Eike Schmidt announced on
Wednesday that he wants to stay on as director of Florence's
Uffizi Gallery.
The German art historian's term at the Uffizi ends on October
31 and he was set to take over Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum
the day after.
But on Wednesday Schmidt confirmed reports that he was
renouncing the Vienna job and was "standing for a second term at
the Uffizi".
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said that "clarity is
needed".
"I replied that, in order to consider keeping him on, which
is consented by the law, I need to know that this decision would
not create any problems with Austria and the Austrian
government," he added.
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