Minister Bonisoli against the Nitsch exhibition: 'Rushed, tasteless and sloppy choice'

The minister of cultural heritage, Alberto Bonisoli, is also speaking out against the Hermann Nitsch exhibition at the Palazzo Ducale in Mantua, which opened despite strong controversy on the eve of the event (Nitsch used to use animal blood for his performances, and this element provoked protests from animal rights activists). The minister met with groups supporting petitions against the exhibition and spoke out against it.

“A few initial thoughts came to mind that I would like to share,” the minister wrote on his Facebook page. “The first is: contemporary art must create debate, but why have such an exhibition inside the Doge’s Palace? I would call it a hasty choice, aesthetically in dubious taste, sloppy.” The minister then framed the issue in the broader context ofmuseum autonomy: “I also wonder, thinking more generally, whether the degree of autonomy of autonomous museum directors is appropriate. Theme on which we are working in the reform of the Ministry.”

Finally, the minister wondered “whether this cultural project is sufficiently respectful of animal sensitivities, which have spread rapidly over the past few years in our country. It is precisely to take animalist sensibilities into account that we are accelerating on the project that will lead to overcoming the use of animals in circuses.” Last December, in fact, Bonisoli promised that the first decree in the “coming months” would be one that would ban the use of animals in circuses (which still remains unreached).

Pictured is Minister Bonisoli.

Minister Bonisoli against the Nitsch exhibition: 'Rushed, tasteless and sloppy choice'

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