:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/N7PX4O7UJ5HZDPSG76JMFK4GRU.jpg "Controversy over the closure of Botero Square in Medellín: this is the proposal of the Museum of Antioquia 1")
After hearing the response from the office of the mayor of Medellín, to Cabeza de Daniel Quinteroto the letter, sent from Monaco, by the painter Fernando Botero, in which he makes known his opinion on the enclosures which guarded, for 15 days, the Square which bears his name; he Antioch Museum He asked the district administration for a global solution, which, beyond the “caging” of the emblematic place, establishes real security conditions for visitors – national and international – and informal workers, who have made a permanent office.
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“What some call the shutdown is really a hug,” Quintero concludes, of the controversial measure. However, in an interview for Radio Blue, Maria del Rosario Escobardirector of the Museo de Antioquia, who – in addition to having received the letter – acts as the teacher’s interlocutor in Medellín, replied:
“I believe we have to make a global decision. In the center of Medellín, as in many other cities, in Colombia and in Latin America, many social problems have accumulated (…) what we see is not only a first-rate tourist place, Colombian national heritage , but also a point of survival, for many men, women and children, despite the problems”.
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He understands that, as it functioned, the park was a hotbed of insecurity for nationals and foreigners; however, Master Botero’s wish when donating 23 sculptures to the city was that citizens they will move freely between his art and, as he puts it in the letter, to this day “this is how it should be”.
“There is a national and international tourism, an artistic faction, all the beauty of the place which, in the same way, attracts and calls many people who have been summoned by all this splendor to survive, selling bric-à- brac. This has generated an environment of insecurity in the long term,” admitted María del Rosario.
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Evoking, even, an issue that, until now, had not been included in the debate on the closure: prostitutionexercised by girls, young people and women, who offer sexual services in place for years.
“On the other hand, the neighborhood has also historically been a place of sex work. You can already imagine the scenario in which we find ourselves. Of course, we need a clean, safe and decent space, but it must be an inclusive, dialogical and democratic solution”.
Its position, like that of the institution and the artist, is that of dialogue. They want to be heard and helped, with the restructuring of measures that guarantee a safe place for all visitors, without having to be surrounded by fences.
“We understand the reasons, their intention: to secure the esplanade, but the problem is so complex that it also requires complex solutions,” he concluded in his interview.
One possibility is that there is a meeting or a dialogue between the mayor, Daniel Quintero, and the teacher Botero. María del Rosario considers that, although it is possible “to talk to the teacher, It is important to talk to the Museumits long-term representative in Medellín”.
Although they had meetings with some of the secretaries of the district administration, during which arguments were heard from both sides, what they asked of the Museum is to generate a agreed schedule, a framework in which they can participate in decision-making, since the square “is an artistic, cultural and management exercise, also, for the Museum of Antioquia. 22 years ago, the master Botero gave this donation to the city of Medellín, but it was created in the halls of the Museo de Antioquia”, which today awaits a better solution.