A rash of foreigners were
appointed to head Italy's most prestigious museums Tuesday with
the naming of German art expert Eike Schmidt to head the Uffizi
Gallery, ousting longstanding director Antonio Natali, expected
to cause most clamour, observers said.
In all seven out of 20 appointments to head Italy's top
public museums were garnered by foreigners including another
German, Cecile Hollberg, aged 48, an art historian, who takes
over running the Florence Academy Galleries, Canadian-born
Briton James Bradburne, 59, to head the Brera Pinacoteca, and
French art historian Sylvain Bellenger, who takes over the
directorship of the Capodimonte Museum in Naples.
The average age of the winners is 50. Out of the 20 named,
10 are men and 10 women.
Four are Italians returning from abroad (Martina Bagnoli,
Flaminia Gennari Santori and Paola D'Agostino from the USA and
Eva Degl'Innocenti from France).
As far as professional background is concerned, 14 are art
historians, four are archaeologists and two are cultural
managers.
One was named from inside a ministry.
The names:
1) BORGHESE GALLERY(Rome): Anna Coliva, 62, art historian.
2) UFFIZI GALLERY (Florence): Eike Schmidt, 47, art historian.
3) NAZIONAL GALLERY OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART (Rome):
Cristiana Collu, 46, art historian.
4) GALLERIE OF THE ACADEMY of Venice: Paola Marini, 63, art
historian.
5) CAPODIMONTE MUSEUM (Naples): Sylvain Bellenger, 60, art
historian.
6) BRERA PINACOTECA (Milan): James Bradburne, 59, museumologist
and cultural manager.
7) REGGIA OF CASERTA: Mauro Felicori, 63, cultural manager.
8) FLORENCE ACADEMY GALLERY: Cecilie Hollberg, 48, historian.
9) ESTENSE GALLERY (Modena): Martina Bagnoli, 51, art historian.
10) NATIONAL GALLERIES OF ANCIENT ART (Rome): Flaminia Gennari
Santori, 47, art historian.
11) GALLERIA NAZIONALE DELLE MARCHE (Urbino): Peter Aufreiter,
40, art historian.
12) GALLERIA NAZIONALE DELL'UMBRIA (Perugia): Marco Pierini, 49,
art historian and philosopher.
13) MUSEO NAZIONALE DEL BARGELLO (Florence): Paola D'Agostino,
43, art historian.
14) MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE (Naples): Paolo Giulierini, 46,
archaeologist.
15) MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE (Reggio Calabria): Carmelo
Malacrino, 44, archaeologist.
16) MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE (Taranto): Eva Degl'Innocenti,
39, archaeologist.
17) PARCO ARCHEOLOGICO of PAESTUM: Gabriel Zuchtriegel, 34,
archaeologist.
18) PALAZZO DUCALE of MANTUA:Peter Assmann, 61, art historian.
19) PALAZZO REALE, GENOA: Serena Bertolucci, 48, art historian.
20) POLO REALE of TURIN: Enrica Pagella, 58, art historian.
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