The director of the Museo di Capodimonte plans to restore 21 Renaissance paintings from the collection

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Sara Funaro, a local councillor with the centre-left Democratic Party, reportedly took more than 60% of the vote

The former director of the Uffizi, who is running for mayor of the Tuscan city, has been accused of speaking negatively about people from Italy's deprived south

The German-born curator will step back from his new role as Capodimonte museum director

Cultural figures voice concern about culture ministry’s appointments to run institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera

Schmidt has criticised Dario Nardella for plans to deploy security guards at shopping centres in the city, after suggestions for similar protection at the museum were rejected

Arno Widmann wrote that the 13th-century Italian author, best known for the Divine Comedy, was antiquated and difficult to understand