MaXXI L'Aquila hopes to kickstart cultural revival in earthquake-damaged Italian city
Palazzo Ardinghelli underwent a €7.2m restoration following a donation from the Russian government at the G8 summit in L'Aquila after the 2009 earthquake Photo: Andrea Jemolo; courtesy of Fondazione MAXXI After multiple delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a new branch of the Zaha Hadid-designed MaXXI national museum of contemporary art and architecture in Rome is finally opening in L’Aquila. Housed in the restored 18th-century Palazzo Ardinghelli, which was severely damaged in the earthquake that devastated the central Italian city in 2009, MaXXI L’Aquila will be fo...
Source: theartnewspaper.com