- ROME, MAR 11 - The director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara
Jatta, has expressed concern for Ukraine's artistic heritage.
"I am in contact with Ukrainian colleagues and I am concerned
for artwork in that country, as we are for the artistic heritage
"in all situations of conflict and natural calamities", Jatta
said on Thursday.
"Honestly, however, I am much more concerned for people right
now", noted the director on the sidelines of the preview of the
show 'La Passione. Arte italiana del '900 dai Musei Vaticani.
Da Manzù a Gattuso, da Casorati a Carrà' (Passion. Italian art
of the 1900s from the Vatican Museums. From Manzù to Gattuso,
from Casorati to Carrà).
The exhibit opened on Friday at Milan's Museo Diocesano and
runs until June 5.
"The only Ukrainian art we have at the Vatican Museums is an
icon donated to John Paul II during his visit to the country",
she added.
"It is an ancient icon, extremely ruined", which is "very
emblematic of the suffering endured by this population at the
moment".
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA
