Reforms

Royal Palace of Caserta and instrumentalization: how to build a fake case around nothing

06/03/2016 Federico Giannini

News Focus Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

TheItalian public seems to be unaccustomed to source verification, that particular practice that many indicate by the anglicism fact checking and which consists, precisely, in ascertaining the veracity of certain information by going back…

The Uffizi on the web between lights and shadows: good projects but also lots of gaps and lack of clarity

05/02/2016 Federico Giannini

Works and artists Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

I met Eike Schmidt in person toward the end of the year, when I interviewed him for Art and Dossier (the interview came out in shortened form in the January issue and the full interview will be posted online shortly): he gave me the…

Cultural heritage reform, chapter 2: MiBACT's holistic view. Against its own government

22/01/2016 Federico Giannini

Opinions Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

Until yesterday, I had heard the adjective"holistic" pronounced in only two contexts: in advertisements for massage centers that practice, precisely, holistic massage, and in those marketing courses that, instead of aiming straight at the…

Cultural heritage among essential public services: change of course or hypocrisy of Renzi and Franceschini?

19/09/2015 Federico Giannini

Opinions Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

With the usual demented practice ofannouncement on social networks and by press release, without, however, releasing the full text of the measure, yesterday the Council of Ministers approved the decree-law, consisting of a single article…

Union assembly at the Colosseum: the measure is full should workers say so

18/09/2015 Federico Giannini

Opinions Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

Still, after a normal union assembly of the workers of the Special Superintendence for the Colosseum (SSCol) in Rome, legitimately and regularly communicated a week ago, we have to witness the screeches of our politicians, who just don't…

Challenges and problems for new museum directors: the most important aspects

28/08/2015 Federico Giannini

Opinions Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

The affair of new museum directors, which we have also discussed on several occasions and given ample space to both in our press review and on our Facebook page, continues to hold the headlines and to be the constant focus of attention of…

The government's inelegance and failures on the issue of new museum directors

23/08/2015 Federico Giannini

Opinions Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

When faced with the eventuality of having to replace with fresh forces, for whatever reason, a worker who has always performed his or her duties admirably, there are two options. The one widely practiced consists of sincerely thanking the…

New museum directors: comments and interviews

19/08/2015 Federico Giannini, Ilaria Baratta

News Focus Heritage Museums Politics and cultural heritage Reforms

Following the appointment of the new directors of state museums, there have been many comments from the world of cultural heritage: we have decided to collect here all the voices that are occurring in these hours (including the first…