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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260429
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SUMMARY:Ai Weiwei: Aftershock
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition showcasing Ai Weiwei’s five-decade career\, from works created in New York in the 80s to new sculptures created in Ukraine in 2025.\nThe exhibition is arranged as a dialogue between the artist and Palazzo Ardinghelli. The show features a series of powerful works created after the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan and dedicated to the memory of its losses. One of these works is Straight\, a seminal piece for Ai Weiwei that is being shown in L’Aquila for the first time in three different spaces. This sculpture\, like the other works in the exhibition\, underscores the lasting impact of natural catastrophes and human-generated conflicts\, highlighting themes such as corruption and tragedy. It celebrates human resilience and the power of the drive to create. \nOn display are almost seventy works\, some of them displayed for the first time in a museum\, spanning Weiwei’s entire artistic career: installations\, videos\, photographs\, sculptures conceived as paintings and iconic subjects by artists like Munch\, Van Gogh and Ed Ruscha re-interpreted using toy bricks. \nHe experiments\, connects\, collects\, recycles and invents in a way that is never just a pure exercise in form. Through variety and the subversion of traditional values\, he encourages us to look at the world from different points of view. Weiwei’s work is rooted in his personal experience\, yet its significance is universal. \n \nheader: stills from the music video Dumbass\, 2013\, 5min 13 sec\, cinematography by Christopher Doyle\, Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/ai-weiwei-aftershock/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260607
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
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SUMMARY:The School of Narrative Dance\, L’Aquila
DESCRIPTION:A legacy of the School of Narrative Dance experience\, Marinella Senatore’s project that explores storytelling through movement and self-directed learning.\nA special feature on the School of Narrative Dance\, which this year focuses on the city of L’Aquila. A project founded in 2012 by Marinella Senatore\, with which she won the MAXXI Prize in 2014 and which confirms her focus on the transformative potential of the creative process\, in its collective\, non-hierarchical dimension\, geared towards listening\, informal education and the promotion of popular culture. \nThe project room traces over a decade of research\, from 2014 to 2026\, through Senatore’s works that have entered the MAXXI Collection. A journey that recounts the growth and international spread of an original and collective artistic practice\, whilst highlighting the legacy and testimonies of the SOND L’Aquila experience.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/the-school-of-narrative-dance-laquila/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261019
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SUMMARY:Convergenze e continuità
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition that goes beyond the borders of Palazzo Ardinghelli to tell a story of architecture\, cities and transformations.\nHoused in the newly restored rooms of Palazzo ONMI – a former nursery on Viale Duca degli Abruzzi and a testament to public architecture – the exhibition begins in the 1930s and unfolds as a continuous narrative of the urban landscape of Abruzzo. \nThe exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the transformations of the cities\, tracing the key stages in the processes of growth and redefinition of urban space. Architectural works\, emblematic events and dialogues with artistic production illustrate the evolution of the modern architectural language in Abruzzo up to the 1960s\, offering an overview of the forms and ideas that have shaped the region. \nProjects\, works of art\, archival documents\, film footage\, contemporary photographs and period photographs – drawn from private collections\, public archives and the MAXXI’s Collections of Contemporary Architecture and Design – highlight the continuities and changes involving three generations of designers\, spanning different historical periods and transcending ideological and political divides. \nThe exhibition is enriched by a series of artistic photographs commissioned from Andrea Jemolo. Through his contemporary perspective\, the images offer a modern interpretation of some of the region’s most significant projects\, creating a dialogue between the historical dimension of the projects\, their current state and the landscape in which they are situated.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/convergenze-e-continuita/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260703T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260703T210000
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SUMMARY:Brahms & Rota
DESCRIPTION:Nino Rota’s elegant and dramatic style meets the lyrical depth of Johannes Brahms.\nSpanning the Italian 20th century and the height of German Romanticism\, two works united by an extraordinary expressive intensity come together. \nComposed in 1958 by Rota\, the Trio for Flute\, Violin and Piano reveals with crystalline elegance the composer’s dual nature: the refinement of academic counterpoint is interwoven with that cantabile\, airy and slightly ironic vein that runs through his entire oeuvre. The dialogue between the flute and violin weaves melodies of crystalline transparency\, supported by a piano that at times accompanies discreetly\, at others asserts itself with luminous solo passages. \nComposed in 1865 shortly after his mother’s death\, the Trio Op. 40 is one of the most distinctive works in the Romantic chamber music repertoire. Brahms deliberately chose the natural horn\, known as the Waldhorn\, rather than the modern valved horn\, seeking that ancient\, velvety and wild timbre capable of evoking the forests and landscapes of his youth in Hamburg. The result is music of unusual elegiac depth\, in which personal mourning is sublimated into absolute formal beauty. \nmusicians\nTommaso Lungheu violin\nAndrea Granati horn\nAlessia Salustri flute\nPaolo Canale piano \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory of Music.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/brahms-rota/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260704T210000
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SUMMARY:A lesson on Ovid
DESCRIPTION:Through love\, imagination and self-expression\, the figure of the famous poet from Sulmona emerges in all his modernity.\nGiacomo da Lentini would say that writing love poems is a survival strategy\, much like a sailor throwing ballast overboard during a storm to avoid shipwreck. Many authors have devoted their lives to this need and this sentiment\, but not Ovid. Ovid’s love poetry is one of the many forms in which the poet\, not yet twenty\, practised his art. His experimentalism and the variety of his themes offer us the chance to reflect on something deeper: a man who did not devote himself to love in order to recount it\, but a man who transforms every experience into literature. \nWe take a journey through his words\, so powerful that they have echoed for centuries between the lines of all European literature\, and let us see the faces of those who have taken him as their mentor. Let us follow the swirling threads of his imagination to understand how one might create a different scenario when the world around us is falling apart. Page after page\, we do not discover the work; we discover the man\, Ovid\, who managed to turn his life into literature. \nThe evening is enhanced by a solo piano performance\, inspired by Ovid and dedicated to Philip Glass’s opera Metamorphosis. \nspeakers\nEdoardo Prati student and creator \naccompagnamento musicale\nPaolo Canale piano \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory of Music.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/lezione-su-ovidio/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260710T210000
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SUMMARY:Wolfwalkers - Il popolo dei lupi
DESCRIPTION:A narrative that weaves together Celtic folklore and social criticism\, celebrating untamed freedom in the face of the shackles of forced civilisation.\nIn 1650s Ireland\, young Robyn arrives in Kilkenny with her hunter father\, who has been tasked with exterminating the last pack of wolves hindering the town’s expansion. During a forbidden foray into the woods\, Robyn meets Mebh\, a wild girl who belongs to the Wolfwalkers\, legendary beings capable of transforming into wolves whilst they sleep. The friendship between the two leads Robyn to discover a magical and spiritual world that the city’s rigid authorities seek to destroy out of fear and prejudice. When she herself begins to manifest the powers of the Wolfwalkers\, she finds herself torn between obedience to her father and the need to protect her new friend and the unspoilt wilderness. A stunning visual tapestry that invites us to see the world through new eyes\, beyond the barriers of fear. \nThe film is part of a programme that explores the primordial bond between human beings and the ecosystem\, portraying nature not as something to be observed\, but as something to be embraced. Four films chart a path towards reconciliation through the eyes of the “Other”. \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the L’Aquila Film Festival.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/wolfwalkers-il-popolo-dei-lupi/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260711T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260711T210000
DTSTAMP:20260703T185032
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SUMMARY:D'Annunzio between history and representation
DESCRIPTION:A journey through the writings and life of Gabriele d’Annunzio\, where reality and imagination intertwine to the point of transforming existence itself into a work of art.\nThe figure of d’Annunzio occupies a liminal space between history and representation\, where documentary evidence coexists – often in tension – with a powerful mythological construct fuelled by the author himself. His life story\, in fact\, has long been passed down through anecdotal and legendary accounts that have emphasised his heroic and eccentric traits\, making it necessary today to undertake a reinterpretation based on verifiable sources and a rigorous examination of archival evidence. \nThe evening is enhanced by musical accompaniment inspired by Gabriele d’Annunzio\, featuring a vocal-piano duo performing songs by Francesco Paolo Tosti (A’ Vucchella\, L’alba separa dalla luce l’ombra\, Vorrei\, Due piccoli notturni) set to texts by Gabriele d’Annunzio. \nspeakers\nAngelo Piero Cappello General Director Ministry of Culture\, Task Force for Cultural Cooperation with Africa and the Wider Mediterranean\nFrancesca Florimbii lecturer in Italian Literary Philology\, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna \nmusical accompaniment\nLi Wenke tenor\nPiergiuseppe Lofrumento piano \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory of Music.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/dannunzio-tra-storia-e-rappresentazione/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260717T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260717T210000
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SUMMARY:Feuerklavier
DESCRIPTION:From Luciano Berio to Beethoven\, from Liszt to Manuel de Falla\, a musical journey in which the piano is constantly transformed.\nFlowing water\, heavy earth\, a blazing flame\, a singing voice: a dialogue between the 20th century and Romanticism\, between sonic abstraction and narrative tension\, where the substance of sound becomes image\, emotion and inner landscape. \nThe evening opens with the ethereal soundscapes of Luciano Berio\, featuring one of the six short pieces he dedicated to the elements\, composed between 1965 and 1969\, transforming the piano into a fluid\, transparent substance made up of suspended resonances\, silences and imperceptible vibrations. In contrast\, Beethoven introduces a dramatic and restless dimension\, marked by sudden tensions\, unresolved questions and an incessant narrative energy inspired by the world of Shakespeare. Berio returns with a more sombre and compact style\, where sound acquires weight and density\, as if it were earthly matter.  \nAt the heart of the programme\, Liszt’s romantic lyricism which translates Petrarchan poetry into an intense and refined piano song\, suspended between desire\, memory and contemplation. Shortly before the conclusion\, Berio’s composition flares up once more in a rapid and explosive gesture\, made up of sudden tensions and flashes of sound that fade into silence. The evening concludes with the visionary world of Manuel de Falla: driving rhythms\, percussive sounds and references to flamenco and Andalusian cante jondo. \nprogramme\nLuciano Berio\, Wasserklavier\nLudwig van Beethoven\, Sonata Op. 31 n. 2 “La tempesta”\nLuciano Berio\, Erdenklavier\nFranz Liszt\, Tre sonetti del Petrarca\nLuciano Berio\, Feuerklavier\nManuel de Falla\, Fantasia baetica \nmusicians\nFederico Ciccioli piano \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory of Music.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/feuerklavier/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260718T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260718T210000
DTSTAMP:20260703T185032
CREATED:20260608T153143Z
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SUMMARY:Wilde come se
DESCRIPTION:An in-depth look at Oscar Wilde’s personal and public life\, exploring contemporary issues such as justice\, individual freedom and the role of culture.\nA central figure in late 19th-century European culture\, Oscar Wilde embodies the power of art and the written word as instruments of freedom and provocation. A leading figure on the cultural scene of his time\, Wilde became a symbol of brilliant\, non-conformist intellect\, but also a target of a rigid and repressive Victorian society. \nSet in late 19th-century Victorian England\, Roberto Ippolito’s book Wilde come se\, published by Sem Feltrinelli\, tells two stories that are worlds apart yet tragically destined to intersect: that of the young soldier Charles Thomas Wooldridge and that of Oscar Wilde. Both end up in Reading Gaol\, a place that symbolises isolation and psychological annihilation. Here their lives brush against one another\, united by their status as outcasts and by the violence of the judicial system. The prison experience leaves a deep mark on Wilde\, who transforms his pain into writing\, giving rise to an intense and desperate poetic testimony on justice and human suffering. \nThe evening is enhanced by musical accompaniment inspired by Oscar Wilde\, featuring a vocal-piano duo performing selected works by Fauré\, Debussy\, Satie\, R. Hahn\, Elgar and Strauss. \nspeakers\nRoberto Ippolito writer and journalist\nValentina Notarberardino author and cultural communications consultant \nmusical accompaniment\nSeungyeon Ko soprano\nMassimiliano Caporale  piano \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory of Music.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/wilde-come-se/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260724T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260724T210000
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SUMMARY:Il robot selvaggio
DESCRIPTION:An epic tale about the connection between technology and the natural world.\nFollowing a shipwreck\, the Rozzum 7134 unit\, nicknamed ‘Roz’\, finds itself on a remote island inhabited solely by wild animals and devoid of human presence. To survive in this hostile environment\, the robot must learn to adapt\, studying the behaviour of the local wildlife and transcending its own logical programming. Its life takes an unexpected turn when it becomes the protector and adoptive parent of a small orphaned gosling\, a bond that defies every law of nature and technology. Roz thus discovers the meaning of friendship and love\, transforming from a cold machine into a vital element for the balance of the entire island community. When her technological past comes knocking to take her back\, Roz must fight to defend her new home and her newly found identity. \nThe film is part of a programme that explores the primordial bond between human beings and the ecosystem\, portraying nature not as something to be observed\, but as something to be embraced. Four films chart a path towards reconciliation through the eyes of the “Other”. \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the L’Aquila Film Festival.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/il-robot-selvaggio/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260725T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260725T210000
DTSTAMP:20260703T185032
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SUMMARY:Yummy Deads
DESCRIPTION:A meeting of different musical styles that transcends genre boundaries.\nYummy Deads was formed within the “SoundThinking” improvisation workshops\, comprising students from the Conservatoire and external musicians. By blending influences from various musical genres\, the group aims to move beyond conventional forms\, experimenting with sound and rhythm through constant dialogue between the musicians. \nmusicians\nGemma Guerrieri violin\nDaniele De Michele double bass\nSamuele Cinelli and Francesco Paolo De Pisi electric guitars\nAgostino Tatulli drum\nAlessandro Gizzi percussions \nUnder the patronage of the Municipality of L’Aquila and with the support of ALES. In collaboration with the “Alfredo Casella” Conservatory of Music.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/yummy-deads/
CATEGORIES:event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260926
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270125
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SUMMARY:Fabio Mauri
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition marked by an influential curatorial signature paying tribute to Fabio Mauri\, a central figure in Italian art and thought in the twentieth century\, on the centenary of his birth.\nThe exhibition traces the twenty years between 1979 and 1999\, when Mauri taught Aesthetics of Experimentation at the Academy of Fine Arts in L’Aquila. The works conceived and staged during those years are the heart of the exhibition and highlight the link between his artistic research\, the city and its inhabitants. \nOn the centenary of his birth (1926–2009)\, the exhibition offers an opportunity to explore a fundamental chapter in the artist’s career. \nheader: Fabio Mauri\, 2000. Photo © Claudio Martinez\, courtesy of the Estate of Fabio Mauri and Hauser & Wirth \n\nIn collaboration with the Municipality of L’Aquila for L’Aquila Italian Capital of Culture 2026.
URL:https://maxxilaquila.art/en/event/fabio-mauri/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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