Pierre-Henri Tavoillot is president of the College of Philosophy. He has notably published
Will the war of generations take place?
with Serge Guérin, at Calmann-Lévy.
FIGAROVOX. - In recent weeks, environmental activists have multiplied “shock” actions in museums: the “crusted” Mona Lisa on May 29; hands glued to the frame of a painting by Turner; a painting by John Constable overlaid with a landscape mined by fossil fuels at the
National Gallery
in London.
Why do environmental activists attack works of art?
Pierre-Henri TAVOILLOT. -
First there is a strategy of “permanent brilliance”.
It characterizes all the activists who defend causes, whatever they are, in the age of buzz and social networks.
Because, at a lower cost, it is easy to make a move, instead of the thankless work of information and pedagogy which risks encountering unfortunate contradictory arguments.
A communication campaign is much more effective…
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