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The fury against works of art, whether ancient or modern, seems to have no end.

If damage to great masterpieces has always existed, partly due to envy of beauty, partly due to mischief, madness and other motives without rhyme or reason, in recent years it seems that this practice is increasingly widespread and rampant.

In the last two years we have continuously heard news about those who deface works in the name of climate change. The first work targeted in this sense it was the Mona Lisa with the cake launch in 2022 but dozens of similar attacks followed and were not always so easily reversible. Just think of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan smeared with orange paint which cost 30 thousand euros to clean up.

And what about the hammer blows struck against the glass of Velazquez’s Venus of Rokeby at the National Gallery in London in November 2023?

Destroying the beauty and creativity of others for the benefit of all, denigrating the work of an artist in that way is always a defeat for everyone.

Let’s be clear, the defacements of works of art are not only perpetrated by latest generation activists. Just think of the blow that was delivered to my David’s thumb in September or even Toth’s sensational gesture against the Vatican Pietà.

Recently in Massa two arms were broken of a newly installed sculpture which reproduces the famous Alessi corkscrew, created in 2014 by Sagevan and yesterday evening, in the Pietrasanta baptistery, the four exhibited sculptures by Giò Pomodoro were brutally scarred with an awl from top to bottom, leaving the surfaces of the bronzes scratched.

Why so much fury against works of art, whether ancient, modern or contemporary?

Rudeness, arrogance, the thought of leaving one’s own trace in history, madness, daily malaise or who knows what else leads to taking it out on cultural assets that in fact belong to everyone, even if they are kept in private collections.

If the history of art was taught from primary school with full knowledge of the facts, perhaps a few more people would begin to give greater value to what surrounds them. I say maybe, but at least I would try.

Your always Michelangelo Buonarroti greets you and will meet you in the next posts and on social media.

The fury against works of art, whether ancient or modern, seems to have no end.

If the damage to great masterpieces has always existed, partly due to envy of beauty, partly due to mischief, madness and other motives without rhyme or reason, in recent years it seems that this practice is increasingly widespread and rampant.

In the last two years we have continuously heard news about those who deface works in the name of climate change. The first work targeted in this sense was the Mona Lisa with the throwing of the cake in 2022 but dozens of similar attacks followed and were not always so easily reversible. Just think of the monument of Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan smeared with orange paint which cost 30 thousand euros to clean up.

And what about the hammer blows struck against the glass of Velazquez’s Venus of Rokeby at the National Gallery in London in November 2023?

Destroying the beauty and creativity of others for the benefit of all, denigrating the work of an artist in that way is always a defeat for everyone.

Let’s be clear, the defacements of works of art are not only perpetrated by latest generation activists. Just think of the blow that was delivered to my David’s thumb in September or even Toth’s sensational gesture against the Vatican Pietà.

Recently in Massa two arms were broken of a newly installed sculpture which reproduces the famous Alessi corkscrew, created in 2014 by Sagevan and yesterday evening, in the Pietrasanta baptistery, the four exhibited sculptures by Giò Pomodoro were brutally scarred with an awl from top to bottom , leaving the surfaces of the bronzes scratched.

Why so much fury against works of art, whether ancient, modern or contemporary?

Rudeness, arrogance, the thought of leaving one’s own trace in history, madness, daily malaise or who knows what else leads to taking it out on cultural assets that in fact belong to everyone, even if they are kept in private collections.

If the history of art was taught from primary school with full knowledge of the facts, perhaps a few more people would begin to give greater value to what surrounds them. I say maybe, but at least I would try.

Your always Michelangelo Buonarroti greets you and will meet you in the next posts and on social media.

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