Questa mattina i ragazzi di Ultima Generazione - movimento di disobbedienza civile non violenta - hanno gettato 8 kg di farina bianca sulla Bmw M1 dipinta nel 1979 da Andy Warhol, esposta a Milano alla Fabbrica del Vapore (all’interno della mostra Andy Warhol: La Pubblicità Della Forma).
Pochi giorni fa, i direttori di un centinaio di musei internazionali hanno denunciato in una nota pubblica le recenti proteste degli attivisti climatici contro le opere d’arte.
Nelle ultime settimane ci sono stati diversi attacchi alle opere d’arte nei musei internazionali. Gli attivisti responsabili sottovalutano la fragilità di queste opere insostituibili del patrimonio culturale mondiale, che devono essere preservate. In quanto direttori di musei responsabili delle opere, la pericolosità di questa situazione ci ha scosso profondamente. I musei sono luoghi in cui persone con background diversi possono entrare in dialogo e quindi attivare il dibattito nella società. In questo senso, i compiti centrali del museo come istituzione (raccogliere, ricercare, condividere e preservare) sono oggi più che mai rilevanti. Continuiamo a occuparci fin da subito dell’accesso ai beni culturali e manterremo il museo uno spazio libero di comunicazione sociale.
I firmatari della lettera sono:
Evelio Acevedo, Managing Director, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Elina Anttila, Director General, The National Museum of Finland, Helsinki
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, New York
Agustín Arteaga, Director, Dallas Museum of Art
László Baán, General Director, Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Sebastian Baden, Director, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Séverine Berger, Director, Musée de l’Annonciade, Saint-Tropez
Claire Bernardi, Director, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris
Konrad Bitterli, Director, Kunst Museum Winterthur
Andreas Blühm, General Director, Groninger Museum
Frédéric Bußmann, General Director, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Thomas P. Campbell, Director, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Laurence des Cars, President, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Cécile Debray, President, Musée national Picasso-Paris
Markus Dekiert, Director, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne
Ann Demeester, Director, Kunsthaus Zürich
Roger Diederen, Director, Kunsthalle München
Hartmut Dorgerloh, General Director, Humboldt Forum, Berlin
Martin Faass, Director, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Miguel Falomir, Director, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Diego Ferretti, Director, Mart – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Gabriele Finaldi, Director, The National Gallery, London
Hartwig Fischer, Director, British Museum, London
Reidar Fuglestad, Director, Kunstsilo, Kristiansand
Susanne Gaensheimer, Director, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Akira Gokita, Director, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Peter Gorschlüter, Director, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Martine Gosselink, General Director, Mauritshuis, The Hague
Christoph Grunenberg, Director, Kunsthalle Bremen
Sabine Haag, Director General, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Tone Hansen, Director, Munchmuseet, Oslo
Annette Haudiquet, Director, Musée d’art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre
Christoph Heinrich, Director, Denver Art Museum
Isidro Hernández, Chief Curator, Óscar Domínguez Collection, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
Karin Hindsbo, Director, National Museum, Oslo
Max Hollein, Director, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Johan Holten, Director, Kunsthalle Mannheim
Tristram Hunt, Director, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Thomas Köhler, Director, Berlinische Galerie
Lidewij de Koekkoek, Director, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Felix Krämer, Director General, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Karola Kraus, General Director, mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Ulrike Kremeier, Director, Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Cottbus/Frankfurt (Oder)
Stephan Kunz, Artistic Director, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
Christiane Lange, Director, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Eric M. Lee, Director, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Séverine Lepape, Director, Musée de Cluny, Paris
Christophe Leribault, President, Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Christine Litz, Interim Executive Director, Städtische Museen Freiburg
Glenn D. Lowry, Director, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Katherine C. Luber, Director and President, Minneapolis Institute of Art
Paola Malavassi, Director, DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam
Roland Mönig, Director, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
Erik H. Neil, Director and CEO, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk
Jörg-Uwe Neumann, Director, Kunsthalle Rostock
Alex Nyerges, Director and CEO, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Hermann Parzinger, President, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Anne Pasternak, Director, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Katherina Perlongo, Interim Director, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Ann Philbin, Director, Hammer Museum UCLA, Los Angeles
Igor Poronyk, Director, Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
Rebecca Rabinow, Director, The Menil Collection, Houston
Svenja Gräfin von Reichenbach, Director, Palais Populaire, Berlin
Beate Reifenscheid, President, ICOM Germany
Xavier Rey, Director, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris
Stella Rollig, General Director, Belvedere Museum, Vienna
Bart Rutten, Director, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Salvador Salort-Pons, Director, President & CEO, Detroit Institute of Arts
Henning Schaper, Director, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Eike Schmidt, Director, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence
Cyrille Sciama, Director, Musée des impressionnismes Giverny
Klaus Albrecht Schröder, General Director, The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna
Walter Smerling, Director, MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
Petter Snare, Director, KODE Bergen Art Museum
Guillermo Solana, Artistic Director, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Reinhard Spieler, Director, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Paul Spies, Director, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Angela Stief, Director, Albertina Modern, Vienna
Elisa Tamaschke, Interim Director, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
Matthew Teitelbaum, Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gary Tinterow, Director, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Poul Erik Tøjner, Director, The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
Karole P. B. Vail, Director, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
Juan Ignacio Vidarte, General Director, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Christoph Martin Vogtherr, General Director, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Potsdam
Aurélie Voltz, General Director, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne
Julia Wallner, Director, Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen
Lucy Wasensteiner, Director, Liebermann-Villa am Wannsee, Berlin
Adam D. Weinberg, Director, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Daniel H. Weiss, President and CEO, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Ortrud Westheider, Director, Museum Barberini, Potsdam
Nina Zimmer, Director, Kunstmuseum Bern – Zentrum Paul Klee
