“The Italian culture minister, Alberto Bonisoli, is planning to merge the Gallerie degli Uffizi with the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence under a single administration” as part of a new set of reforms rolling back the previous government’s reforms of Italian museums. “The Accademia — best known as the home of Michelangelo’s David — will maintain curatorial independence, he added, through its own scientific committee.” – The Art Newspaper