Ferrara The transparency of annual budgets, the references of the personalities called to direct our cultural fabric and an organic vision of the limits and potential of Ferrara’s architectural heritage are essential. These are the essential elements that Sara ConfortiDem candidate for city council and Alberto Ronchiformer councilor for culture first of the Municipality of Ferrara, then of the Region and the Municipality of Bologna, shared. Diamond Palacea symbol of our attractive capacity, did not reach 90 thousand visitors in 2023: this is a notable drop compared to previous years, when a single exhibition dedicated to Orlando Furioso reached 146 thousand.
PUBLIC EXCELLENCE
«It is necessary to propose in a very short time – Conforti argues – a cultural project capable of planning unique and distinctive exhibitions with at least a two-year perspective, so that they can be launched on national and international markets and we can work with intermediated tourism. A project that combines the valorization of local heritage with cosmopolitan experiences, scientific rigor and attractiveness for the public, with a view to also economic sustainability. Ferrara Art it must return to being a point of reference in the exhibition panorama, a production center and not a space to be filled without any long-term planning and without any coherence with the host building, its history and its reputation. Make, in full transparency, a selection to identify a scientific director who has characteristics of proven professionalism, i.e. who is in charge of the direction of exhibitions of proven cultural value, who has proven international relations, who has edited exclusive catalogues, who is able to propose a prospectus at least of the duration of his assignment, of the development of the exhibition activity of Palazzo dei Diamanti, of the editorial activity of Ferrara Arte and of the educational approach”.
THE MUSEUM SYSTEM
Marfisa building and especially Massari Palacealthough they are still closed, with the masterpieces of Boldini And de Pisis stored in depots, would be decisive, together with Prosperi Sacrati Palace, to keep tourists within the walls, especially foreign ones, of whom there was a drop in overnight stays of 24.8% in 2022 and 13% in 2023, compared to pre-pandemic levels. And 2024 does not bode well: «The related activities inevitably pass through a vision of modernization and relaunch of the collections in situ, as well as of the civic museum system as a whole, especially in view of the works in progress Castle. We also need to think carefully about what to propose for the exhibition spaces of Palazzo Prosperi Sacrati, having a certain definition of the restoration times, where photography and high-level contemporary art, interdisciplinary and performing visual arts could find space. I imagine a system placed on a map that sees the city divided into museum centres, from that of modern and contemporary art, to the ancient art center around Schifanoia Palace, Bonacossi Palace and to historic homes, to the paper one around the Ariostea Library it’s at Niccolini Houseup to the scientific one of Natural History Museum».
