Borghese Gallery director on trial for absenteeism. She defends herself: I was on leave

Anna Coliva, director of the Borghese Gallery, and the only one among the pre-reform Franceschini directors to have been confirmed to her role after the great 2015 competition, will face trial for absenteeism, which will see her appear before the judge next Feb. 28. The indictment states that the director, on thirteen working days (a total of forty hours and fifty-nine minutes), allegedly failed to record, by swiping her badge, her departure from the workplace: as a result, she should have spent the hours she is charged with in the office. The full story is recounted in today’s Feb. 9 print edition of Repubblica. It is a serious charge, which carries penalties ranging from one to five years as consequences.

As reported by Repubblica, according to prosecutor Maria Letizia Golfieri, who set off the investigation following an anonymous complaint, the director “procured an unfair profit for herself, consisting of the receipt of pay as if she had performed work for the hours resulting from the attendance card, while in reality she went away for her own needs, unmotivated and not reported by the office, with relative impoverishment for the public administration.” In contrast, Anna Coliva’s defense points out that the director had regular personal leave or was on mission for meetings and conferences, while on other occasions she was even on vacation. The art historian, interviewed by the newspaper, also lets it be known that she “never took a sick day,” that she often worked even during vacations, and that she finds the idea that she could be accused of absenteeism mortifying. Moreover, she speaks of a “machination” that she believes was purposely hatched against her, since others coveted the post of director of the Borghese Gallery.

Borghese Gallery director on trial for absenteeism. She defends herself: I was on leave

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