The Rome Quadriennale (
Italian: ''Quadriennale di Roma'', also called in English the ''Rome Quadrennial'') is a
foundation for the promotion of contemporary
Italian art.
Its name derives from the four-yearly exhibitions it is required to host by its constitution. It is based in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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in the monumental complex of Villa Carpegna.
Exhibitions
All the Rome Quadriennale main exhibitions held at its historical site, the
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome, Italy.
History
Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions (e.g. Mostra della Rivoluzi ...
of
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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, except where indicated.
*I Quadriennale, January - June 1931.
*II Quadriennale, February - July 1935.
*III Quadriennale, February - July 1939.
*IV Quadriennale, May - July 1943.
*V Quadriennale, March - May 1948.
*VI Quadriennale, December 1951 - April 1952.
*VII Quadriennale, November 1955 - 1956.
*VIII Quadriennale, December 1959 - April 1960.
*IX Quadriennale, October 1965 - March 1966.
*X Quadriennale, Five exhibitions:
** November - December 1972.
** February - March 1973.
** May - June 1973.
** March - April 1975.
** June - July 1977.
*XI Quadriennale,
Palazzo dei Congressi
Palazzo dei Congressi ''(formally: Palazzo dei Ricevimenti e dei Congressi)'' is a building located in the EUR district of Rome, Italy. The palazzo was designed by Adalberto Libera for the 1942 Universal Exposition. Construction started in 1938 ...
,
EUR complex,
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
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, May - August 1986.
*XII Quadriennale, two exhibitions:
** July - September 1992.
**
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome, Italy.
History
Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions (e.g. Mostra della Rivoluzi ...
and the Ala Mazzoniana of the
Roma Termini railway station, September - November 1996.
*1999. XIII Quadriennale,
Palazzo delle Esposizioni
The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome, Italy.
History
Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions (e.g. Mostra della Rivoluzi ...
, June - September 1999.
*XIV Quadriennale three exhibitions:
**
Palazzo Reale
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,
Naples
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, November 2003 - January 2004.
** Palazzo della Promotrice delle Belle Arti,
Turin
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, January - March 2004.
**
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
The ("national gallery of modern and contemporary art"), also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then Minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and contempora ...
,
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, March - May 2005.
*
XV Quadriennale, June - September 2008.
15th Rome Quadrennial
at Palazzo delle Esposizioni
The Palazzo delle Esposizioni is a neoclassical exhibition hall, cultural center and museum on Via Nazionale in Rome, Italy.
History
Designed by Pio Piacentini, it opened in 1883. It has housed several exhibitions (e.g. Mostra della Rivoluzi ...
official website.
See also
*Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
* Rome Film Festival
*Cento Pittori via Margutta
Associazione Cento Pittori via Margutta, (Rome 22 June 1970), is a cultural and historical association of painters that exhibits as a Cento Pittori via Margutta mainly in Rome, in via Margutta, whose exhibition origins date back to October 1953 ...
Notes and references
External links
Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma Official Website
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