The Rome Quadriennale – a website with no artists, and no artwork.
I’ll be going back to Italy after the summer – and I’ll be there for a while – so I thought I’d take a look at what the Italian contemporary art world had to offer. 2020 is the year of the 17 th edition of the Rome Quadriennale. Venice has the Biennale, Milan the Triennale, but Rome only gets to do it every four years – guess it’s just bad luck that this year we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. Despite the risks posed by Covid-19 however, the management of the Quadriennale have decided to go ahead with this year’s edition, which means the Rome Quadriennale may well end up being one of the most important “in presence” art exhibitions anywhere in the world this year. And I’ll be just up the road. 170 miles up the road, but still. I thought I’d check it out. I’ve been to the Rome Quadriennale only once, back in 2008, and I enjoyed the entire experience. First of all, it’s held at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni , in the centre of Rome, and it’s almost worth the trip j...