Eike Schmidt is aiming for the direction of the Capodimonte Museum, Cecilie Hollberg in the running for Uffizi, Brera and Capodimonte, Cristiana Collu is aiming for the Uffizi and Brera, Marco Pierini is even playing on four fields (Uffizi, Brera, Capodimonte, National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome), there is a candidate who tries five, Enza Zullo (running for Gallerie Estensi, Marta di Taranto, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria, Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria and Museo Nazionale d’Abruzzo), and there is also a well-known TV host, Costantino D’Orazio, among the candidates for the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria. Confirmations and surprises from the names of candidates for the ten autonomous museums whose directorships will be renewed soon. And then, among the current directors vying for a change of coat, we read the names of Simone Verde, Andrea Bruciati, Andreina Contessa, Antonella Cucciniello, Flaminia Gennari Santori, Paolo Bruciati, Paola D’Agostino, and Edith Gabrielli. No new foreigners, if you want to make an exception for Anglo-Italian Thomas Salomon, candidate for Palazzo Barberini in Rome.
On October 25, 2023, at the Meteorology Room of the Ministry of Culture in Rome, the Evaluation Committee appointed by ministerial decree July 21, 2023, rep. 260 of July 21, 2023, met: four hours, from 3 to 7 p.m., to evaluate the candidates’ curricula and award them scores. So here are who are all the candidates vying for museums in search of a new director. Who will come out on top? Predictions are accepted.
Pinacoteca di Brera (Milan): Bentivoglio-Ravasio Beatrice Maria, Casciu Stefano, Collu Cristiana, Crespi Angelo, Daffra Emanuela, Gennari Santori Flaminia, Hollberg Cecilie Hedwig, Mathilde Ursula, Pierini Marco, Ragozzino Marta Giuseppina, Verde Simone.
Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte (Naples): Bruciati Andrea, Contessa Andreina, Cucciniello Antonella, Gennari Santori Flaminia, Giulierini Paolo, Hollberg, Cecilie Hedwig, Mathilde Ursula, Picciau Maura, Pierini Marco, Ragozzino Marta Giuseppina, Schmidt Eike Dieter.
Uffizi Galleries (Florence): Casciu Stefano, Collu Cristiana, Contessa Andreina, D’Agostino Paola, Gabrielli Edith, Gennari Santori Flaminia, Giulierini Paolo, Hollberg Cecilie Hedwig, Mathilde Ursula, Pierini Marco, Verde Simone.
National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (Rome): Bruciati Andrea, Contessa Andreina, Forti Micol, Gennari Santori Flaminia, Lafranconi Matteo, Mazzantini Renata Cristina, Picciau Maura, Pierini Marco, Pietromarchi Bartolomeo, Ragozzino Marta Giuseppina.
Gallerie Estensi (Modena): Bava Annamaria, Calò Giorgia, Cremonini Claudia, D’Agostino Paola, Necci Alessandra, Preti Monica, Rossoni Elena, Sassu Giovanni, Sbaraglio Lorenzo, Zullo Enza.
National Archaeological Museum (Taranto): Aversa Gregorio, Calò Giorgia, Cesarano Mario, Falzone Stella, Fatticcioni Lorenzo, Galeandro Fabio, Guarnieri Anita, Sudano Fabrizio, Tomay Luigina, Zullo Enza.
National Galleries of Ancient Art (Rome): Ammannato Cinzia, D’Agostino Paola, Galassi Cristina, Martone Sonia, Picchiarelli Veruska, Pietromarchi Bartolomeo, Salomon Thomas Clement, Suatoni Sandra, Terzaghi Maria Cristina, Zalabra Federica.
National Archaeological Museum (Reggio Calabria): Aversa Gregorio, Calò Giorgia, Cannatà Maurizio, Cerzoso Maria, Falzone Stella, Fatticcioni Lorenzo, Galeandro Fabio, Sudano Fabrizio, Trunfio Elena Rita, Zullo Enza.
National Gallery of Umbria (Perugia): Bava Annamaria, Calò Giorgia, D’Orazio Costantino, Galassi Cristina, Picchiarelli Veruska, Riccio Francesca, Sbaraglio Lorenzo, Serlorenzi Mirella, Zalabra Federica, Zullo Enza.
Abruzzo National Museum (L’Aquila): Calò Giorgia, Collettini Cristina, Guarnieri Anita, Musto Gabriella, Riccio Francesca, Sassu Giovanni, Serlorenzi Mirella, Suatoni Sandra, Zalabra Federica, Zullo Enza.
Here are all the candidates for autonomous museum directorates, from the Uffizi to Capodimonte |
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