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Costantino D’Orazio is the new General Director of Contemporary Creativity at MiC

Art historian Costantino D’Orazio has been appointed head of the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity at the Ministry of Culture, effective today. The Roman art historian and television personality succeeds Angelo Piero Cappello, who...
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Call for Proposals for "Culture in Small Towns" Now Open for Projects in Towns with Fewer Than 25,000 Residents

On June 22, 2026, the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture launched the public call for proposals “Culture in Small Towns” (1st edition), aimed at Italian towns with a population of fewer than 25,000. The initiat...
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Uffizi, clash between Montanari and Giuli around Cda appointments

The new governance phase of the Uffizi Galleries opens amid controversy. Just days before the formalization of the appointments of the new board of directors for the five-year period 2026-2031, Tomaso Montanari, rector of the University for Foreigner...
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Giuli on guided tour of Italy Pavilion: "With Buttafuoco no personal conflict"

After firmly deciding not to attend either the pre-opening days of the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale or the opening ceremony scheduled for May 9, Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli went to Venice this morning. Welcoming h...
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Shakeup at the Roman College: according to rumors, Minister Giuli fires his staff

Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli has reportedly decided to revoke the appointments of Emanuele Merlino, head of the Culture Ministry's technical secretariat, and Elena Proietti, head of the minister's personal secretariat. According to a report by C...
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Mantua and Cremona have been without a superintendent for over a year. The appeal to Minister Giuli

A public appeal to the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, for the urgent appointment of a new superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Cremona, Lodi and Mantua, a role that has been vacant since April 1, 2025 an...
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Art historians, protest against the Ministry of Culture: garrison on April 28

Tension is growing around the Ministry of Culture 's decision to let the ranking list for the MiC 518 public competition for the profile of Art Historian Officer, due to expire on May 30, 2026, lapse. A decision that has prompted the reaction of CISD...
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Who is the new undersecretary for culture Giampiero Cannella

Giampiero Cannella is the undersecretary at the Ministry of Culture who takes the place of Gianmarco Mazzi, who became minister of tourism. Canenlla was appointed April 22, 2026, by the Council of Ministers during a meeting at Palazzo Chigi that defi...
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