and Expanded Programming
The MAXXI museum in Rome marked its tenth anniversary with a press conference led by President Giovanna Melandri, who reflected on the institution's growth since opening on May 30, 2010. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the museum has attracted 3,328,000 visitors, doubled its art collection from 235 to 531 works, and increased its architecture archive from 13 to 88 funds. A new branch will open at Palazzo Ardinghelli in L'Aquila during the summer solstice, featuring site-specific works by five Italian artists: Elisabetta Benassi, Daniela De Lorenzo, Alberto Garutti, Nunzio, and the late Ettore Spalletti, plus a project by Anastasia Potemkina in collaboration with V-A-C Foundation. The museum's 2020 program includes 18 new exhibitions, including 'senzamargine. Passaggi nell’arte italiana a cavallo del millennio' curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, 'Aldo Rossi. L’architetto e le città' curated by Alberto Ferlenga, and 'Giovanni Gastel. The people I like' featuring 200 portraits. MAXXI has expanded its patronage network with American Friends of MAXXI since 2018 and will launch in the UK in March 2020. The museum's annual budget for 2020 is €13,227,582, with an additional €2 million for the L'Aquila branch. MAXXI is the second most Instagrammed museum in Italy after the Uffizi.
Key facts
- MAXXI opened on May 30, 2010, designed by Zaha Hadid.
- Total visitors: 3,328,000; ticket revenue: €12,746,570.
- Art collection grew from 235 to 531 works; architecture archive from 13 to 88 funds.
- New branch at Palazzo Ardinghelli in L'Aquila opening summer 2020.
- L'Aquila branch features works by Elisabetta Benassi, Daniela De Lorenzo, Alberto Garutti, Nunzio, Ettore Spalletti, and Anastasia Potemkina.
- MAXXI is the second most Instagrammed museum in Italy after the Uffizi.
- American Friends of MAXXI launched in 2018; UK expansion in March 2020.
- 2020 budget: €13,227,582 plus €2 million for L'Aquila and €1,873,600 from fundraising.
Entities
Artists
- Zaha Hadid
- Elisabetta Benassi
- Daniela De Lorenzo
- Alberto Garutti
- Nunzio
- Ettore Spalletti
- Anastasia Potemkina
- Giovanni Gastel
- Carla Accardi
- Angela Ricci Lucchi
- Yervant Gianikian
- Luigi Ghirri
- Jannis Kounellis
- Claudio Parmeggiani
- Mario Schifano
- Alberto Boatto
- Claudia Gian Ferrari
- Giulia Cenci
- Tomaso De Luca
- Renato Leotta
- Gio Ponti
- Aldo Rossi
- Lucy Styles
- Petra Blaisse
- Lina Bo Bardi
- Isaac Julien
- Navin Rawanchaikul
- Cao Fei
- Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo
- Konstantin Grcic
- Sergio Musmeci
- Giuseppe Perugini
- Maurizio Sacripanti
- Bernard Khoury
- Paolo Pellegrin
- Stefano Cerio
- Giovanna Melandri
- Hou Hanru
- Lorenzo Giusti
- Cristiana Perrella
- Sergio Risaliti
- Cesare Pietroiusti
- Martin Bethenod
- Tomás Saraceno
- Shirin Neshat
- Sean Scully
- Yoko Ono
- Antonio Guterres
- Yuri Ancarani
- Giorgio Andreotta Calò
- Flavio Favelli
- Margherita Moscardini
- Patrick Tuttofuoco
- Barack Obama
- Roberto Bolle
- Costantino Dardi
- Paola Pivi
- Maria Lai
- Elisabetta Catalano
- Paolo Di Paolo
- Enzo Cucchi
- Altan
- Roberto Schezen
- Pigi Battista
- Dario Franceschini
- Santa Nastro
- Alighiero Boetti
- Elisabetta Di Maggio
- Remo Salvadori
- Carlo Scarpa
- Giampaolo Babetto
- Pier Luigi Nervi
Institutions
- MAXXI
- Fondazione MAXXI
- MiBACT
- V-A-C Foundation
- American Friends of MAXXI
- MoMA
- Triennale di Milano
- Centre Pompidou
- Museum of Modern Art of Ljubljana
- ANSA
- Acea
- BVLGARI
- Terna
- Alcantara
- Enel Italia
- Regione Lazio
- Accademia di Belle Arti dell’Aquila
- Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea del MiBACT
- Italian Council
- PresS/Tfactory_AIAC
- Interno14
- GAMeC
- Centro Pecci
- Museo Novecento
- Palaexpo
- Palazzo Grassi
- Punta della Dogana
- ICOM
- MAXXI L'Aquila
- Accademia di Belle Arti
- Università dell'Aquila
- Gran Sasso Science Institute
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
- Groupama
- BMW
- Eni
- Enel
- Artribune
- Nazioni Unite
- Musei Vaticani
- MAXXI – Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
- ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana)
- INFN (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
- Ministero dei Beni Culturali
- Gucci
- Formafantasma
- Nervi in the Making
- Villa Audi (Beirut)
- Bardo (Tunis)
- Villa des Arts (Rabat)
- Istituto italiano di cultura di New Delhi
- Istituto italiano di cultura (Paris)
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- L'Aquila
- Palazzo Ardinghelli
- Moscow
- Russia
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Palermo
- Matera
- Beirut
- Tunis
- Rabat
- New Delhi
- Mumbai
- Taranto
- Buenos Aires
- Berlin
- Ekaterinburg
- Algiers
- San Francisco
- Rio de Janeiro
- São Paulo
- Brasília
- Valencia
- Paris
- Milan
- Roma
- Italia
- Abruzzo
- Iran
- Istanbul
- Africa
- ex Yugoslavia
- Stati Uniti
- Tunisi
- Lebanon
- Tunisia
- Morocco
- India
- France