In 1999, as a result of the reorganisation of the system of public bodies operating in the cultural sector, the Quadriennale was transformed from an autonomous body into a Foundation under public control. Luigi Zanda was appointed President in 2001. The position of Secretary General was abolished. Barbara Paccagnella was appointed Director General. Zanda resigned in 2002 after being appointed RAI director, and Gino Agnese became President. The Foundation’s Board of Directors launched the 14th Quadriennale with an exhibition programme divided into three major events to be held over the 2003-2005 two-year period. For the first time, the Quadriennale was held outside the capital with two exhibitions, namely ‘Naples Preview’ (2003) and ‘Turin Preview’ (2004) – dedicated to young artists – and a final full-scale exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art (2005). The Roman exhibition, entitled ‘Fuori tema /Italian Feeling’, opened a window on international art alongside a group of one hundred living artists and included two retrospectives dedicated to the Quadrienniale exhibitions of 1931 and 1948. In the meantime, the Foundation changed its headquarters in 2004 and moved to the monumental complex of Villa Carpegna. In the same year, it promoted the ‘Arte e cultura negli anni Novanta’ conference and resumed publication of the ‘Quaderni della Quadriennale’ series.
