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Another case of vandalism has occurred on the Museum Island in Berlin. A large granite bowl was stained in the pleasure garden in front of the Altes Museum, as the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation announced on Saturday. A photo of the rbb shows graffiti and vulgar slogans that were sprayed on the bowl.
As announced by the Berlin police on Saturday, teenagers and young adults damaged the granite container with paint on Saturday night.
According to the information, a witness had noticed how a group of around 10 to 15 people sprayed the bowl with paint and called the police on Friday night around 11:30 p.m.
Two young men, aged 17 and 21, were arrested on the spot by the agents. Criminal investigations have been launched against them for “property damage that harms the community.” According to police, both were released and the 17-year-old was handed over to his parents.
State museum security personnel who wanted to photograph the graffiti around 1.30am also discovered more graffiti. According to the police, the lyrics had no political message. “Connections to property damage to works of art in museums cannot currently be discerned,” said a statement from the authority.
“Culture is under attack”
“It can no longer be denied: culture is under attack,” said Foundation President Hermann Parzinger of the German Press Agency in Berlin. “The distinctive and world-famous granite bowl in front of the Altes Museum has been stained in a terrible way.”
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The bowl is owned by Berlin, but is preserved by the foundation. Parzinger: “Now we not only need greater protection for our treasures, we need a social debate on how we can defend our cultural values.”
The bowl created by Johann Gottlieb Christian Cantian was, according to the memorial office, in 1826 by King Friedrich Wilhelm III. instructed. The bowl with a diameter of almost seven meters was cut from a single granite rock. The elaborate work of art was nicknamed the “Biedermeier wonder of the world.”
On October 3, unknown persons damaged works of art in three museums
It was only learned Tuesday night that strangers had damaged more than 60 objects in three museums on October 3.
However, these were not paint stains, but a colorless, oily liquid that left visible stains on Egyptian sarcophagi, stone sculptures, and 19th-century paintings. The New Museum, the Pergamon Museum and the Old National Gallery were affected. (Tsp, dpa, epd)
