One Austrian and four Italians were
among the five museum chiefs scrubbed by a controversial
sentence from the Lazio regional administrative court because
the tender was open to non-Italians, interviews took place
behind closed doors, and other technicalities.
Here are pen-pix of the five.
1) PETER ASSMAN (MANTUA DUCAL PALACE): 63, art historian.
Austrian, studied and worked in Florence, at the Deutsches
Kunsthistorisches Institut. From 2002 to 2012 president of the
Austrian museum association. Directed Obersterreichischen
Landenmuseen di Linz and Angerlehner Museum in Thalheim bei
Wels. Teaches at Johannes Kepler Universitat in Linz and
University of Vienna. Since 2011 on scientific committee of
Buonconsiglio Castle Museum in Trento.
2) MARTINA BAGNOLI (GALLERIA ESTENSE IN MODENA): 53 art
historian. Born in Bolzano, graduated from Cambridge in art
history and got a phD cum laude from the Johns Hopkins
University of Baltimore in 1999. From 2003 at Baltimore's
Walters Art Museum. Also worked in other US museums including
National Gallery of Art in Washington.
3) EVA DEGLI INNOCENTI (MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE IN
TARANTO): 41, archaeologist. Born in Pistoia, graduated from
Pisa, then got European research doctorate from Siena
University. Was a director at the Coriosolis museum of the
Plancot Ple'lan community in Brittany. From 1995 to 2008 led
digs in Italy and Tunisia.
4) PAOLO GIULIERINI (MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE OF NAPLES):
48, archaeologist. Born in Cortona, graduated in archeaology
with specialisation in Etruscanology from Florence University.
Director of the Museum of the Etruscan Academy and city of
Cortona, where he has worked since 2001, and has had several
other museum posts.
5) CARMELO MALACRINO (MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE OF REGGIO
CALABRIA): 46, archaeologist and architect. Born in Catanzaro,
graduated in architecture in Florence and specialised in
Archaeology and Ancient Architecture at Athens. From 2010
researcher in history of architecture at the Università
Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria. In 2005 got doctorate in
history of architecture in Venice.
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