Saliera back, Kunsthistorisches Museum director out

Culture Minister Claudia Schmied said in a statement that Wilfried Seipel's contract would not be extended when it expires on Dec. 31, 2008. She said the search for a successor would begin in October or November.

Although Schmied praised Seipel for his 17-year leadership of Austria's most renowned gallery — known in German as the Kunsthistoriches Museum — he has been fiercely criticized for lax security that authorities say the thief easily exploited.

Full article here. Ignore the embarrassingly mistaken description of the Saliera as "a figurine" and as "gold plated".

Posted by David on September 18, 2007 9:34 PM