The MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts presents Frame Time Open, the largest solo exhibition in Italy ever dedicated to Rosa Barba (Agrigento,

1972), one of the most well-known and internationally recognized Italian artists, a leading figure in the contemporary art scene. The exhibition, curated by Francesco Stocchi, will be open to the public from November 26, 2025 to March 8, 2026 and will narrate the artist's over twenty years of research through some of her most significant sculptural works and films, as well as two new productions created specifically for the project and presented at MAXXI as a world premiere.

With Frame Time Open - conceived in close collaboration with the artist, who also designed the exhibition - the spaces of MAXXI are transformed. Film, language, sound, and light are interconnected in a unique architecture.

Maria Emanuela Bruni, President of the MAXXI Foundation: "MAXXI was born as an observatory of the present, a place where contemporary language intertwines with cultural heritages and visions of tomorrow. Rosa Barba's research perfectly embodies this mission: her works, drawing from cinematic tradition, are true architectures of moving light, capable of exploring time, memory, and reality".

Francesco Stocchi, Artistic Director of MAXXI and curator of the exhibition: "Frame Time Open captures Rosa Barba's visionary research, transforming MAXXI into a dynamic landscape where cinema, sculpture, and light redefine the perception of time. In a journey that showcases over twenty years of research, the exhibition celebrates one of the most original voices in contemporary art, offering the public a unique experience that intertwines formal innovation and conceptual depth".

Rosa Barba's research bridges cinema, literature, and science, exploring time as a physical and conceptual material. The exhibition at MAXXI provides a comprehensive look at her continuously evolving artistic methodology and reaffirms the artist's position as a pioneering figure in visual art

contemporary, celebrating her distinctive approach to time that Barba sees "as a sum of events rather than a linear succession" - and to cinema in its spatio-temporal dimension.

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