Ursula von der Leyen arrives at MAXXI for the first edition of the New European Bauhaus

On June 9, the official opening of the first edition of the International New European Bauhaus Festival (June 9-12, 2022) was held at the MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome, in the presence of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini and MAXXI Foundation President Giovanna Melandri.

After the achievements of its first decade, the museum is laying the groundwork for the future under the banner of sustainability, inclusion and innovation. The themes addressed in the Festival focus on how a cultural institution should act to design a sustainable future, transforming and challenging itself as an open platform where art, architecture, science, circular economy and artificial intelligence cooperate for the good of the whole community.

Philosophers, scholars and creatives will discuss over the course of the festival how to act, transforming MAXXI into one of the privileged platforms for the realization of the goals defined by the New European Bauhaus.

“Italy is proud to contribute to the initiatives related to the creativity of the New European Bauhaus. Italian artists, designers, architects and creatives are shaping a sustainable and inclusive future, where beauty meets respect for the planet and human diversity. The Italian Ministry of Culture is leading this effort,” said Minister Franceschini at the opening of the Festival.
Thanking Ursula von der Leyen for her presence at MAXXI and for the work on culture she is leading in committee, the minister said that “we can and must all do more together to bring culture to the center of Europe’s new vision for a new relationship with the rest of the world, where change happens through design. Culture offers dialogue, understanding, solutions, contributing to environmental and social engagement.” “The centrality of culture is witnessed,” he added, “also by President Draghi’s significant choice to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, about a year ago, in a place symbolic of the past and future of our cultural industry: the Cinecittà plants. It is also confirmed by the choices in the NRP, where nearly seven billion euros are earmarked for the sector, the highest percentage figure of all national recovery and resilience plans.” “On June 16 and 17,” Franceschini concluded, “we invited the Mediterranean culture ministers to Naples to launch, together with European member states, a new process of cultural cooperation. We want culture to count, because it can help unite all of humanity in peace.”

"The New European Bauhaus began with a vision. Thanks to thousands of creative people and innovators throughout our Union, this vision has turned into a movement that has developed and grown in many places, like here with the great MAXXI,“ said Ursula von der Leyen. ”Art and culture are key to bringing the European Green Deal closer to citizens, who can play a key role in accelerating the transition to a sustainable, beautiful and inclusive future."

“Today from here starts with the presence of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen the great New European Bauhaus Festival that will connect us to many European squares, to Brussels and more than three hundred events across Europe,” said MAXXI President Giovanna Melandri. “We are delighted and proud that this is happening at MAXXI, first of all because the design of the great MAXXI, which is in the works today, is inspired by the European Bauhaus: we want to be more than a museum, we want to be a research laboratory where architects, scientists, craftsmen, software engineers, agronomists, biologists can work together for models of urban and territorial regeneration.”

Ten years on, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts is laying the groundwork for the future under the banner of sustainability, innovation and inclusion. The great MAXXI will be a new sustainable (toward carbon neutrality) and multifunctional building, even more accessible, greener and welcoming to break down all physical, sensory and digital barriers.

Ursula von der Leyen arrives at MAXXI for the first edition of the New European Bauhaus

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