Spanish museums ignore the campaign of attacks by activists against works of art

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The campaign of environmental activists from Just Stop Oil, among other groups, who in the last week have attacked several works of art to draw attention to the energy policies they denounce,

Sources from the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona and the Reina Sofía National Museum explain that their protocols have not changed these days.

"The security measures are always intensified, since the integrity of the works is our priority, as it cannot be otherwise," they say from the Reina Sofía.

Across the street, in the Prado Museum, it is explained that "we remain alert", without further explanation.

In Bilbao, the Guggenheim Museum has not yet addressed the issue.

"Tomorrow there is a steering committee, perhaps it will be discussed there."

Javier Ferrer, managing director of the Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, has indeed taken note of the attacks: "The key, for us, is

. Until now, our attention was directed at sharp objects. These days we are going to pay extreme attention to food."

Ferrer explains that visitors who carry a medium backpack must carry it on their chest, not their back, but he guarantees that the reinforced security measures "do not cause anguish in the public. "The cut we make is at the entrance.

In the theater, you don't have to insist too much because very visible security can make viewers anxious."

The Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation, owner of the three museums that receive the most public in Catalonia, has also raised its alarm.

"We have

of the three Dalí museums (Figueres, Púbol and Portlligat). The security and Sala personnel are more alert", explain Foundation sources.

On the other hand, in Barcelona, ​​the MACBA "despite following, as it always does, current affairs to keep up to date with everything that may affect the integrity of works of art, it has not been forced to implement new security measures given that those considered suitable for this type of risk are already being carried out".

In Andalusia, the General Directorate of Museums and Cultural Ensembles of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports of the Junta de Andalucía has also asked its employees for attention: "Instructions have been sent to those responsible for the museums so that they are extremely alert in the face of possible similar actions and so that prevention measures are increased (greater use of slogans, access control, expansion of space of respect for works of art, etc.) so that they are implemented by the personnel in charge of security and monitoring of each center.

The wave of activist attacks on works of art began last May, when a man threw a cake against the glass that protects La Gioconda in the

Museum .

On October 9, two people glued their hands to Pablo Picasso's

museum

to draw attention to the climate crisis.

On October 14, two activists from Just Stop Oil threw a tomato can against the glass that protects

, by Vincent Van Gogh, at the National Gallery.

Afterwards, they stuck their hands alone to the walls of the museum and launched a message: "Human creativity and brilliance are displayed in this gallery, but our heritage is being destroyed by the inability of our Government to act on the climate and the crisis economic".

Yesterday, two supporters of the German activist group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) threw mashed potatoes at a painting by Claude Monet from the series

on display at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, near Berlin.

And just this morning, two people linked to Just Stop Oil walked into Madame Tussauds in London and threw a chocolate cake at

the UK's King Charles III.

"In large museums it is impossible to guarantee 100% security," explains Javier Ferrer.

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