Abstract/Summary

The value of foreign artists in residence in Rome in the past en presence. Challenges for contemporary art in Rome. The role of foreign institutes in the Eternal City. These are some of the themes that will be at the heart of the conference that will take place of the 16th of December at the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, at via Omero 10-12. The conference is curated by artist/researcher PhD Krien Clevis and organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome and the Mondriaan Fund in Amsterdam. Speakers of the conference are international experts of the Ministry of Foreign affairs of the Netherlands, Villa Medici/Académie de France , Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo, British School at Rome, American Academy of Rome, Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, Mondriaan Fund, de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam, and others.