Alessandro Nicosia

'Classical' Rome hosts first contemporary art fair

Published by Hurriyet on Sun, 11/21/2021 - 08:30

More than 150 galleries presented some 500 artists on Nov. 19 at the first contemporary art fair in Rome, a city better known for its ruins and works by masters long passed.

"We wanted to fill a void," fair director Alessandro Nicosia told AFP, indirectly acknowledging the absence for many years of a more avant-garde artistic and cultural movement in the Eternal City.