MAXXI – L’AQUILA
April 29, 2026 – September 6, 2026
An exhibition spanning five decades of Ai Weiwei’s career, from works created in New York in the 1980s to new sculptures created in Ukraine in 2025.
This exhibition is conceived as a cultural dialogue between the Chinese artist, architect, and activist Ai Weiwei and MAXXI L’Aquila. At the heart of the exhibition project is a series of key works created following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, now installed in the baroque spaces of Palazzo Ardinghelli, a building that has symbolized rebirth after the earthquake that struck L’Aquila in 2009.
In this context, the exhibition investigates the lasting impact of natural disasters, conflicts, corruption, and collective tragedies, emphasizing human resilience and the power of the creative act as a form of testimony and transformation.
Films, videos, photographs, sculptures, and installations offer a different perspective on the world. While rooted in personal experience, his work speaks to everyone.
