Green pass, bipartisan hatred of no-pass and pro-pass hits museums and art

For now, the only really noticeable result of the green pass has been that it has divided tempers even more and created a heavy climate, on social media as well as in everyday life: the media narrative has in fact polarized the discussion by crushing it on the generic issue of “freedom,” and it has led to the predictable factional clash, between those in favor of the green pass and those against it who insult each other on social media and sometimes even live.

The unfortunate behavior of the haters does not spare even the channels where art is discussed, and the bad thing is that, unfortunately, the two sides compete to see who behaves worse, depending on the announcements that are spewed on social media. On the receiving end are those who announce that, as of August 6, cultural venues will have to comply with regulations and thus will necessarily impose the green pass, but also those who announce that they will give up organizing an event in disagreement with the government’s decisions.

In the past few hours, no-passers have stormed the Facebook page of the Egyptian Museum of Turin, which has issued a notice informing the public that, as mentioned, as of August 6, a green certificate will be mandatory for access. There were many favorable comments, but many harsh comments against the museum: “you won’t see us anymore,” “you can close,” “that’s disgusting,” “dear mummies, you can stay there alone,” “shame on you, you should provide culture,” “we’re boycotting you,” and there were even those who called the museum workers “Nazis.” Of course, there is no shortage of comments of the “we’ll do without” or “we’ll get over it,” as if the museum cares. And then there is no shortage of those who point out that the vaccinated anyway are just as contagious as the unvaccinated.

Pro-passers, on the other hand, have poured out their bile against artist Massimiliano Alioto who, as we reported on these pages, disagreeing with the government measure freely chose to cancel his #trappulp solo exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Presicce (Lecce), motivating it with the desire not to create discrimination. And even in this case on social media (including our Facebook page that relaunched the news) polemical or sarcastic comments towards the artist have flourished: “his 15 minutes of fame he could have earned with his works,” “he is discriminating against the vaccinated,” “you were right to cancel, at least we don’t see you,” “he had to get publicity,” “dear artist, without the public you don’t exist,” “we will survive this cultural loss,” “artist is not synonymous with intelligent,” “you are ridiculous,” up to even far worse direct insults, and then the usual dozens of irrepressible and useless “we will get over it.”

And to think that museums were in the vast majority of cases more than safe even with spacing, masks, gels, reduced capacities and whatnot: and many are now wondering whether the pass was really necessary in cultural venues, even in light of the tense situation it is creating.

Photo: the Egyptian Museum

Green pass, bipartisan hatred of no-pass and pro-pass hits museums and art

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