Turin ♥ Guggenheim

Why was Guggenheim bigwig Richard Armstrong in Turin last month, and why was he so keen to meet the city’s mayor, Piero Fassino? The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported that the Guggenheim foundation’s director also dropped in on Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the director of the Castello di Rivoli contemporary art museum, and Maurizio Braccialarghe, the city’s cultural commissioner. Armstrong’s connection to Turin goes back to 2012, when he also met Fassino and Bracci