Vandalismo e arte: reflexões sobre o 8 de janeiro de 2023 no Brasil

Abstract

This work addresses acts of vandalism in art. The objective is to understand the reasons behind some acts of vandalism against art, mainly those that vandalized works of national artistic heritage, in Praça dos Três Poderes, in Brasília, on January 8, 2023. It reflects on religious and political motivations and political parties in Brazil and about the intolerance, prejudice and discrimination that sustain these motivations. Through bibliographical research, part of the history of the emergence of vandalism was explained, its origin and its repercussions today, as well as the connection between vandalism and censorship, the possible relationships between vandalism and religious motivations and between vandalism and religious motivations. policies. A reflection was carried out on the events of January 8, 2023, in Brasília, concluding that they were a consequence of partisan motivations that were consolidated in ignorance and political intolerance, leading to extremism expressed in acts of vandalism that vilified the works of art that represent our identity and cultural memory. Therefore, this study contributed to understanding the motivations that support acts of vandalism and possible measures to prevent them.