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Drawings, photographs, documents, publications testify to the extraordinary twenty years of collaboration between Carlo Scarpa and Olivetti.

Between 1956 and 1978, the Scarpa / Olivetti partnership saw the birth of exceptional projects such as the shop in Piazza San Marco, the colony of Brusson and the exhibitions for British Olivetti.

Carlo Scarpa's relationship with the entrepreneur from Ivrea and more generally with the "Olivetti world", originates and is consolidated within ...

Between reality and fiction, real and virtual, his videos investigate the dilemmas of contemporaneity, exploring the transformations of China, of his personal and universal life.

Among the most prominent figures on the international art scene, Cao Fei (born in Guangzhou and based in Beijing) has participated in over one hundred biennials and exhibitions and his works are exhibited in the most prestigious international artistic institutions. His video works, between reality ...

A project room to show the public not only works of art but a particular approach to artistic research.

The title Superstimolo originates from the concept of the same name theorized in 1948 by the ethologist and Nobel laureate Nikolaas Tinbergen. In fact, Tinbergen's “supernormal stimulus” is an artificial stimulus, quantitatively or qualitatively enhanced with respect to its natural state, which causes more intense instinctive reactions. Starting from ...

The exhibition Sebastião Salgado. Amazônia at the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts from 1 October 2021 to 13 February 2022, is the only Italian stage of the photographic project.

Salgado's exhibition is a total immersion in the Amazon rainforest, amidst the majesty of its vegetation, the power of the mountains, the roar of the waters, the life of the indigenous peoples who inhabit and guard it. Produced by MAXXI in collaboration with Contrasto, the ...

With the Nature cycle, MAXXI recounts the significant researches of contemporary architecture by inviting authors to tell their stories through the installation of their own exhibition.

The seventh edition of Nature features the work of Mario Botta, a world-famous Swiss designer who graduated with Carlo Scarpa, worked with Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn and today is a master among masters.

Botta has created works and projects all over the world, including the SFMOMA in San ...

From the twentieth-century stereotype of the great charismatic master to the growing presence of women, collectives, studios identified with couples, the anthropological change in the profession of the architect.

The Buone Nuove exhibition aspires to document the way in which the presence of new figures is infusing new forces in contemporary architecture. In particular, in relation to the Museum Collection and in order to expand it, the exhibition pays particular attention to the work ...

Man and his social space in the concrete and analogical nature of the master of reportage photography and social investigation.

The story unfolds along a path of over 150 photographs, from the most famous, the least known, to the unpublished ones: a unique visual heritage, from the post-war period to today, characterized by consistency in linguistic choices and an "artisanal" approach to photographic practice.

From the Venice of the first images to the Milan of industry, ...

A moment full of protagonists and ferments, in which the drive for political and social renewal and new cultural openings were closely intertwined with the events of art.

For the first time, MAXXI dedicates a focus to the archive of a gallery, granted on loan to MAXXI by the will of Maurizio Faraoni. Letters, manuscripts, photographs, invitations, posters and publications reflect the various aspects of Ugo Ferranti's work: exchanges with artists and critics as well as the weaving of ...

Describing themselves as: «Stray dogs that roam the city while unconsciously looking around», the two artists take photos of everyone who moves in front of them.Tokyo is one of the most fascinating cosmopolitan cities in the world, offering an infinity and a wealth of sources of inspiration for artistic creation.

Photography, especially street photography, represents its most original expression thanks to famous names such as Daido Moriyama and his teacher Shomei Tomatsu, who have ...

After the great success of the Casa Balla. From home to universe and back, the opening to the public of the extraordinary Futurist house in Rome in which Giacomo Balla lived and worked from 1929 until his death in 1958 continues.

It was the summer of 1929 when the Balla family moved to their home in via Oslavia, in the Della Vittoria district. An "office worker" apartment which for Giacomo Balla, his wife Elisa Marcucci and their two daughters Luce and Elica, also painters, will become ...