"Due to loss of trust": Perm prosecutor's office demands dismissal of former director of PERMM museum
Prosecutor's office Perm Territory filed a civil lawsuit against Naila Allahverdieva and the Perm Krai Ministry of Culture. According to the records, the matter concerns labor disputes. The ministry's employees are unhappy with the fact that Allahverdiyeva resigned voluntarily in early December.
Nailya headed the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art for ten years, first as art director and then as director. Last year, her office was searched twice. The first, in March, was related to a criminal case of treason brought against the publisher of Mediazona. Petra VerzilovaAnd in November, a search was conducted in connection with a criminal case against one of the organizers of the Perm Cultural Revolution. Marat GelmanIn both cases, the director of the PERMM museum was a witness.
It was also reported that security officials suspected the Museum of Modern Art of corruption, allegedly due to contracts worth 300 rubles with an individual close to the management. This concerns the exhibition "Yes and No," curated by Allahverdiyeva's husband, an artist. Arseniy SergeevHe was invited because he has in-depth knowledge of the museum's collection, and the exhibition needed to be prepared within a short timeframe.
The prosecutor requested that three civil-law contracts be declared illegal, as they were not coordinated with the regional Ministry of Culture.
PERMM is one of the most prominent contemporary art museums in Russia. Opened in 2008, it has since hosted over two hundred exhibition projects, including international ones. Since 2014, it has been headed by Nailya Allahverdiyeva. The museum's collection contains more than 1500 storage costing about 80 million rubles.