Change in museum leadership: four major directors not confirmed by Giuli

Four directors of major museums are jumping ship: in fact, Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli has decided not to renew the appointments of Mario Epifani (Royal Palace of Naples), Annamaria Mauro (National Museum of Matera), Maria Luisa Pacelli (National Picture Gallery of Bologna), and Stéphane Verger (National Museum of Rome), all appointed in 2020 at the time when Culture Minister Dario Franceschini was minister, and all of whom are expiring. The minister has expressed in recent days to the four directors his willingness not to renew their appointments: they will therefore proceed with four calls for applications.

They will not be the only ones to change: in fact, there will also be calls for tenders for museums currently without a director due to the end of the tenure of former directors, all of whom have come to the end of their experience after two terms (in fact, it is not possible to direct a museum for a third term). So, changes at the top are also in sight for four first-tier museums, namely the Royal Museums of Turin, the Accademia Gallery in Florence and the Bargello Museums (merged into a single entity), the Colosseum Archaeological Park and the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, all of which are currently being directed on an interim basis for several months (by Mario Turetta, Massimo Osanna, Alfonsina Russo and Massimo Osanna again, respectively). Also calls for bids for the Complesso della Pilotta in Parma, currently directed ad interim by Stefano L’Occaso (former director Simone Verde has in fact moved on to direct the Uffizi), and then calls for bids for the new autonomous entities created under the Sangiuliano reform: the National Museums of Ferrara, the National Museums of Lucca, the Monumental Villas of Tuscia, the National Museums of Vomero, the Museums and Archaeological Parks of Capri, the Swabian Castle of Bari, Pantheon and Castel Sant’Angelo. In short, a total of a batch of twenty-one new directors, the largest turn-over ever under the Meloni government. The terms of the new calls, however, have not yet been clarified.

For the four non-renewed directors, this is not a dismissal, but it seems clear that the minister is willing to turn over a new leaf, at least on these four institutes. Other directors, however, remain firmly in place: Already renewed is the appointment of Stefano L’Occaso, director of the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, who will therefore remain in Piazza Sordello for another four years, and the other directors appointed in 2020 whose terms are expiring, namely Francesca Cappelletti (Galleria Borghese), Antonella Cucciniello (Biblioteca e Complesso Monumentale dei Girolamini), Alessandro D’Alessio (Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica), Filippo Demma (Archaeological Park of Sibari), Edith Gabrielli (Vittoriano-Palazzo Venezia), Luigi Gallo (National Gallery of the Marches), and Francesco Muscolino (Archaeological Museum of Cagliari).

Change in museum leadership: four major directors not confirmed by Giuli

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