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The director of the Reina Sofía Museum, Manuel Borja-Villel, explained this Tuesday, November 8, that the measures in the

room have been "reinforced" , including police surveillance, after acts of vandalism in some European museums by

.

"The measures are secret, but we have some of the usual ones," the director of the art gallery told the media, who did not want to reveal the security plans.

However, he has recognized that the

room has been reinforced , especially considering that

.

"A bit of everything has been done, yes," he responded to the question of whether police surveillance is included in this room.

In any case, she has recalled that this surveillance and other security measures are "temporary" issues in the museum, which depend on different variables.

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and depends on each time there is a different element, from more visitors to other issues. We are always examining the types of exhibitions, with thousands of meetings that go from room to room and work by work : maybe there is an artist who has the work on the ground and you have to be more attentive. All that is continually changing, "he has given as an example.

In any case, Borja-Villel has been in line with the Ministry of Culture, recognizing that

.

"There is one thing and that is that art has a lot of visibility and it is not the first time that people have protested in front of a work of art", he added, later describing as "a little exaggerated" the Popular Group's request to punish a work cannot be seen due to an act of vandalism, even if it is not damaged.

On the other hand, the director of the Reina Sofía has also addressed issues such as locating possible works seized during the Franco regime, ensuring that in his case there are no pieces to return.

"Our case is the other way around, we have been recovering things and we do not have any list or works that can be returned. Unlike other museums, our collection is contemporary and there is very little to return and restore: in fact, we recover things in exile" , has pointed.

He has also reiterated the importance of "decolonizing the colonial thought" of museums, although without specifying whether they have received any guidelines in this regard from the Ministry of Culture.

"That was already in the Reina Sofía project from the beginning: Europe has to realize that its category is linked to coloniality," she concluded.

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