EntertainmentIntentionally damaged works of art [LISTA]Frida Kahlo traded for NFT, tomato soup in a painting by VanGogh and others; remember 5 moments when works of art were damaged today at 19:50

In the early hours of this Wednesday, the 12th, the work Venus of Rags of the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto turned to ashes after a fire. The art, which was on display in front of the city hall in Naples, Italy, depicts the Roman goddess next to a pile of rags and was one of the main works of the Arte Poverain 1967.

Local authorities say the fire may have been deliberate, which the mayor of the city Gaetano Manfredi called it a “great act of violence”.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time that works of art on display in public places or museums have been damaged. Check out a compilation below:

Van Gogh and Sunflowers with Tomatoes

In October 2022, activists threw tomato soup on the board Vase with fifteen sunflowers by Van Gogh on display at National Gallery, In London. The work was valued at 84.2 million pounds (R$ 506 million), and only suffered damage to the frame thanks to the layer of glass that protected the frame.

The group Just Stop Oil, which seeks to draw attention to the climate crisis, was responsible for the act. After throwing soup, activists tried to paste their own bodies on the wall of the place and were then arrested. Activists declared that they took into account the frame’s glass layer before planning the act.

Check out the moment:

Monet attacked with mashed potatoes

Two days after the tomato sauce on the blackboard episode van goghtwo climate activists threw mashed potatoes at the board granstacksin Claude Monet, exposed in Barberini Museum, in Potsdam, Germany.

This time those responsible for the action were the German group Letzte Generation to protest fossil fuel. The activists were arrested and claimed they knew about the glass protection on the frame, which auctioned in 2019 for $110 million.

Andy Warhol Doodles

In November 2022, again environmental activists glued their hands to the glass frame and scribbled a work of Andy Warhol in Australia. The painting is a variation of the artist’s most famous, called “Campbell’s Soup.”

The protest was carried out by a group called Stop Fossil Fuel Subsidies Australia which advocates ending fossil fuel subsidies. The work did not suffer serious damage, and the activists also scribbled on the protective layers of the canvases that make up the work.

Frida Kahlo traded for NFT

Martin Mobarakfounder of the company Frida.NFTwhich sells non-fungible tokens – 3D reproductions of objects in the virtual environment – of the works of Frida Kahlocame under investigation by the authorities after publishing a video on YouTube burning one of the original works of Frida, the case happened in september 2022

mobarak would have destroyed the original version of “Sinister Phantoms” as a way to promote the NFT pieces available on its website, the public’s “only authentic connection” with the painting. The work of art would be valued at US$ 10 million (about R$ 54 million at current prices).

Check out the moment below:

Work by Di Cavalcanti resists coup attempt

Brazil watched with surprise the invasion that took place in the National Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court on January 8, 2023. Inside the headquarters of the Three Powers, supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro they broke windows, destroyed furniture, equipment and various historical works.

Among them was the panel The Mulattoescreated by the famous Di Cavalcanti and exhibited at the Planalto Palace. The work, valued at R$ 20 million, was perforated at least five times with knives. In addition to this, the iconic stained glass Araguaiacreated by Marianne Peretti in 1977 it was also damaged. In total, at least 5 works, including paintings and sculptures, were vandalized.

“As mulatas”, by Di Cavalcanti. 7 rips. pic.twitter.com/1HMMbcF9JB

— Daniel Adjuto (@DanAdjuto) January 9, 2023