Who is Carla Di Francesco, the controversial new secretary general of MiBACT

In recent days, architect Carla Di Francesco was appointed as the new Secretary General of MiBACT. An appointment that has caused much discussion: the professional has in fact been criticized for her friendship with Minister Dario Franceschini, who is from Ferrara like her, and for the investigation against her about the appointments after the 2012 Emilian earthquake (which ended with the dismissal of the criminal charges). Carla Di Francesco takes the place of Antonia Pasqua Recchia, the first woman to be appointed to the highest administrative post in the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

Born in 1951, Carla Di Francesco graduated with honors in architecture in 1976 from La Sapienza University in Rome. She was regional director for cultural heritage inEmilia Romagna, a post she also held on an interim basis in Lombardy and Marche. Since 2008 she has been a member of the management committee for the Unesco sites of Emilia Romagna (i.e., the Byzantine monuments in Ravenna, the Duomo and Piazza del Duomo in Modena, and the historic center of Ferrara). She has specialized in the restoration of ancient monuments, directing several sites throughout her career: in Ferrara she has worked on the Cathedral and the Palazzo dei Diamanti, in Ravenna she has restored the mosaics of the local museums and city basilicas, and has also long been active in exhibition design.

Carla Di Francesco assumes a delicate position, linked to the current minister (her term will presumably end with the next local elections), and therefore destined to be short-lived. And moreover, with part of the constitutional arc already showing some hostility toward her. Best wishes to the architect from the editorial staff of Windows on Art.

Who is Carla Di Francesco, the controversial new secretary general of MiBACT

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