FUORI. Quadriennale d’arte 2020

2019-2021
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

The Quadriennale d’arte 2020 is the major exhibition of contemporary Italian art that occupy the more than 4000 square meters of exhibition space of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, in the heart of Rome. Following a precise critical line, about forty artists have been invited to present new or little explored avenues of research. The result of more than two years of study, meetings, portfolio viewings, studio visits, exhibition and museum scoutings, and investigations of the Institution’s own archive and history, the Quadriennale d’arte 2020 proposes an innovative intergenerational and multidisciplinary path.
The exhibition aims to provide a rereading of Italian art from the 1960s until today, adding complexity to the canonical narratives of what has been produced in the last sixty years. Artists who have worked in different disciplinary fields such as dance, music, theater, film, fashion, architecture and design have often been overlooked or not included in the history of
Italian art. The exhibition recognizes their contribution and acknowledges the interest of the generations of younger artists in wanting to deal with broader imaginaries than those traditionally designated by the art system. These are lines of research that are sometimes discontinuous or that have re-emerged after years, even unconsciously, and that enrich the narrative of the art of the past and fortify the reading of that produced in the present. The exhibition becomes a unique opportunity to return an unprecedented panorama of Italian art to visitors, who will be able to confront each artist’s imaginaries in depth.

With: Alessandro Agudio, Micol Assaël, Irma Blank, Monica Bonvicini, Benni Bosetto, Sylvano Bussotti, Chiara Camoni, Lisetta Carmi, Guglielmo Castelli, Giuseppe Chiari, Isabella Costabile, Giulia Crispiani, Cuoghi Corsello, DAAR - Alessandro Petti - Sandi Hilal, Tomaso De Luca, Caterina De Nicola, Bruna Esposito, Simone Forti, Anna Franceschini, Giuseppe Gabellone, Francesco Gennari, Yervant Gianikian e Angela Ricci Lucchi, Diego Gualandris, Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano, Norma Jeane, Luisa Lambri, Lorenza Longhi, Diego Marcon, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Valerio Nicolai, Alessandro Pessoli, Amedeo Polazzo, Cloti Ricciardi, Michele Rizzo, Cinzia Ruggeri, Salvo, Lydia Silvestri, Romeo Castellucci - Socìetas, Davide Stucchi, TOMBOYS DON’T CRY, Maurizio Vetrugno, Nanda Vigo, Zapruder.

Curators: Sarah Cosulich, Stefano Collicelli Cagol
Assistant Curators: Matteo Binci, Michele Bertolino
Exhibition Design: Alessandro Bava
Conservative review of the works on display: Federica Delia, Natalia Gurgone, Mariangela Santella
Special storytelling project: Luca Scarlini
Quadriennale di Roma Library Archive: Assunta Porciani con/with Alessandro Sandorfi
Produzione esecutiva video/Video Executive Production: Studio Cliché
Italian Press Office: Maria Bonmassar
International Press Office: Rhiannon Pickles PR

Promoted and organized by: La Quadriennale di Roma, Azienda Speciale Palaexpo
Institutional Participants: Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Comune di Roma, Regione Lazio
Institutional Partners: Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, Istituto per il Credito Sportivo
Main sponsor: Eni
Main Partners: Intesa Sampaolo, Gucci
Sponsor: Terna, Tim
With the support of: Politecnico di Milano, Ifa, Città di Monaco
With the partecipation of: Real Academia de España en Roma, Goethe Institute, Accademia Tedesca Roma, Swiss Institute
Catalogue: Treccani