Catalan Nationalism Boils by Returning the Paintings to Sijena and Says that Moving Them Will Destroy Them

The transfer of the frescoes ordered by the Supreme Court could endanger the works

The director of the Center for the Restoration of Movable Property of Catalonia, Mireia Mestre Campà, has made an initial assessment of the ruling on the Sixena paintings. “This ruling is negative for Catalonia, for the MNAC and I would say that it is very negative for all heritage professionals and for all people who value heritage, regardless of whether it is from Catalonia, Aragon or any other country.” Indignation and concern over the ruling…

“It is a sentence that cannot be executed without putting the paintings at a very high risk of destruction,” he says.