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The appointment •
Luca Mercuri is to be the new director of the Mic Museums
An archaeologist and art critic, he is to become the new Director-General of Museums at the Ministry of Culture. Aged 46, he is currently director of the Pantheon and Castel Sant’Angelo. He succeeds Massimo Osanna. The appointment is seen as a choice of ‘continuity’.
4 NOV 26
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Luca Mercuri – photo: Ansa
Luca Mercuri is the new Director-General of Museums at the Ministry of Culture (MIC). Mercuri, aged 46, an archaeologist and art critic, currently director of the Pantheon and Castel Sant’Angelo – National Directorate of Museums in Rome – succeeds Massimo Osanna, who was appointed last June as director of the Department for Cultural Activities (which also includes the film sector). The changeover was announced by Minister Alessandro Giuli himself and had been on the cards for some time. The appointment is seen as a choice of ‘continuity’, given that Mercuri is regarded as a protégé of Osanna