New permanent professors in Italian Academies of Fine Arts: a call for change
Many cultural operators in Italian Academies of Fine Arts have recently obtained permanent teaching positions, a shift from precarious contracts that lacked basic rights like sick leave, holidays, and parental leave. The author, an art critic and independent curator, sees this as a crucial opportunity for the new generation of tenured professors to move beyond complaint and actively reform the system from within, using their new roles in decision-making bodies such as boards, councils, and committees. The goal is to update the traditional model, align it with university standards (still incomplete in practice, including salary disparities), and bring contemporary critical thinking and present challenges into teaching. The article, published on Artribune Magazine #70, urges immediate action to seize this unique chance for institutional change.
Key facts
- Many cultural operators have recently obtained permanent teaching positions in Italian Academies of Fine Arts.
- The new professors had previously worked under precarious contracts lacking basic rights such as sick leave, holidays, and parental leave.
- The author calls for these professors to use their new roles in decision-making bodies (boards, councils, committees) to reform the system.
- The reform aims to update the traditional model and align it with university standards, which are still not fully achieved in practice.
- Salary disparities between academies and universities remain an issue.
- The article was published on Artribune Magazine #70.
- The author is an art critic and independent curator focusing on visual art, language, communication, urban art, and new technologies.
- The article is framed as an appeal to not procrastinate direct intervention.
Entities
Institutions
- Accademie di Belle Arti
- Artribune
Locations
- Italia