Milan, Salvini becomes Robocop: art blitz by Cristina Donati Meyer to protest against migrant refoulement

Yesterday, at 1:30 p.m., an artistic blitz took place in the prefecture in Milan: the author of the singular performance was artist Cristina Donati Meyer (Milan, 1985), who at the behest of the non-profit organization ProAfrica created a painting depicting Interior Minister and Northern League leader Matteo Salvini as an unlikely Robocop armed with a truncheon coming in from the sea. Donati Meyer went to the prefecture with the intention of donating the work to the minister, but police officers refused to take delivery of the painting, which was then displayed by the artist outside the prefecture.

The performance began as a protest against migrant rejections, with particular reference to the Aquarius ship affair, and was interrupted by the intervention of Police and Digos who identified the artist and those present. Cristina Donati Meyer then promised that the work would be permanently posted at a focal point in Milan and did not give up the idea of donating the painting to Salvini.

Pictured: a moment of the performance with Cristina Donati Meyer showing her work.

Milan, Salvini becomes Robocop: art blitz by Cristina Donati Meyer to protest against migrant refoulement

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