Opening up to the world — developing the image policy of the Pinacoteca di Brera

Marina Cotugno
Nov 5 · 5 min read
Angelo Ripamonti, Interior of the Pinacoteca di Brera, 1880 — Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Italy’s Pinacoteca di Brera has a more liberal image reproduction policy than most Italian museums. I spoke with Marco Toscano, Communication Manager at the Brera, to discover how the policy was conceived and what its impact has been.

In recent years Italian law on cultural heritage has been updated to allow anyone to freely…

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Marina Cotugno

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Freelance image searcher and photo editor. Curious photoaholic. Trying to follow Frank-N-Furter’s advice. www.juliafoto.it

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