Gianluigi Ricuperati proposes five candidates for Italian culture minister

In an editorial for Artribune, writer Gianluigi Ricuperati argues that Italy's next Minister of Culture must be a genuine intellectual with deep engagement in cultural production, unlike former minister Alberto Bonisoli. He proposes five 'impossible' candidates: Paolo Baratta, former president of the Venice Biennale; Stefano Boeri, architect and former Milan culture assessor; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, art collector and philanthropist; Paolo Verri, who led Matera's European Capital of Culture; and writer Michela Murgia. Ricuperati also suggests Angelo Argento, president of Cultura Italiae, as a possible compromise figure. The piece critiques the political appointment process and calls for passion and competence in cultural leadership.