Sangiuliano: Glass protectors on all paintings. Risk of price hikes on museum tickets

"The senseless and gratuitous violence targeting the paintings, installations, works and structures of our museums and galleries prompts immediate action, starting with the covering of all paintings with glass," Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said in a note, following the continuing attacks by environmental movements on works of art. "Given the huge heritage to be protected, as a result, the intervention will represent a significant cost for the coffers of the Ministry and the entire nation and that, unfortunately, can only include an increase in the cost of admission fees. Once again, the outrage of a violent few is likely to fall on Italians and, in particular, on those who will want to go to see a beautiful exhibition," the minister concluded.

It was on Friday, Nov. 18, that Ultima Generazione attacked the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, where the exhibition Andy Warhol. The form publicity: activists smeared with eight kilos of flour the BMW M1 Group 4, which had no protection. A unique piece because the body was painted by Andy Warhol; the car owned by the BMW Art Car Collection had never been featured in an exhibition dedicated to the father of Pop Art.

Earlier this month, on the other hand, activists had targeted Vincent van Gogh’s Sower on display at an exhibition at Rome’s Palazzo Bonaparte. The painting, daubed with vegetable soup, was protected by glass.

Sangiuliano: Glass protectors on all paintings. Risk of price hikes on museum tickets

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