Politics and cultural heritage - Finestre sull'Arte

Do state museums really not know how to organize important exhibitions anymore?

In Italy there existed a sort of golden age of exhibitions, full of events of international scope and the result of prestigious collaborations and full-bodied loan campaigns, which today is inexorably over, the accomplice of an autarchy into which ou...
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Milan, will go to trial the three activists who daubed L.O.V.E., Cattelan's finger

A preliminary hearing was held in Milan on Jan. 17 for the vandalism against the work L.O.V.E by Maurizio Cattelan (Padua, 1960), the famous middle finger in Milan's Piazza Affari, which was daubed on Jan. 15 last year by three activists from the env...
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Ecovandals bill is law: penalties of 10 to 60 thousand euros for those who deface or destroy cultural property

The Sangiuliano bill on damage against cultural property, also known as the "eco-vandals bill," is law: the Chamber of Deputies approved today, with 138 yes, 92 no and 10 abstentions, the government-initiated bill (it was in fact proposed by Ministe...
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Germany also introduces Culture Bonus: 200 euros to new 18-year-olds

In 2023 in Germany, all young people who turn 18 will receive a €200 bonus with the aim ofencouraging young people to experience culture locally. "We want to pave the way for culture," said German Culture Minister Claudia Roth. "For two years y...
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Ten urgent priorities for the next minister of culture

CulturalItaly has emerged devastated from two years of pandemic. This is not a statement tinged with sensationalism: there are data certifying all the serious difficulties the sector is going through. Federculture's latest report released worrying d...
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How do party programs talk about culture in the run-up to the September 25 elections?

Culture, it is well known, is not a campaign topic. And if it is not traditionally so in quieter periods than the one we are currently experiencing, let alone how much attention can be devoted to it in a campaign that the parties have had to prepare ...
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Carrara: the Marble Museum, Fossacava, archaeological materials and their management

Established in 1982, the Museo Civico del Marmo is the first public museum to arise in Carrara. Conceived and created by the writer on behalf of the Municipality of Carrara (G.C. Resolution No. 582, 8.4.1982), it was set up as a "progressive"...
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Federculture's Cancellato speaks: "Great potential but fragile sector, contracts will have to change"

On July 14, the Federculture 2022 report was presented in Rome, at the Ministry of Culture (we had talked about it here), in the presence of Federculture's leadership, Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, and Roma Capitale's councillor for c...
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