For years, Wolfgang Sobotka was involved in many supposed scandals. Now he feels one himself. The background sale of the two sculptures by the artist Erwin Wurm, who was still bought by him as president of the National Council, was “an economic damage to the country”.
National Councilor Walter Rosenkranz (FPö), as is known, provided a welcome outdoor rain for the treasury. After all, 240,000 euros flows into the red and white -red budget because Rosary was able to sell two expensive sculptures by the artist Erwin Wurm to him. “I want to thank the parliamentary directorate for the extremely factually and professionally managed negotiations and the artist for his permission for the reversal with a view to the necessary austerity measures in the budget,” the president told the “Kroon”.
A deal he had, who in particular had to look forward to the Spö finance Minister Markus Marterbauer but causes a lot of criticism from his own predecessor.
Sobotka: “It’s a scandal”
Wolfgang Sobotka, predecessor of Rosenkanz, well -known cultural lover and, like “buffer” of the two sculptures, is furious. “This is Kickl-populism in pure culture. We now also sell the treasures of the Kunsthistorisches Museum? It is a scandal,” Sobotka said the “Krone”.
According to the now president of the political Academy of the ÖVP, the German Bundestag provides a fixed percentage of the construction sum for artworks – a clear dedication to the importance of art in state institutions. According to Sobotka, the parliament of the population has given the art of Wurm a low threshold road access to important contemporary art, a central part of our identity – especially in a country that is rightly considered a cultural nation.
According to Sobotka, the sculptures are also worth much more than 240,000 euros. “The sale is not only a pity, but therefore also economic damage to the whole of Austria,” said Sobotka.
Source: Krone
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