Vincenzo Trione Named New President of Triennale Milano Museum

MILAN — Milanese art and design hub Triennale Milano museum has a new leader. On Thursday, the cultural institution said that academic, curator and art historian Vincenzo Trione is the new president of its board of directors. Architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri concluded his eight-year presidential term at the end of April.

Trione is a professor of Art and Media and Contemporary Art History at Milan’s IULM University, where he previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Tourism. He currently coordinates the PhD in Visual and Media Studies and directs the Center for Media and Visual Studies. He also writes for Italian daily Corriere della Sera and has held major curatorial roles including curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale.

In 2020, he was named “Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic” by Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella.

The Triennale di Milano appointed new board members, including Salone del Mobile.Milano president Maria Porro as its new vice president. The board also includes Dario Rinero, chief executive officer of Haworth Lifestyle, which controls design firms Poltrona Frau, Zanotta and Cassina. The board will remain in place for the next four years.

Founded in 1923 at the height of the city’s Art Deco heyday, Triennale is based in the Palazzo dell’Arte, built in 1933 by Giovanni Muzio.

Situated on the edge of the city’s verdant Parco Sforzesco, the museum opened the permanent design installation the Museo del Design in 2019.