Lorenza Baroncelli Appointed Director of Architecture at MAXXI Rome
Effective February 1, 2023, Lorenza Baroncelli, born in 1981, has been named the director of the Architecture Department at MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo in Rome. This decision was reached by the board of the MAXXI Foundation, which includes president Alessandro Giuli. Baroncelli takes over from Margherita Guccione, who served until 2021 and continues as the scientific director for the Grande MAXXI expansion initiative. From 2018 to 2022, Baroncelli held the position of artistic director at Triennale Milano and has worked with prominent figures and institutions in the fields of architecture and art. The museum is currently searching for an artistic director following the end of Hou Hanru's term on December 31, 2022, with Francesco Stocchi among the top candidates.
Key facts
- Lorenza Baroncelli appointed director of Architecture Department at MAXXI Rome.
- Mandate begins February 1, 2023, lasts three years.
- Board includes president Alessandro Giuli, Caterina Cardona, Piero Lissoni, Monique Veaute.
- Successor to Margherita Guccione, who led until 2021.
- Guccione remains scientific director of Grande MAXXI expansion project.
- Baroncelli was artistic director of Triennale Milano 2018-2022.
- Oversaw first permanent Italian Design Museum and 'Broken Nature' exhibition.
- Collaborated with Serpentine Galleries, Long Museum West Bund, Venice Architecture Biennale.
- Worked with architects Boeri, Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Ingels, Diller.
- Curators Obrist, Peyton Jones, Biesenbach; artists Sehgal, Eliasson, Parreno, Gonzalez-Foerster, Höller, Ko, Gillick, Ono, Cattelan.
- Assessor for Urban Regeneration in Mantua; consultant for Albanian PM Edi Rama.
- Worked in Brazil and Colombia on informal settlement policies.
- Appointment seen as merit-based, not political.
- MAXXI lacks artistic director after Hou Hanru; candidates include Galansino, Bonami, Beatrice, Stocchi.
- New art department head pending; Pietromarchi may stay.
Entities
Artists
- Lorenza Baroncelli
- Margherita Guccione
- Alessandro Giuli
- Caterina Cardona
- Piero Lissoni
- Monique Veaute
- Joseph Grima
- Paola Antonelli
- Stefano Boeri
- Rem Koolhaas
- Herzog & de Meuron
- Bjarke Ingels
- Elizabeth Diller
- Hans Ulrich Obrist
- Julia Peyton Jones
- Klaus Biesenbach
- Tino Sehgal
- Olafur Eliasson
- Philippe Parreno
- Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
- Carsten Höller
- Ko Joeng-a
- Liam Gillick
- Yoko Ono
- Maurizio Cattelan
- Edi Rama
- Hou Hanru
- Arturo Galansino
- Francesco Bonami
- Luca Beatrice
- Francesco Stocchi
- Bartolomeo Pietromarchi
Institutions
- MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo
- Fondazione MAXXI
- Triennale Milano
- Museo del Design Italiano
- Serpentine Galleries
- Long Museum West Bund
- Biennale di Architettura di Venezia
- Politecnico di Vienna
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Milan
- Mantua
- London
- Shanghai
- Venice
- Vienna
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Albania