olognaFiere has announced the name of the new artistic director of Arte Fiera, Angela Vettese, who is set to plot the course of the leading event for Italian modern and contemporary art.
Angela Vettese is associated professor and teacher of Theory and Criticism of Contemporary Art, director of the Master’s course in Visual art and Fashion at the Project Department of the IUAV University in Venice.
The new artistic director will be taking over from Giorgio Verzotti and Claudio Spadoni, who have successfully curated the cycle of the last four editions of the Fair leading up to and including the 40-year anniversary edition held in January 2016.
“We are happy that Angela Vettese has agreed to make her professionalism and experience available to Arte Fiera,” explains Antonio Bruzzone, Director General of BolognaFiere S.p.A. “Particular thanks must go to the curators Claudio Spadoni and Giorgio Verzotti for their important work in recent years”.