The project for the support and promotion of young artists, which has united MAXXI and Bvlgari since 2018 and has launched many new talents on the international scene over the years, returns for its fourth edition.
Riccardo Benassi, Monia Ben Hamouda and Binta Diaw are the three finalists.
The exhibition opens with ESSENZAHAH ESSENZAHAH by Riccardo Benassi. Inside the museum lift, two robotic dogs perform choreographies created by the artist, moving through space accompanied by a musical composition and laser text projected on the walls.
Binta Diaw’s work, steeped in personal and collective memory, is at the centre of the space: it is entitled Juroom ñaar. It is inspired by a historical event of 1819 commemorated by the artist with seven columns of coal. Seven were, in fact, the women of the Senegalese village of Nder who died by setting themselves on fire to avoid slavery following the Moorish invasion.
Monia Ben Hamouda’s Theology of Collapse (The Myth of Past) I-X concludes the exhibition. The work consists of ten laser-carved iron panels with motifs inspired by Islamic calligraphy and mosques. The plates are installed on the gallery’s back wall, creating a collapsing effect that evokes the fragility of contemporary identities.
On 17 January 2025, the international jury awarded the prize to artist Monia Ben Hamouda: for the ability to engage with the Museum’s space and interact with materials, integrating the use of contemporary and traditional technologies; for the determination and rigour in her work, which represents a clear moment of growth in her artistic research; and for addressing with profound depth the collapse of our times through an unusual and evocative approach. Her work, Theology of Collapse (The Myth of Past) I-X will become part of the MAXXI Museum’s Collection.
New in this edition is the MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE for Digital Art, an award to celebrate works that explore the complex and increasingly intertwined relationship between art, technology and innovation. It was won for the first time by Roberto Fassone’s work, And We Thought, which analyses the relationship between art and artificial intelligence, questioning the concept of authorship and the creative capacity of AI – on show from 17 January to 2 March 2025 in the Museum lobby.
The project for the support and promotion of young artists, which has united MAXXI and Bvlgari since 2018 and has launched many new talents on the international scene over the years, returns for its fourth edition.
Riccardo Benassi, Monia Ben Hamouda and Binta Diaw are the three finalists.
The exhibition opens with ESSENZAHAH ESSENZAHAH by Riccardo Benassi. Inside the museum lift, two robotic dogs perform choreographies created by the artist, moving through space accompanied by a musical composition and laser text projected on the walls.
Binta Diaw’s work, steeped in personal and collective memory, is at the centre of the space: it is entitled Juroom ñaar. It is inspired by a historical event of 1819 commemorated by the artist with seven columns of coal. Seven were, in fact, the women of the Senegalese village of Nder who died by setting themselves on fire to avoid slavery following the Moorish invasion.
Monia Ben Hamouda’s Theology of Collapse (The Myth of Past) I-X concludes the exhibition. The work consists of ten laser-carved iron panels with motifs inspired by Islamic calligraphy and mosques. The plates are installed on the gallery’s back wall, creating a collapsing effect that evokes the fragility of contemporary identities.
On 17 January 2025, the international jury awarded the prize to artist Monia Ben Hamouda: for the ability to engage with the Museum’s space and interact with materials, integrating the use of contemporary and traditional technologies; for the determination and rigour in her work, which represents a clear moment of growth in her artistic research; and for addressing with profound depth the collapse of our times through an unusual and evocative approach. Her work, Theology of Collapse (The Myth of Past) I-X will become part of the MAXXI Museum’s Collection.
New in this edition is the MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE for Digital Art, an award to celebrate works that explore the complex and increasingly intertwined relationship between art, technology and innovation. It was won for the first time by Roberto Fassone’s work, And We Thought, which analyses the relationship between art and artificial intelligence, questioning the concept of authorship and the creative capacity of AI – on show from 17 January to 2 March 2025 in the Museum lobby.
Riccardo Benassi
Monia Ben Hamouda
Binta Diaw
Roberto Fassone