FLORENCE, ITALY – The head of Florence’s museums, Cristina Acidini, said Monday September 22, 2014 her decision to quit after a 38-year-long career as a culture ministry official was taken earlier this month because of planned reforms reorganizing the management of Italy’s museums.
She insisted the resignation had “nothing to do” with two investigations against her, rejecting the charges. Acidini, 63, released a statement saying she had resigned on September 5 from her position after eight years on the job just as news emerged that the art historian is suspected of abuse of office in choosing an insurance company for art works on loan abroad in an ongoing criminal investigation in Florence.
The decision, she said in the statement, was taken because the planned reform does not provide “for a position that can be compared to my current post, which the ministry gave me in October 2006”.
She also confirmed the two probes against her while her attorney Nino D’Avirro rejected the charges in a separate statement Wednesday. The Florence-born art historian and writer previously served, among other posts, as superintendent of the city’s Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Italy’s premier restoration institute.
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