Giulia Cenci, Tomaso De Luca, Renato Leotta Finalists for MAXXI Bvlgari Prize 2019

Giulia Cenci, Tomaso De Luca, and Renato Leotta are the three finalists for the second edition of the MAXXI Bvlgari Prize, succeeding the earlier Premio MAXXI. The prize now targets both Italian and foreign artists who have produced a project in Italy within the last two years at public or private institutions. The winner will be announced in October 2020, with their work acquired by the museum. The exhibition of site-specific works, curated by Giulia Ferracci, opens on May 7, 2020. The prize is part of MAXXI's tenth-anniversary celebrations. The jury includes Hou Hanru, Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Manuel Borja-Villel, Emma Lavigne, and Victoria Noorthoorn. Nominators include Cecilia Alemani, Laura Barreca, Lorenzo Benedetti, Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Caterina Riva, Marianna Vecellio, Ilaria Marotta, and Andrea Baccin. Giulia Cenci (b. 1988, Cortona) lives between Amsterdam and Tuscany; she won the Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel 2019. Tomaso De Luca (b. 1988, Verona) lives in Berlin; he won the Cy Twombly Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome in 2017. Renato Leotta (b. 1982, Turin) lives in Acireale; his work focuses on sea and garden as poetic themes.