Alberto Ronchi on Palazzo dei Diamanti and Sgarbi: "He is a president who discredits the work of the foundation he presides over."

We receive and publish from Alberto Ronchi (councillor for culture of the Municipality of Ferrara from 1999 to 2005), one of the three drafters of theappeal to the mayor of Ferrara, Alan Fabbri, to support the removal of Vittorio Sgarbi from the role of president of the Ferrara Arte Foundation, a rejoinder to the statements that Sgarbi has made to the press in recent hours. Sgarbi, among other things, had stated that he wanted to appoint Giovanni Sassu as the new director of the Palazzo dei Diamanti: however, the person directly concerned, reached by our editorial staff, said he would not accept the offer.

Below is the text of Alberto Ronchi’s letter.

"I thank lOn. Vittorio Sgarbi for his long reply, I would like to emphasize that theintervention signed by me, together with Francesco Ruvinetti and Massimo Maisto, was addressed to the Mayor and/or his delegate. I must assume that in Ferrara these figures are either latent or disinterested in a debate on culture.

LOnorevole accuses us of ’mental confusion’ and of using ’words in the wild,’ on the other hand Our Lord, announces on His part the appointment of Giovanni Sassu as acting director. Sassu himself said he was not interested, but what is more serious is that among the duties of the President of Ferrara Arte is not to appoint any director, especially in case he is a municipal employee.

Programming will certainly be in the head of theHonor, too bad that the budget of the Municipality of Ferrara has yet to be approved, so we are talking about nothing.

The Banksy exhibition is such an opportunity that it seems it will also be proposed at the MART in Rovereto, where I leave it to the reader to guess who it is that holds the position of president.

I understand, having gotten the worst result ever in Ferrara for Forza Italia, theHonor removed the campaign. I remind him that on his facebook page there was one of his election posters, of which I have a copy, where the words ’anything but sardines, I will bring BANKSY to the Diamonds!’ appeared. Also in his reply, the Honorable takes the opportunity to denigrate the De Nittis exhibition, confirming the unedited figure of a President who publicly discredits the work of the Foundation he presides over.

Finally, referring to me, Mr. Sgarbi writes that I ’act in the mists of Codigoro.’ I remind him, for his knowledge, that at this moment I teach in Argenta, I was in Codigoro three years ago. It may be some consolation that, some mornings, there is fog even in Argenta."

Alberto Ronchi on Palazzo dei Diamanti and Sgarbi: "He is a president who discredits the work of the foundation he presides over."

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