

Essere MAXXI
Five masters of Italian art and culture give a masterclass inside Rome's MAXXI museum, telling their own story in their own words: the craft, the creative process, and the beginnings, encounters and setbacks behind the work.
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Essere MAXXI su Rai 5: Letizia Battaglia
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Letizia Battaglia
14-09-202228 minPhotographer Letizia Battaglia, the first Italian woman to work as a photojournalist, looks back on a career spent documenting Palermo under the mafia and the ordinary city behind...
- Ep 2
2.Mario Cucinella
21-09-202228 minArchitect Mario Cucinella explains how his international studio of architects and engineers puts energy and environmental questions at the centre of every project, and how a buildi...
- Ep 3
3.Michelangelo Pistoletto
28-09-202229 minOne of Italy's foremost living painters and sculptors traces the road from his beginnings in advertising, through his encounter with American pop art, to the invention of Arte Pove...
- Ep 4
4.Nicola Piovani
05-10-202226 minThe Oscar-winning composer talks about what it takes to write for the screen, how he came to work with Italy's leading directors, and how music can move an audience without ever tu...
- Ep 5
5.Piero Lissoni
12-10-202227 minMilan, New York, Paris: the designer's studio works across architecture, product design, graphics and visual communication, from private houses and yachts to residential schemes an...
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