Because of the budget deficit will replace the Italian government management of the State Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome Maxxi
The paradox is that the deficit is the result of government actions that reduced budget subsidies to cultural institutions
Museum of Modern Art Maxxi, Rome
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Less than two years have passed since the opening of the museum in Rome Maxxi - Italian National Museum of Modern Art, as Italian Ministry of Culture decided last Friday to dissolve the Board of Directors of the Fund, director of the museum and replace it with a government appointed manager. This Government has taken a decision after the Board of Trustees of the Fund was unable to agree on the budget of the museum in 2012, in which there is a significant deficiency.
At a hastily assembled press conference held in Last weekend, Pio Baldi (Pio Baldi), president of the Maxxi, said he was "very surprised" the decision of the Ministry, since according to him, things in the museum "are fine" and only in 2011 it was visited by 450,000 people.
However, the Ministry for which came to the fore the question of finance, believes otherwise. In 2011, the museum's budget was $ 12 million. 59 percent of the money he earned a museum with ticket sales and fundraising sponsors, and the state is left to only 5 million. However, the effects of held in different countries of Europe budget cuts cultural institutions raised and Italy: because of them this year and Further contributions to the budget of the State Museum will be at least 2 million euros (about $ 2.6 million), and Maxxi, in order to make ends meet, it is necessary to attract more private money. So far, the board of trustees has not coped with the task of attracting private capital, and holes were found in the budget, and the Ministry has decided not to risk it, and until the smell of fried, to intervene.
«The museum Maxxi great potential for the development of, and it is necessary to attract private sponsors and new companies "to work to increase its financial resources, says Reske Mario (Mario Resca), an official of the Ministry of Culture, responsible for the activities of the state museums. But for now, he said, it does not. The administration of the museum also objected to this, that in Italy there is not enough economic and tax breaks for patrons, and this fact is the main obstacle to private investment.
Prepared by Mary Estrova , AI
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