A Group of Forty Spanish Artists Demand that the Chillida Leku Museum Remains Open

SAN SEBASTIAN.- A group of prominent Spanish artists have signed a statement demanding the authorities to intervene to prevent the closure of Chillida Leku Museum in Hernani, because it is a “special place” conceived by “one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: Eduardo Chillida. ” Among the 40 signers of the document, sponsored by the Foundation Art and Law, features artists such as Eduardo Arroyo, Miquel Barceló, Darío Villalba, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Chema Madoz, Joan Fontcuberta, Martín Chirino, Frederic Amat, Andrés Nagel, and Alfonso Albacete. The artists expressed their “sadness and anger” at the “apathy” of the Basque Government, which “allows the museum Chillida Leku to disappear next January 1st unless we take urgent action to prevent it. ” The document does not

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