Christian Greco, who manages the Egyptian Museum in Turin, offered discounted tickets to Arabic speakers
An Italian politician is pushing for the director of a prestigious museum to be “kicked out”, arguing that he has been “racist towards Italians” in a move that has raised the debate over apparent attempts by Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government to wield a tighter grip over culture.
The issue reemerged after Maurizio Marrone, Brothers of Italy’s welfare councillor for the Piedmont region, told the Turin edition of Corriere della Sera this week that Greco’s mandate would probably not be renewed because he felt there were “more qualified figures”. Leadership of Piedmont fell into the hands of the rightwing coalition in regional elections last year.
Under Greco’s leadership, ticket sales at the museum, where there are constant queues outside, have boomed, with more than 900,000 visitors to the site in 2022, up by 6.3% from pre-pandemic levels.
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