Stop ruining art in protest – Environmentalists smeared van gogh painting

Vita gazette – Green vandalists still in action. This time they targeted Van Gogh. A work “The Sower”, exhibited at the current exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, has been smeared by a group of environmentalists.

A work by Van Gogh, “The Sower,” exhibited at the current exhibition at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, was smeared by a group of environmentalists who threw a vegetable minister at it. Luckily, the work has not been damaged,” Arthemisa, the curatorial company of the exhibition.

Four young people, who entered by paying the ticket regularly. Then they approached the work, and took out the canned food which they threw at the painting, protected by a glass case.

“I came here to stigmatize the fact that in my opinion it was a very serious act. We are a democratic country that disciplines and frees all forms of protest. If you want to protest for the environment that is something that it is also close to my person’s heart and in whose protection, we all must commit ourselves every day, it can be done and has been done a lot through free events, dissemination of leaflets, posters, brochures, books. There are many ways to express one’s sensitivity towards the environment. However, one cannot damage an important work of art by a great author who is a witness to our time and the past “. This was stated by the Minister of Culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, who arrived at Palazzo Bonaparte, in Rome, commenting on the vandalism against Van Gogh’s painting by some environmentalists.