Bologna skips the 2021 edition of Arte Fiera due to Covid. The appointment is for 2022

Because of Covid-19, there is another art fair that is skipping: it is the historic Arte Fiera in Bologna, Italy’s longest-running exhibition-market, originally scheduled to take place from Jan. 22-24, 2021. One of the government’s latest dpcm, in fact, prohibits the holding of any kind of fair event throughout the country at least until December. At the moment it is impossible to know whether the measures will be extended beyond this date, but it is legitimate, supposes the Arte Fiera organization, to think that the current situation of uncertainty and difficulty is not likely to end anytime soon.

“Faced with this scenario,” reads a note, “the conditions are lacking to organize the 2021 edition of Arte Fiera according to the parameters of quality that the tradition and role of this event require. Out of respect for the galleries, collectors and art lovers, BolognaFiere, in agreement with the Art Direction and the Selection Committee, announces the decision to cancel the next edition of Arte Fiera. This is a difficult and painful but inevitable choice. The appointment in Bologna for everyone, exhibitors and public alike, is therefore postponed to January 21-23, 2022, confident that by then it will be possible to repropose the event in a form that lives up to expectations.”

“This does not mean,” the organization adds, “that in the coming months Arte Fiera will remain silent. In the weeks to come, a number of activities and initiatives will be presented with which the event intends to keep in touch with its exhibitors and its public, in a long shared journey up to the 2022 edition.” Finally, as a sign of attention and gratitude to the gallerists who, despite the current difficult situation, had decided to believe in Arte Fiera anyway, it was decided to return in full all the amounts paid for the 2021 edition, including the registration fee.

Pictured is a moment from the 2020 edition of Arte Fiera.

Bologna skips the 2021 edition of Arte Fiera due to Covid. The appointment is for 2022

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