About 30 anti-war activists protested this Monday (27) in front of the historic painting “Guernica”, by Pablo Picasso at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, hours before the start of a NATO summit in the Spanish capital.
Protesters blame the military alliance for fomenting war in ukraine and argue that “security is not achieved with more weapons,” said protest organizers, “Extinction Rebellion” and “Fridays For Future,” in a joint statement.
In photos and a video posted on social media, a dozen activists could be seen lying on the ground, like corpses, in front of Picasso’s masterpiece of the horrors of war, inspired by the bloody airstrike on the city of Guernica during the War. Spanish Civil.
Some carried placards with the words: “War is the death of people. War is the death of art.”
The protest at one of Europe’s most famous museums lasted about 10 minutes before museum staff evacuated the protesters, organizers said. The museum declined to comment.
Leaders of NATO member states are expected to visit the museum and see the painting during the summit from Tuesday to Thursday, when the organization will discuss the challenge of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Sunday, thousands of people protested in the streets of Madrid against the summit.
Picasso painted the famous artwork after Nazi Germany sent planes to Spain in support of then-dictator Francisco Franco to attack the Basque city on April 26, 1937. The attack killed an estimated 1,600 people and injured thousands.
Source: CNN Brasil
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