about 11 months ago (02/06/2024)

Is Italy’s government meddling in who runs top museums? Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Museums news Is Italy’s government meddling in who runs top museums? Cultural figures voice concern about culture ministry’s appointments to run institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera James Imam 6 February 2024 Share Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera is now run by Angelo Crespi, a culture official under Silvio Berlusconi, replacing James Bradburne....

about 11 months ago (02/02/2024)

Italy’s embattled junior culture minister resigns amid scandals Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Appointments & departures news Italy’s embattled junior culture minister resigns amid scandals The critic, curator and commentator Vittorio Sgarbi was being pressured to resign amid multiple investigations into his conduct James Imam 2 February 2024 Share Vittorio Sgarbi speaks to reporters in Venice in 2020 Photo by Pietro Luca Cassarino, via Flickr Vittorio Sgarbi, the controversial Italian art critic and polemicist who is being investigated for art crimes, has resigned as a junior culture minister with immediate effect, prompting a flurry of celebratory messages from his political foes...