Who is Vincenzo Trione, the new president of Triennale Milano after the Boeri era

After months of speculation and forecasts, Triennale Milano opens a new chapter in its history. Following the conclusion of Stefano Boeri's eight-year presidency, Vincenzo Trione — full professor at IULM, critic, art historian, and curator — takes over the leadership of the institution. Alongside him, in the role of vice president, will be Maria Adele Porro, who is currently also the president of Salone del Mobile.Milano.

The appointment marks a significant transition for one of the city's leading cultural institutions: not just a change at the top, but the launch of a new phase following a presidency that redefined the public and international visibility of Triennale.

Long-standing Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Tourism at the Milanese university and coordinator of the PhD program in Visual and Media Studies, Trione is a professor of Art and Media and Contemporary Art History. His profile spans academia, cultural institutions, publishing, and major exhibition projects, with a career built across contemporary art, media, and visual culture.

Among his most relevant appointments are the Quadriennale di Roma, where he served as commissioner in 2003, the Enciclopedia Treccani dell’Arte Contemporanea, where he is Director General, the Italian Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, which he curated, and Valencia 09 — Confines. Pasajes de las artes contemporaneas, a project he directed in 2009.

Over the years, Trione's research path has deeply explored Italian art, with exhibitions on De Chirico and Savinio, and the curation of volumes about Roberto Longhi, Mimmo Rotella, Umberto Eco, and Giulio Carlo Argan. It also includes the exploration of that “Codice Italia” which gave the title to his Venetian pavilion — a “need to understand whether or not there is a peculiar Italian style”, as he described it to Domus in 2014: “Italian pavilions have often limited themselves to offering a phenomenological overview. I would rather look at the Italian art scene and highlight its stylistic peculiarity”.

The Board of Directors (CDA) of the Fondazione La Triennale di Milano has also been renewed, appointing the new leadership during its first meeting. Sitting on the new CDA, alongside Trione and Porro, are manager Dario Rinero and philosopher Stefano Zecchi representing the Ministry of Culture; attorney Alberto Toffoletto and the Rector of Politecnico di Milano Donatella Sciuto representing the Municipality of Milan; Davide Rampello for the Lombardy Region; and entrepreneur Regina De Albertis and manager and writer Antonio Calabrò representing the Chamber of Commerce.

Along with the highly anticipated updates, the first meeting also brought a sign of continuity: the confirmation of Carla Morogallo — who has been with Triennale for over twenty years — as Director General, a position she has held since 2022.

Opening image: Giardino Giancarlo De Carlo, Triennale Milano, 2016. Photo Mike Peel from Wikimedia Commons