The exhibition in Doha antique sculptures of two naked athletes covered with a cloth. Minister of Culture of Greece has asked to remove the covers - instead of sculpture was removed from the exhibition and sent back to Greece

Source: guardian.co.uk

On temporary exhibition" The Olympic Games: Past and Present ", in which Greece has provided Qatar, more than 700 exhibits, sculpture of two naked athletes partially covered with black cloth. Who arrived in Doha on an official visit of the Minister of Culture of Greece Kostas Dzavaras (Costas Tzavaras) could not contain his displeasure such censorship. He asked to exhibit sculptures in their original form, it's beautiful works of art, and from an aesthetic point of view, such censorship is wrong.

tissues were covered statue of the young men of the Archaic period and the Roman copy of a Greek sculpture athlete classical era. The work was one of the main exhibits. I wonder why these works were censored, because in addition to them, the exhibition presents many other sculptures made from nude models. Whatever it was, the official representatives of Qatar declined to remove the covers. As commented by one of them, "in a society with certain laws and customs authorities found that the women would be offended by such things, even if it's statue." As a result, the two sculptures were removed from the exhibition and sent back to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

incident with statues of both parties prefer not to call scandal. A struggling economic situation of Greece is very interested in friendship in Qatar. Recently, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani bought six islands in the Ionian Sea, where plans to build houses for themselves, his three wives and 24 children. The exhibition about the Olympics at first called a "bridge of friendship" between the two countries, and the Greek side hopes to continue this friendship.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : guardian.co.uk , independent.co.uk , artinvestment.ru