Animal rights activists protest with 40kg of dung against Hirst exhibition in Venice

On the night of March 6-7, the Centopercentoanimalisti association protested Damien Hirst ’s exhibition opening April 9 in Venice by leaving a banner in front of the entrance to Palazzo Grassi that read “Damien Hirst go home! Suck this artwork! 100% animal rights activists!” accompanied by forty kilos of dung.

The exhibition in question, Treasures from the wreck of the unbelievable, is the first major solo show dedicated to Hirst and will occupy Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice from April 9 to December 3, 2017, but not much is yet known about the works that will make up the show, other than two videos lasting a few seconds that would hint at the underwater environment.

One Hundred Hundredanimalists says that Damien Hirst, from England, is one of those fake artists who build their ephemeral fortunes on theuse of stuffed, quartered animals, often killed for the occasion. His works are some of the highest paid in the world, and Hirst’s success is based on appealing to the worst human urges and feelings and the support of art dealers, pricey critics and gallery owners who think they are artificially driving up the prices of Hirst’s junk. Art has nothing to do with it at all. It is a sleazy commercial operation based on death and contempt for living beings. In addition, the animal rights association said that “other actions and surprise raids against the shameful ’exhibition’ before and during are not excluded.”

Source: Corriere del Veneto - Venice today

Image: Palazzo Grassi in Venice

Animal rights activists protest with 40kg of dung against Hirst exhibition in Venice

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