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’.

The expert panel for selective grants funds films by Pif or adapted from books by Scurati and Chiara Valerio. Gender identity and Gaza are at the heart of these debut works