event
Thursday 28 November 2019 6.30 PM - 8.00 PM
Books at MAXXI.Roma/amoR by Paolo Portoghesi
an event within
other events of the At home cycle

for young people aged between 18 and 25 (not yet turned 25); for groups of 15 people or more; La Galleria Nazionale, Museo Ebraico di Roma ticket holders; upon presentation of ID card or badge: Accademia Costume & Moda, Accademia Fotografica, Biblioteche di Roma, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Enel (for badge holder and accompanying person), FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano, Feltrinelli, Gruppo FS, IN/ARCH – Istituto Nazionale di Architettura, Sapienza Università di Roma, LAZIOcrea, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Amici di Palazzo Strozzi, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, Teatro Olimpico, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro di Roma, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Youthcard; upon presenting at the ticket office a Trenitalia ticket to Rome purchased between 27 November 2024 and 21 April 2025
valid for one year from the date of purchase
minors under 18 years of age; upon presentation of disability card or accompanying letter from hosting association/institution for: people with disabilities and accompanying person, people on the autistic spectrum and accompanying person, deaf people, people with cognitive disabilities and complex communication needs and their caregivers, people with serious illnesses and their caregivers, guests of first aid and anti-violence centres and accompanying operators, residents of therapeutic communities and accompanying operators; EU Disability Card holders and accompanying person; MiC employees; myMAXXI cardholders; registered journalists with a valid ID card; European Union tour guides and tour guides, licensed (ref. Circular n.20/2016 DG-Museums); 1 teacher for every 10 students; AMACI members; CIMAM – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art members; ICOM members; journalists (who can prove their business activity); European Union students and university researchers in art history and architecture, public fine arts academies (AFAM registered) students and Temple University Rome Campus students from Tuesday to Friday (excluding holidays); IED – Istituto Europeo di Design professors, NABA – Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti professors, RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts professors; upon presentation of ID card or badge: Collezione Peggy Guggenheim a Venezia, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Sotheby’s Preferred, MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie; on your birthday presenting an identity document
for groups of 12 people in the same tour; myMAXXI membership card-holders; registered journalists with valid ID
under 14 years of age
disabled people + possible accompanying person; minors under 3 years of age (ticket not required)
MAXXI’s Collection of Art and Architecture represents the founding element of the museum and defines its identity. Since October 2015, it has been on display with different arrangements of works.
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talkAlvisi KirimotoArchitetture scelte 2012-2025
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readingCaraluce. Atlante dei paesi invisibiliby Franco Arminio
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books at MAXXIOnori al meritoby Enrico Passaro
MAXXI Auditorium – free admittance until full capacity
10 individual seats reserved for myMAXXi cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it by the day before the event
On Rome, Paolini wrote «I seem to feel hatred and yet I write verses filled with punctual love».
It is in the wake of this sentiment that Paolo Portoghesi reconstructs his relationship with the eternal city, choosing not to include in the title «Amor» (Italian word for ‘love’), palindrome of Roma (Italian word for ‘Rome’) and for a long time considered the secret name of the city.
Portoghesi wrote, «throwing a stone in the pond has always been a familiar and liberating gesture for me. The concentric circles that from on the surface of the water have become a symbolic form in my architecture». This is what was achieved also in these pages: by throwing a stone in the pond of memory the author gives live to a journey that develops through three fundamental dimensions. A more intimate and autobiographical dimension, which includes his sketches, his university teaching activity, institutional assignments, and his most recent activities. The professional dimension, including his defeats and successes, with projects that have remained unfulfilled and others that have been completed such as the Great Mosque, the largest Islamic place of worship in Europe, a few steps from the heart of Christianity. Finally, the dreamlike dimension of an imagined and never realised Rome.
Introduction by
Margherita Guccione Director MAXXI Architettura
Speakers
Paolo Portoghesi architect and architecture historian
Claudio Strinati art historian
In collaboration with Marsilio