In Italy, the scandal broke out between local officials and artists. His remarks provoked a country's culture minister, Sandro Bondi (Sandro Bondi), who stated that he does not understand modern art

In an interview with Grazia magazine minister admitted: «I am trying to find evidence of beauty in contemporary art. If I go to an exhibition I pretend that I understand it, as do many. But actually I do not understand ».

In response, Francesco Bonami (Francesco Bonami), who supervised the Venice Biennale, the most important art exhibition in the world, has said: «Bondi, it seems, fell asleep in the 1895-meters, and woke up in the 2008-m. Can no longer rely on the outdated concept of beauty, it's like to want to go back to the carts and horses ».

Last week, Bondi also criticized art project by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki (Arata Isozaki) to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The greater part of the gallery was designed in the XVI century by Giorgio Vasari, and Bondi believes that the addition to the building project inevitably Isozaki «shocking Florentine and tourists from all over the world».

Bondi studied philosophy at university and was a fan of communist ideas. He began to cooperate with the current Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, when he served in the policies of the business in 1994. This Bondi continues to write poetry and dedicates some of them to his patron.

Berlusconi himself has been on contemporary art. In particular, he called the «repulsive» Project bent skyscraper, which was made for Milan American Daniel Libeskind (Daniel Libeskind). Berlusconi called «straight» skyscraper.

Libeskind found it necessary to respond to this: «In times of fascism in Italy, everything that is not followed the correct line, also called a perverted art».

The Mayor of Rome Gianni Aleman (Gianni Alemanno), in turn, excitedly struggling against modern construction work of another American, Richard Meyer (Richard Meier). The building was built over the Ara Pacis - the altar of I century BC. e.

One of the subordinate Aleman recently stated that the building does not match the ancient antiquities of Rome and will be demolished if the city government will be able to find this money.

Roman architect Francesco Koppari (Francesco Coppari) responded to this: «If Rome will continue in the same spirit, he turned into a magnificent Necropolis - it would be wonderful to see the Japanese, who come for shopping, and Americans who get drunk in the historical center, but it will not be a modern city ».

Source: openspace.ru