From The Guardian: “Antonio Manfredi has already destroyed a painting and vowed to incinerate one artwork every day until his demands are met.”

Says the artist who watched her painting being burned over Skype: “I feel as if I am in mourning. It is very sad that they burned my painting. We hoped until the very last minute that someone would step in. And now I have to fix in my mind that I will never see that work again. But I hope it’ll be worthwhile. At least people heard about what is happening in Italy and  to culture everywhere. It’s been useful.”