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Long journey home
By Xinhua Published: May 19, 2021 05:38 PM
Visitors view Piero della Francesca s 1472-75 Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino on January 21 at the reopening of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Tuscany. Photo: AFPArt galleries across Italy marked International Museum Day on Tuesday in a low-key manner, overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and yet confident about the future.
One thing above all supported them through the difficult 15 months since the coronavirus first ravaged the county in late February 2020, prominent directors said. Innovation has inspired us, helping not only to preserve a close relationship with our audience but to broaden and reinvent it, Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, told the Xinhua News Agency.
2021-05-18 22:36:13 GMT2021-05-19 06:36:13(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Alessandra Cardone
ROME, May 18 (Xinhua) Art galleries across Italy marked International Museum Day on Tuesday in low-key manner, overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic and yet confident about the future.
One thing above all supported them through the difficult 15 months since the coronavirus first raged here in late February 2020, prominent directors said. Innovation has inspired us, helping not only to preserve a close relationship with our audience but to broaden and reinvent it, Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, told Xinhua.
This was in tune with the theme of this year s International Museum Day The Future of Museums: Recover and Reimagine.