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.