Endorsement by Antonio Paolucci for Eike Schmidt: "he has worked well, I hope Franceschini reappoints him"

For the director of the Uffizi, Eike Schmidt, also came theendorsement of Antonio Paolucci, former minister of cultural heritage, superintendent of the Polo Museale Fiorentino and director of the Vatican Museums. On the sidelines of an event held at Casa Buonarroti (Florence), Paolucci responded to journalists precisely on the issue of Eike Schmidt’s renouncement of directing the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (for which he had already been designated as the future director): in fact, Schmidt’s intention is to remain at the Uffizi.

“I really hope that Franceschini will reappoint him,” said Paolucci, in words reported by the AgCult agency. “Schmidt has shown that he has worked well in these years: he has initiated grandiose projects, the route of the Vasari Corridor, the arrangement of new rooms in the new Uffizi, the inauguration, which I hope will be soon, of the rooms of the self-portraits. These are all things that take time of course, all projects that have been started and are asking to be completed. So, in the interest of the Uffizi and Florence, I hope that Franceschini, having overcome the diplomatic rifts with Vienna, because it is useless to deny it, there have been, wants to reappoint Eike Schmidt in his role as director of the Uffizi.”

Schmidt, at a press conference, made clear his desire to remain in Florence: however, there can only be talk of his staying at the Uffizi, as Cultural Heritage Minister Dario Franceschini explained, if there are no incidents with Austria.

Endorsement by Antonio Paolucci for Eike Schmidt: "he has worked well, I hope Franceschini reappoints him"

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