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"Ruins and the Rebirth of Art in Italy" - Spotlights Saved Art - UPDATE

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“Thank goodness we have these laws,” said Mr. La Regina, who like many Italian cultural officials frets that more recent cultural-heritage laws may dilute the original law’s tenets.

Critics say that a 2004 law has made it harder to argue for the artistic and historical interest of monuments and has diminished the role played by the Culture Ministry’s expert officials, known as superintendents.

Yet many art and antiques dealers counter that Italy’s cultural protectionism goes too far.

Domenico Piva, president of the Italian federation of art dealers, said it was “preposterous” that a release form must be obtained from the Culture Ministry each time a 50-year-old art object is exported, “even if it’s an industrial object by an architect.”

He said the laws had “led to the creation of an entirely internal and provincial art market” and restricted the profile of modern Italian artists abroad. “We complain that the Impressionists have a great international market, and our own artists are ignored, but it’s because our artists only circulate in Italy,” he said.

But Cosimo Ceccuti, the president of a national committee for the celebration of the conservation laws, said that such arguments miss the point.

“The first thing to bear in mind is that art is the patrimony of humanity,” he said. The Italian government’s first priority, he added, is to ensure that it continues to exist.

"We must make sure that this patrimony will pass down to future generations," Mr. Ceccuti said.



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