The Maxxi Bvlgari Prize for Italian art is back – News

Assenzahah Essenzahah by Riccardo Benassi (Cremona, 1982), with Lunatico and Solange, the two robotic dogs who perform real choreographies inside the museum’s freight elevator, opening new perspectives on the impact of new technologies on our domestic, emotional and physical spaces. And then there is the personal and collective memory of Juroom ñaar by Binta Diaw (Milan, 1995) with seven columns of coal for seven women of the village of Nder in Senegal who preferred to die by setting themselves on fire rather than setting themselves on fire. the Moors in 1819. And Theology of Collapse (The Myth of Past) IX by Monia Ben Hamouda (Milan, 1991), with ten laser-cut iron panels and motifs inspired by Islamic calligraphy, in a deteriorating effect that reflects the fragility of the contemporary. identities.


These are the final three works of the 4th edition of the Maxxi Bvlgari Prize, the project that unites the museum and the jewelery magnate to support and promote young artists in Italy and around the world. Curated by Giulia Ferracci and all site specific, the works are in the Gian Ferrari room of the museum until March 2 and the winner will enter the permanent collection.


“We are also artists, we create unique pieces of craftsmanship – says Bvlgari CEO, Jean-Christophe Babin -. And we have been doing that for 140 years inspired by Rome and its classical and baroque art. We told ourselves that we were we must also take part in the future of art, contributing so that this city is not just an open-air museum, but a city projected into the 20th century”. has become a point of reference for young Italian art”.


New in this edition is the Maxxi Bvlgari Prize for Digital Art, which awarded the special mention for the best digital project to Roberto Fassone. On 17 January 2025, the date of the announcement of the winner, the artist will present the project And we thought (2021 – ongoing), produced by Sineglossa, on the relationship between author and artificial intelligence in the Museum hall.