This weekend in Rome has opened the National Museum of Art XXI century - MAXXI. Author of the building - architect Zaha Hadid

«In Rome, a fantastic world, - said Hadid. - The main idea of the project - to fill space natural light and provide curators as much freedom to create displays. The architect also pointed out that her work was very important to combine the old and new. After all, Rome - a city which is famous above all the monuments of the past.

Besides the actual exhibition halls, in MAXXI has conference hall, library, workshops, as well as halls for various events.

One of the first exhibitions in which the museum began its work, called "Space» (Spazio). It features works by authors such as Anish Kapoor (Anish Kapoor), Saul Levitt (Sol LeWitt), Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), William Kentridge (William Kentridge), Vetstsoli Francesco (Francesco Vezzoli), as well as architectural installation. In addition, visitors can see a retrospective of Italian artist Gino De Dominicis (Gino De Dominicis), eight video works of Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman (Kutlug Ataman), as well as photographs, drawings and models of Italian architect Luigi Moretti (Luigi Moretti).

material prepared Ekaterina Guseva, AI

Sources: artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru