art and culture
April 30, 2021 – 8:00 pm
The director of the Galleries: “Better think about taking them to small museums in the area that could flourish if there were stable” attractors “”
of Corriere Fiorentino editorial staff
Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, speaking at “Miramare, not just numbers”, a live streaming comparison with a focus on the moment experienced by the museums, organized by the director of the Miramare Historical Museum and Park, Andreina Contessa, spoke about the Italian artistic heritage and the thousands of works that remain hidden in the deposits of museums: “It is not ethically correct that thousands of works of art, made to be seen, remain in the deposits of large museums, it is better to think of bringing them to small museums in the area , as we are doing in Tuscany with the Uffizi diffusi ».
Schmidt, who has already overseen the refurbishment of 50 Uffizi rooms, has announced the inauguration for the press, scheduled for next week, another 14 newly refurbished rooms and other renovated service areas. The director, speaking of the great exhibitions, said “they must exist, but they cannot be the only resource that museums can focus on, as happened in the 1990s”. According to Schmidt, today it is better “to focus on the rediscovery and enhancement of one’s collections and on minor and territorially widespread exhibition events”. On Italy’s potential to attract flows and international tourism, a field in which the Bel Paese is surpassed by France in quantitative terms, Schmidt stated that “Italy has great wealth, an opportunity”, which is diversity of the territories. «It is found in the kitchen, but also in art and culture». And «it is necessary to draw on this wealth, because there are many places, even small ones, that could flourish if there were stable“ attractors ”. We could start from this – he concluded – to have a more balanced fruition both territorially and chronologically over the year ».
April 30, 2021 | 8:00 pm
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