The German director of Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia has succeeded in drawing visitors’ attention to masterpieces beyond Michelangelo’s towering David. Know more:
Cecilie Hollberg, director of the Accademia Gallery poses in front of Michelangelo’s white marble statue “David” in Florence, Italy, in this March 28, 2023 file photo.MILAN—The German director of Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia has succeeded in drawing visitors’ attention to masterpieces beyond Michelangelo’s towering David, while winning landmark court cases to protect the marble masterpiece’s familiar image against misuse.
Hollberg said she can’t explain why the Accademia’s role as an independent museum is again under siege. She said she has never had a conversation with the culture minister or anyone else in the ministry to make her case for the continued independence of the 141-year-old museum, which was founded as a teaching facility.
Ten museum director positions are in the process of being filled, including at the Uffizi and Milan’s Brera, both now held by foreigners. Unlike a much-ballyhooed 2014 open call for museum directors, when a left-wing government actively sought to bring in foreigners, the new bid now requires fluency in Italian. Under contract through June 2024, Hollberg is nervously awaiting an expected government decree on culture to see if the museum again loses its independence.
She also won landmark court cases protecting rights to the use of David’s image, recovering some €300,000 this year and she expects that to double next year. Among the cases the museum has challenged is the French brand Longchamp’s prominent placement of David’s genitalia on a handbag.
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