Ukraine, Sgarbi: “Churches, theaters, historic buildings destroyed: it’s the madness of war”

“The non-diplomatic but warlike solution to a conflict leads to nothing, except, with the time to come, to the regret of what is uselessly destroyed”. Vittorio Sgarbi said this to the Adnkronos, commenting on how the war in Ukraine is destroying an important cultural and artistic heritage. “Paintings and other works that were in museums I know have been brought to safety, but the bombings, especially not targeted, with targets other than military ones, – continues Sgarbi – are obviously destructive of anything that is a house that is a church or a monument. Churches, theaters, historic buildings will have to be rebuilt. And at that point they will be reproductions “. “It is not clear what is the meaning of war on monuments – adds the art critic -, but since it comes at the exhortation of the soldiers or by order of the leaders, it is the measure of how war is a form of madness, of unreasonableness, lack of logic. And when things end you end up with broken pieces. The war was not to be waged, and what you are doing is postponing it. Even helping the Ukrainians is a mistake “. “What applies to a house or condominium also applies to churches and monuments: if I bomb and knock down a house or a historic building or a church, I destroy or damage it, but the leaders always remain there. And this spirit of war competition who knows how it will end “, concludes Sgarbi.