The Istituto Italiano di Cultura is thrilled to present the internationally acclaimed architecture exhibition Buone Nuove: Good News: Women in Architecture, which first opened at the MAXXI Museum in Rome in 2022. After travelling to Stockholm, Doha, New Delhi and Berlin, Buone Nuove/Good News opens in Toronto, hosted by the Department of Architectural Science on September 6, 2024.
EXHIBITION
Buone Nuove/Good News
Women In Architecture – from MAXXI to MET
September 6 to October 10, 2024
Monday to Saturday
10AM to 4PM
TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Paul H. Cocker Gallery
Architecture Building
325 Church St | Toronto ON
FREE ADMISSION | OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Presented by the Fondazione MAXXI, the Consulate General of Italy (Toronto), the Istituto Italiano di Cultura (Toronto), Diamond Schmitt Architects, Toronto Metropolitan University Office of the Provost, and TMU’s Department of Architectural Science.
Curated by Pippo Ciorra, Elena Motisi and Elena Tinacci from the MAXXI Museum and by Lisa Landrum for the Canadian Section, this travelling exhibition features the works and words of dozens of Italian, Canadian, and global women architects who have changed the field of architecture and are empowering a new generation of city-builders. The exhibition offers a new and more comprehensive perspective of architecture by showing how women and women-led collectives have elevated the quality of modern and contemporary design.
The exhibition is presented in images, artifacts and videos via four curatorial lenses:
Stories. Featuring achievements of 21 notable Italian women architects, from the first lady architecture graduate in 1925, to internationally accomplished designers of the post-war period and present day, to emerging practitioners and provocateurs.
Practices. Showcasing significant built works of six internationally acclaimed women architects who are impacting Italian design culture in collaboration with Italian professionals.
Narrations. Including 12 video interviews with women transforming architecture through practices of activism, scholarship, writing, curation, academic leadership, and philanthropy.
Visions. Presenting five experimental videos exploring relationships between gender and space, created as part of the 2021 MAXXI Architecture Film Summer School.
From MAXXI to MET
This travelling MAXXI exhibition is complemented by three additional displays focused on women architects working in the Toronto region and at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Empowering Practices. Highlighting prominent women architects in and around Toronto who are positively impacting communities and the architecture of the city through built works, practice innovation, leadership, mentorship, and advocacy.
Postcards to Progress. Sharing a wide variety of initiatives, projects, manifestos and messages by individuals and groups supporting women and diversity in architecture. A selection will celebrate work by the women architect-educators and student leaders of TMU’s Department of Architectural Science.
Good News Café. Facilitating open dialogue and ‘a place at the table’ for anyone working toward equity in architecture. A trio of cafe tables will host conversations on current issues and be activated with micro events during the five-week show.